"At ASU for a while anyway, we would regularly get bomb threats and have to clear out the buildings. And oftentimes the bomb threats would be coded with critiques, if you will, about all the multicultural things that we were doing at the university."

Having personally navigated overt bias and death threats, Fernando Delgado talks about what he sees as a need for “more conversations” and “respectfully disagreeing”. As UMD’s Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Fernando sees opportunity in challenging each other along the journey to personal growth. 

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