Diversity Recognition and Awards

Dell has been recognized by some of America's leading multicultural groups for our diversity efforts:

2006 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award given to Thurmond B. Woodard, Dell vice president of global diversity, by Austin Area Urban League 2006 Hispanic Magazine named Dell to Hispanic Corporate 100 list 2006 Handelsblatt newspaper named Dell Germany to 20 Most Popular German Employers list 2006 Dell named one of the country's "Best Places to Work" by the Human Rights Campaign

2005 Essence magazine gave Dell a rating of "Excellent" on the magazine's list of 35 Great Places to Work 2005 Fortune America's "Most Admired" Company and No. 3 worldwide 2005 Dell recognized as one of "Top U.S. Companies for Leaders" by The Human Resource Planning Society (HRPS) and Hewitt Associates 2005 Diversity Award from the International Foundation of Gender Education 2005 Top Blacks in Technology awarded to Kim Goodman, Ben-Saba Hasan and Frank Miller by Black Engineer and IT Magazine 2005 DiversityBusiness.com ranked Dell #4 on America's Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities Dell named Corporation of the Year by the Central and South Texas Minority Business Council for its commitment to minority business development 2005 Dell named to three "Best of the Best" lists for 2005 by Hispanic Network Magazine: Best Companies for Supplier Diversity, Best Companies for Hispanics and Best Companies for Diversity 2005 Dell Canada on Top 10 list of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures on Waterstone Human Capital's inaugural study 2005 Dell Brazil recognized by Exame magazine as one of the Best Places to Work and part of the list of the 50 Greatest Places for Women to Work 2005 Dell was named a Best Employer in the fifth annual Best Employers in Australia and New Zealand study by Hewitt Associates, in partnership with the Australian Graduate School of Management and AFR BOSS magazine 2005 Thurmond Woodard named on list of Top 100 Blacks by Black Professional magazine 2005 Dell named to Latin Business magazine's Corporate Diversity Honour Roll 2005 Dell recognized as one of Top 50 Recruitment Companies by Hispanic magazine 2005 Dell listed seventh in Barron's inaugural List of Most-Respected Global Corporations 2005 Dell named to the list of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Business Ethics magazine 2005 Dell named on List of 100 Most Desirable MBA Employers by Fortune magazine 2005 Dell selected as one of the Top 50 U.S. Companies for Women Engineers by readers of Women Engineer magazine

2004 Excellence in Employee Relations Award by National Association for the Advancement of coloured People (NAACP) Austin 2004 Human Rights Campaign (HRC) rated Dell's GLBT policies and initiatives with a score of 100 percent. 2004 Frederick D. Patterson Award from UNCF to Michael Dell 2004 The Advocate magazine listed Dell as one of its Top 10 Employers for GLBT employees 2004 Corporation of the Year from the Minority Corporate Council Association. 2004 Corporation of the Year Award from the Austin Area Urban League

2003 Exemplary Volunteer Efforts award from the U.S. Department of Labor 2003 Silver Torch Award from the national Society of Black MBAs 2003 Brillante Award from the National Society of Hispanic MBAs No. 8 on the National Society of Black Engineers Top 50 "Companies to Work For" list 2003 Austin NAACP President's Award

Upcoming 2006 Events

3/4 - Huston Tillotson University President's MASKED Ball; Austin. Click here for more info.

3/9 - UNCF 62nd Anniversary Dinner; New York City. Click here for more info.

3/18 - Human Rights Campaign Gala; Austin. Click here for more info.

3/21 - National Council of Negro Women Uncommon Height Awards Gala; Washington, D.C. Click here for more info.

3/23 - Women for Hire Regional Conference; Atlanta. Click here for more info.

3/28-3/30 - Bennett College Chief Diversity Officers Forum; Greensboro, NC. Click here for more info.

3/30 - CABLE ATHENA Award Dinner; Nashville. Click here for more info.

4/10 - Lone Star Girl Scout Council Women of Distinction Luncheon; Austin. Click here for more info.

4/27-4/29 - NSHMBA Hispanic Executive Summit; New York City. Click here for more info.

5/6 - CWIT Computer Mania Day; Baltimore. Click here for more info.

6/26-7/1 - LULAC Annual Convention; Milwaukee Click here for more info.

7/8-7/11 - National Council of La Raza Annual Conference; Los Angeles Click here for more info.

7/26-7/30 - National Urban League Annual Conference; Atlanta. Click here for more info.

7/27-8/2 - Delta Sigma Theta National Conference; Philadelphia.

8/17-8/20 - National Association of Asian American Professionals Annual Conference, Seattle. Click here for more info.

9/26-10/1 - National Black MBA Association Annual Conference, Atlanta. Click here for more info.

10/26-10/29 - National Society of Hispanic MBAs Annual Conference, Cincinnati. Click here for more info.

11/3-11/4 - National Association of Women MBAs National Conference; St. Louis. Click here for more info.