Renata Mitchell received the National Collegiate Honors Council’s highest student award for service to diversity

Renata Mitchell has been awarded the Freddye T. Davy Student Scholarship, the National Collegiate Honors Council’s (NCHC) highest student award for service to diversity, the University Honors College announced. The $1,000 award was created to help students attend the NCHC Annual Conference, which takes place Nov. 8-12 in Atlanta. Mitchell is one of three students nationally to receive the award. Mitchell is a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in history and philosophy of science, with minors in classical studies and administration of justice, and certificates in children’s literature and medieval and renaissance studies.

She has participated in a study abroad program on Irish myths and legends at the University of Limerick in Ireland, and completed a Brackenridge Research Fellowship project focused on diversifying children’s literature. She supports LGBTQ youth as part of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, pushes campus sustainability initiatives through the Pitt Green Team and promotes literacy among children in underserved neighborhoods as a program coordinator with the Carnegie Library.

At the NCHC conference, Mitchell will network and attend workshops focused on honors education and diversity initiatives. She’ll also take notes and compile a report on how Pitt can strengthen its honors education and programs and become more diverse as an institution.