Tomas Vence

LCEC Diversity & Inclusion Chair

Public Health House

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Tomas is a Senior majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology. He is an alum of Public Health House, where he served as vice-president of innovation in his sophomore year. This will be Tomas’s second year on the Learning Community Executive Council, serving as the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion chair. Outside of the Learning Community program, Tomas is involved in UConn Alt-Breaks as a trip leader for the Bridge to Guanin trip, as well as serving as the Community Outreach chair for the Huskies for Health Club. One fun fact about him is that he won the New York State High School Soccer Championship. 

 

Reach out to Tomas and visit him during his office hours about any of the following:   

• Work with him on prioritizing inclusiveness, collaboration, and inter-LC interactions  

• Take deep consideration for diverse LC representation at Learning Community-wide events   

• Help ensure that other chairs take into account these diverse representations when planning for events and programs, keeping diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in mind  

• Work with him directly for projects on:  

• Cultural Showcase 

• Other Diversity and inclusion programming, events, and trainings  

• Help act as a liaison between the learning community office and the UConn Office of Diversity and Inclusion, as well as other UConn organizations doing important diversity and inclusion work  

• Help increase the visibility of diverse LC student experiences online (Instagram, the website, etc.) and through recruitment events (Open houses, LC showcases, Panels, etc.).