{"id":13209,"date":"2026-05-14T09:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/?p=13209"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:24:06","slug":"update-regarding-incidents-of-anti-black-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/presidents-office\/2026\/05\/14\/update-regarding-incidents-of-anti-black-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Update Regarding Incidents of Anti-Black Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my message to you at the end of April<\/a>, I shared our collective grief and our firm stance against the anti-Black racism that has impacted our campus as well as some of our sister Claremont Colleges. Since then, I have been having conversations with students, faculty and staff leaders to begin to move our community from words of solidarity to more concrete actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, we continue to hear reports of these types of incidents on our campus\u2014most recently, at a 5C party at Mudd. I am grateful to the students for issuing a call for self-reports under our Honor Code, and I encourage any Mudder who was involved or knows anything about this incident to come forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want to acknowledge and thank our faculty for their work in developing a statement in response to the students\u2019 message. As part of Harvey Mudd\u2019s commitment to shared governance, the faculty is responsible for the academic program of the College. We are grateful for your commitment to critically examining your curricula, pedagogies and departmental cultures to ensure you are removing systemic barriers, fostering equity within your classrooms and disciplines, and helping students understand how inequalities are perpetuated in society. As a residential liberal arts campus, our faculty also help develop and uphold the health of our campus community beyond the classroom and lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I look forward to collaborating with the Faculty Executive Committee about the specific steps our faculty plans in undertaking this critical work within the academic program to help ensure Harvey Mudd is a place where every member of our community can thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to these important efforts, as we move into the summer and look toward the 2026\u20132027 academic year, the College is committing to the following initial steps to address bias and anti-Black racism on our campus and across the 5Cs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n