2019-2021 Diversity Goals
- Increase and Improve Diversity-Related Communication
- Provide Safe and Effective Ways for Students to Address Grievances, Injustices, and Inequities
- Evaluate and Improve Practices that Support the Success and Retention of Diverse Students, Faculty, and Staff
- Create a Mentoring Program for Students
- Improve Cultural Competency Across the Campus
- Enhance Support Services for Working with Persons with Disabilities
- Increase Diversity Among Students, Faculty, Staff, and Administration
- Increase Support Services for International Students
- Demonstrate Leadership in Diversity and Social Justice Causes in the Community at Large
- Membership
Goal: Increase and Improve Diversity-Related Communication
| Action Step(s) | Proposed Partner(s) | Anticipated Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Display signage and posters around the building that speaks to what we believe. | Facilities, Marketing | By Spring 2020 |
| Diversity Council will host diversity-related training sessions in-person and via Zoom. | Diversity Council, Faculty, Staff, Human Resource, Speakers | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Establish a monthly newsletter. | Student Life, Diversity Council, Associate Provost, Faculty | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Increase awareness of diversity initiatives across the campus. | Provost, Student Life, Diversity Council, Associate Provost, Faculty, Diversity Fellow | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Host bi-monthly student diversity-related student forums and activities. | Provost, Student Life, Diversity Council, Associate Provost, Faculty, Staff | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
Goal: Provide Safe and Effective Ways for Students to Address Grievances, Injustices, and Inequities
| Action Steps | Proposed Partners | Anticipated Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Facilitate conversations that support openness and inclusiveness and opportunities to disclose problems/concerns on an ongoing basis. | Antioch Community | Continuous |
| Increase awareness of institutional policies and safe zones. | Human Resources, Associate Provost, Faculty | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Identify advocates/confidants that are a safety zones for communication. | Provost, Diversity Council, Human Resources, Antioch Community | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Add signage in classrooms that speaks to ‘no fear of retaliation’ and ‘safe zones’. | Faculty, Facilities, Provost | by Spring 2020 |
Goal: Evaluate and Improve Practices that Support the Success and Retention of Diverse Students, Faculty, and Staff
| Action Steps | Proposed Partners | Anticipated Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Create an early alert system for students in all programs. | Faculty, Provost, Associate Provost | Summer 2020 |
| Evaluate and improve faculty and staff orientation. | Human Resources, Faculty, Associate Provost | Continuous |
| Track employee turnover and include questions about diversity/campus climate in exit interviews. | Human Resources | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Track student withdrawals for the university and include questions about diversity/campus climate in exit interviews. | Registrar, Faculty, Associate Provost, Advisors | Continuous beginning Fall 2020 |
| Establish an annual Diversity Award to recognize students, faculty, staff, and departments that significantly contribute to diversity efforts. | Human Resources, Provost, Executive Assistant to Provost | By Winter 2020 |
| Provide retention related professional development opportunities for faculty, staff and administration. | Human Resources, Provost, Associate Provost, Speakers | Continuous beginning Winter 2020 |
| Add question to mid/end of term evaluation related to diversity experiences in the class. | Faculty, Provost, Executive Assistant to Provost | By Winter 2020 |
Goal: Create a Mentoring Program for Students
| Action Steps | Proposed Partners | Anticipated Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Establish a mentor program that encompasses academic, social, and personal tools for success. | Student Life, Student Volunteers, Faculty, Staff, Administrators | by Summer 2020 |
| Strengthen connections to local communities, alumni, and affinity groups. | Director of Continuing Education and Community Outreach, Provost, Special Assistant to Academic Affairs, Faculty, Staff | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Establish peer-to-peer mentoring opportunities. | Student Life, Associate Provost, Faculty, Advisors | by Summer 2020 |
| Develop a mentoring system/website. | Marketing, Faculty, Alumni, Director of Continuing Education and Community Outreach | By Fall 2020 |
Goal: Improve Cultural Competency Across the Campus
| Action Steps | Proposed Partners | Anticipated Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Encourage students to pursue practicums with communities/populations that students otherwise have not worked with. | Faculty, Students, Practicum Partners | Continuous beginning Spring 2020 |
| Clearly document and share how social justice and cultural competencies into courses. | Faculty, Provost, Special Assistant to Academic Affairs | By Fall 2020 |
| Implement strategies to improve diversity safety in the classroom environment and campus culture such as in discussion around race, class, privilege, religion, sizeism, ablelism, etc. | Faculty, Human Resources, Provost, Associate Provost | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Increase disability culture competencies and awareness across the campus. | Director of Disability Services, Field Experts | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Use subject matter experts to host cultural competency forums, workshops, speaker series, and campus-wide conversations to increase diversity/cultural competencies. | Field Experts, Faculty, Provost, Diversity Council, Associate Provost | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Provide diversity competency training for all leaders of student groups and clubs. | Student Life, Associate Provost | Continuous beginning Spring 2020 |
| Highlight diversity profiles and kudos of students, faculty, staff, and departments. | Faculty, Staff, Student Life, Associate Provost, Human Resources | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Increase multicultural celebrations. | Student Life, Associate Provost, Faculty, Staff | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
Goal: Enhance Support Services for Working with Persons with Disabilities
| Action Steps | Proposed Partners | Anticipated Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Normalize dialogue and awareness of services. | Director Disability Services, Faculty, Staff, Human Resources | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Educate the campus community on standards and cultures of varying disabilities. | Director Disability Services, Faculty, Staff, Human Resources | Continuous beginning Spring 2020 |
| Increase awareness of university policies. | Director Disability Services, Faculty, Staff, Human Resources | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
Goal: Increase Diversity Among Students, Faculty, Staff, and Administration
| Action Steps | Proposed Partners | Anticipated Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Unique and direct marketing to students, faculty, staff and administrators of varying race and ethnicity. | Marketing, Admissions, School Ambassadors | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
| Admit an increased number of qualified students from groups that have been underrepresented in higher education. | Department Faculty, Chairs, Provost, Admissions, Pipeline Partner Schools | Continuous beginning Spring 2019 |
| Develop relationships with pipeline schools and organizations that are highly diversified. | Admissions, Associate Provost, Special Assistant to Academic Affairs | Continuous beginning Fall 2010 |
Goal: Increase Support Services for International Students
| Action Steps | Proposed Partners | Anticipated Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Increase awareness of opportunities available to international students. | Student Life, Provost, Associate Provost, Faculty, Staff | Continuous |
| Create a diversity collage or flags of countries of national origin. | Facilities, Provost | By Summer 2020 |
Demonstrate Leadership in Diversity and Social Justice Causes in the Community at Large
| Action Steps | Proposed Partners | Anticipated Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Host a diversity-related conference or summit. | Faculty, Provost, Diversity Council, Associate Provost, Special Assistant to Academic Affairs, Director of Continuing Education and Community Outreach, Human Resources | By Spring 2021 |
| Open campus events to the community and heavily advertise events in the community. | Faculty, Provost, Diversity Council, Associate Provost, Special Assistant to Academic Affairs, Director of Continuing Education and Community Outreach, Human Resources | Continuous beginning Fall 2019 |
Membership
Cleopatra Bertelsen, student and faculty
Keiko Sano, student and faculty
Darcy Greene, student
Emily Bogen, student, alumni
Samantha Hoffman, student
Krista Mercer, student
Diego Vitelli, student
Jacqueline Yust, student
Brittancia Maxter, alumni
Cori Adler, faculty
Carmela Maxell-Harrison, faculty and alumni
Pei-Hsuan (Patty) Liu, faculty
Tanya Johnson, faculty
Zain Shamoon, faculty
Lekea Itero, student
Mike Wahlbrink, staff
Sue Byers, staff
Erica Holmes (Council Chair), staff
Jessica Minckley, student
Amy Harold, student