Case receives Corporate Excellence Award from Urban League
Honor recognizes university’s innovative diversity programs
December 10, 2004 | For more information: Kimyette Finley 216-368-0521
Case Western Reserve University is being honored once more for its innovative diversity programs.
 The university has been selected as the 2004 Corporate Excellence Award winner by the Urban League of Greater Cleveland. The honor is awarded based on the percentage of minorities in senior management, the percentage of women and minorities throughout the workforce and a demonstrated community involvement by senior management.
“Case Western Reserve University’s commitment to diversity is an asset to the citizens of the Greater Cleveland community, and we support your nomination as a beacon of equality in Northeast Ohio,” read a portion of the award letter from the Cleveland Urban League office.
According to Case’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, women comprise 49.9 percent of the university’s workforce and 31 percent of the top management team. In addition, the university’s workforce is almost 25 percent minority, with almost 14 percent in top management.
The Urban League award also is presented to a company that demonstrates innovative diversity programs and a commitment to community involvement.
Two years ago, Case launched its Supplier Diversity Initiative Council, a program implemented to afford female and minority-owned businesses the opportunity to compete in the economic arena of the university. As a result, Case has awarded over $40 million to minority and female-owned businesses for various professional services and projects as of the close of the 2003–2004 fiscal year.
Case President Edward M. Hundert, M.D., also launched the annual Case for Community Day, a university-wide service day, two years ago. In addition to participating in Case for Community Day with hundreds of faculty, staff and students, university administrators and deans stay involved in the community by serving on variety of local boards or advisory committees as well as participating in other volunteer activities.
Tony Kinslow, vice president of human resources at Case, said winning the Urban League award is a great honor.
“The Urban League is among the top echelon of organizations that places uplifting people—particularly in our urban communities—as its greatest mission,” Kinslow said. “The Urban League only proffers awards to serious and consistent contributors to that mission. We are being honored as an organization which truly cares about the community where we are located.”
In addition to the Urban League award, Case also has received—within the past two years—the Freedom Award of the Cleveland NAACP, the Hispanic Business Association Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for Ohio’s Corporate Community Relations Award and the Ohio governor’s Minority Business Development Recognition Award.
About Case Western Reserve University
Case is among the nation's leading research institutions. Founded in 1826
and shaped by the unique merger of the Case Institute of Technology and Western
Reserve University, Case is distinguished by its strengths in education, research,
service, and experiential learning. Located in Cleveland, Case offers nationally
recognized programs in the Arts and Sciences, Dental Medicine, Engineering,
Law, Management, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Work. http://www.case.edu.
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