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Looking at climate in the early years, we didn’t have as many opportunities for leadership engagement for women and underrepresented populations, and so we thought one of the ways that we would go about making changes is providing an administrative fellows program, one that would allow for those individuals that wanted to look beyond their current roles, and I think that as we’ve become more comfortable looking at data the way we would normally approach anything else, particularly research, we have discovered that we still have room for growth and development. We pay attention to the climate and diversity committee, the leadership that the deans have provided, and I think we’ve become a much more family-friendly college and organization, and one that’s willing to actually engage each other in dialogues. We think of ourselves, and we are, preeminent when it comes to the outreach experiences and the kinds of support that we provide to students. I say ‘just,’ but we never say ‘just’ when we’re talking about science. When I started, we were not the Eberly College of Science, we were just the College of Science. Frequently we still are approached about how we are able to do many of the things that we do, and they are always surprised that we actually publish, and not only is it published, it’s available to the public to see the kinds of engagement that we have and the outcomes we hope to have once we’ve reached some of those goals. Little did we know at the time that it would become a best practice and model that other universities emulate. I would say one of the more important aspects was the creation of a dedicated framework for diversity, which was instituted by the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity, and the intent was to have every academic unit develop a strategic plan, one that would be published and could be shared with our peers and colleagues as a commitment that the University had to this overall goal. McCoullum: In my 40 years of being here at the University, there have been a number of initiatives that I think have contributed to diversity and inclusion. Q: In your 40 years at Penn State, what have you seen as the key initiatives toward promoting a culture of diversity and inclusion? Henry "Hank" McCoullum, director of the Office of Diversity Initiatives and Multicultural Programs and executive assistant to the dean of the Eberly College of Science, sat down with the college's Office of Communications to reflect on his 40 years as a champion for diversity and inclusion at Penn State and to share his vision for the future.