2020 Pursuit of Inclusion Award Recipient: Sig Ferguson
Sig Ferguson (she/her/hers) has served as a Resident Director in Housing & Residential Education at the University
of Utah since June 2018.
Sig goes beyond considering "cultural competencies" in her work. She actively works to change policy, advocate for underserved and marginalized students, and creates communities of staff, faculty, and students dedicated to growth and change related to EDI.
Sig works within systems to create change; is dedicated to higher education and student
success, and has found thoughtful, passionate ways to be part of EDI growth. For example,
after the murder of George Floyd, Sig curated a list of higher ed specific readings
and resources and compiled the list as an auto-reply for their email.
Sig also prioritizes student and staff anti-racist education and has found ways to
provide this education over Zoom while still providing the day-to-day support to her
HRE community. Sig created a thoughtful and customized training for our peer educators.
Her training was bold, vulnerable and engaging and continues to be our students’ favorite
training of the entire year. Sig focused her training (delivered on Canvas modules
and live via Zoom) on antiracism, allyship, and identity. She took the time to get
to know our needs as an office and student organization and ensured the training was
a perfect blend of self-growth and student leadership development.
On behalf of the Student Affairs Diversity Committee, we congratulate Sig and thank her for her pursuit of inclusion on campus and in the community.