{"id":151792,"date":"2021-11-16T15:33:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T01:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=151792"},"modified":"2024-03-15T22:26:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:26:10","slug":"commended-for-lgbtq-inclusivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/16\/commended-for-lgbtq-inclusivity\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo leader commended for <abbr>LGBTQ<\/abbr>+ inclusivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_151832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151832\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hilo-pride-gomes-f.jpg\" alt=\"Farrah-Marie Gomes\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-151832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hilo-pride-gomes-f.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hilo-pride-gomes-f-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hilo-pride-gomes-f-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farrah-Marie Gomes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An event recognizing individuals integral to <abbr>LGBTQ<\/abbr>+ inclusivity and equality within <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s communities honored <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a>\u2019s Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pacific\/\">Pacific Business News<\/a><\/em>\u2019 (<em><abbr>PBN<\/abbr><\/em>) 4th annual Business of Pride Awards selected <strong>Farrah-Marie Gomes<\/strong> as a 2021 honoree. <em><abbr>PBN<\/abbr><\/em> recognized Gomes\u2019 efforts in providing a more inclusive workplace and for being a strong advocate for <abbr>LGBTQ<\/abbr>+ students at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In addition to policy work and administrative changes early on in her career at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo, Gomes has been creative in doubling the number of student employees working in the university\u2019s <abbr>LGBTQ<\/abbr>+ Center,&rdquo; <em><abbr>PBN<\/abbr><\/em> said in its announcement of selectees. &ldquo;She preserved its physical office and secured funding to increase its operating budget and grow events. Most recently, Gomes helped add counseling services campus-wide through a free app.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/22\/uh-hilo-student-affairs-national-workplace-recognition\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Student Affairs repeats national workplace recognition<\/a>, June 22, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;Now more than ever, our students are met with many more obstacles along their academic journey and providing the holistic support they need can feel daunting,&rdquo; Gomes said. &ldquo;As an institution of higher education, we have an important role of staying focused on student learning, engagement and development as that is central to our purpose. At the same time, we must also remember that two of the best ways to support the success of our students is for us to remain committed to sustaining an inclusive campus climate and to ensure equitable access and opportunity for all students.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Gomes, <em><abbr>PBN<\/abbr><\/em> also honored <abbr>LGBTQ<\/abbr>+ leaders and advocates from the film industry, health care, real estate and county government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Pacific Business News<\/em> selected Farrah-Marie Gomes as a 2021 honoree for the publication\u2019s Business of Pride Awards.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[690,698,14,1626],"class_list":["post-151792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-lgbtq","tag-staff-recognition","tag-uh-hilo","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151792"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152536,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151792\/revisions\/152536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}