Marshall Rose
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At BGSU, he has served on a number of important University administrative committees, including the Equal Opportunity Committee, Human Relations Commission, Diversity Training Coordinating Committee, Committee Against Sexual Offenses, Sexual Harassment Training Task Force, Project F.E.E.D. (Future Educators Encouraging Diversity), President’s Advisory Committee and the Department of Social Work Advisory Council. Active in his professional association, the American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA), Mr. Rose is currently completing a two-year term as Alternate Regional Director for Region V. Region V includes the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. He is a former Regional Director, State Coordinator for Michigan and Ohio, and chair of the Regional Conference. For the past 4 years, he has also served as Chair of the association’s Legislative Committee, and, in this capacity, serves as a member of the national board of directors. Mr. Rose has also been actively involved at the local and state levels in promoting affirmative action and other issues of equity, opportunity and diversity. He has been a principal coordinator and organizer of many multi-institutional initiatives involving Northwest Ohio higher education organizations. Most notably, this involved sponsorship of “Conversations About Race: Higher Education and the American Dilemma”, a five part series of presentations and seminars jointly hosted by Bowling Green State University, The University of Toledo, The Medical College of Ohio and Owens Community College. The series was sponsored as a part of President Clinton’s national dialogue on race. Other initiatives have included, sponsorship of workshops, presentations, or teleconferences on such topics as sexual harassment and diversity in higher education. For the past nine years, he has played a leading role in organizing and sponsoring “The State of the State”, a statewide conference evaluating issues of equity, opportunity, and diversity in Ohio. STATE IX will be held March 18, 2004, in Dayton, Ohio. In addition to being very active professionally, Mr. Rose has a long history of involvement in community efforts seeking to promote diversity, and to further inclusion and representation of historically excluded groups. He has served for many years on the Fair Housing agency board for Toledo and Northwest Ohio. In this capacity, he has served this important civil rights agency in a number of leadership roles, including president, vice president, and chair of the nominations and personnel committees. Additionally, he is vice chair of the Toledo Rainbow Coalition, and sits on the board of the Self Expression Teen Theater for Academic and Personal Excellence. He was a member of the Board of Community Relations’ Council on Diversity in Employment (CODE) and a member of the City of Toledo’s Affirmative Action Steering Committee. He was the Chair of the Million Man March Local Organizing Committee for Toledo and Northwest Ohio, and former Director and trustee with Save Our Children, Inc. of Toledo, under whose auspices he hosted the weekly WKLR radio program, Rolemodels. Mr. Rose has done numerous presentations and speeches on diversity, affirmative action, EEO and associated topics. He has also done training for educational, nonprofit and private industry organizations in such areas as diversity, race relations, and sexual harassment. Some of these organizations include, the Michigan State Affirmative Action Association, Indiana Affirmative Action Association, Toledo American Red Cross, Bluffton College, Henry Ford Community College, City of Toledo, Ohio Half-Way House Association, Midwest Association of College Admissions Officers, Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority, Paul Quinn College, Wright State University-Lake Campus, Bowling Green Senior High School, The Saginaw News, and the Monroe County Independent School District. He is also routinely invited to speak and or participate in many programs and services honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as celebrations and activities commemorating African American History. Mr. Rose has been featured in the 1998-99 edition of BGSU’s OUR TOWN, YOUR TOWN, a publication of Student Publications and Student Affairs that is distributed widely throughout the community. Most recently his leadership contributions have been recognized by his induction into Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society. He is a graduate of Southwestern Christian College in Terrell, Texas, where he received an Associates of Arts degree. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in social work from Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and a Master of Social Work degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. 22 62 GRELYN DRIVE
TOLEDO, OHIO 43615 |
Marshall Rose has worked
professionally and in his community on diversity, equity and associated
issues, for most of his life.