# @vanderbiltu on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B2PHWVcBXON
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- **Posted:** 2019-09-10T15:44:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Vanderbilt University (@VanderbiltU) — https://gondola.cc/VanderbiltU

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Meet ReChard Peel, Program Coordinator in the Office of Inclusion Initiatives and Cultural Competence. #HumansofVanderbilt

Q: What exactly is the OIICC?
A: We do diversity and inclusion work on campus, directed at students mostly. We also advise multicultural organizations, and do trainings on cultural competence.

Q: How did you get started over there?
A: I’ve been working there 2 years now – I started in June 2017. I have a masters degree in Student Affairs from Grand Valley State University. After I got my masters degree I did a search for institutions that I wanted to work at, and Vanderbilt was on the list.

Q: Why did you choose to come to Vanderbilt?
A: [This job] was a good match for me. The work I’m doing is something I’m really passionate about, and the team is great - I have a great supervisor. When I came and interviewed it felt like a good fit.

Q: Are you from Tennessee?
A: I’m from Gary, Indiana. The last 2 years has been my first time living down south.

Q: What do you love most about Vanderbilt?
A: I get to work with some really great students and I see my role in cultivating students to succeed. It’s nice to see the impact students can have on society once they leave Vanderbilt – I really enjoy getting to work with these amazing students.

Q: Do you have a favorite memory since being here?
A: I think one of the things that really impacted me was that I sit on the committee for Outstanding Students, so getting to hear about all of the amazing things Vanderbilt seniors were doing last year really stood out to me as a moment where I realized – “wow, we are interacting with some people that are really going to change the world.”
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