Goal 1:

Increased dedicated staff time, graduate work and/or equivalent work capacity for Multicultural Student Support via the DISC and/or a comparable office positioned to serve the entire campus.

  • Better understand the process needed to secure this position within the DISC or equivalent unit
    • Explore approval via Graduate School; appropriate position that allows credits to be waived and a tuition stipend; standard GA requirements/standards?
    • Explore options to increase staff position(s) to fulfill this capacity
  • Secure soft-funding for a one-year pilot of the position, followed by an outcome assessment to evaluate the possibility of moving the position to base funding
  • Provide more opportunities for students to interact with Black/BIPOC faculty and staff earlier on (in the semester), which will help to build a sense of community for Black/BIPOC students
  • Dedicated to programming, scholarships, mentorship, support for students’ professional development/conferences; promoting BSU as a partner; academic support and advocacy
  • Work with the Office of Financial Aid and other relevant stakeholders to evaluate the availability of current financial resources and any need for additional Emergency/Completion Grant funding for at-risk students and/or for underrepresented groups.
  • Diversity and Inclusion Student Commons Program Manager
  • Dean of Students Office and Dean
  • Graduate School Dean
  • Division of Student Success and VP
  • Office of Student Engagement/ASMSU
  • Financial Aid Director

 

Goal 2:

Increased opportunities for Black/African/BIPOC students’ voices and perspectives to be heard.

  • Develop a BIPOC student committee within/reporting to ASMSU.
  • Increase student and campus awareness of issues impacting Black/BIPOC students
  • Division of Student Success and VP
  • Office of Planning and Analysis
  • Office of Student Engagement/ASMSU and Director
  • Office of Institutional Equity and Director
  • Office of International Programs

 

 

Goal 3:

Increased support for Black/African/BIPOC staff and faculty members.

  • Further diversify staff and faculty hiring, with an emphasis on qualified Black/BIPOC staff and faculty hires
  • Provide opportunities for Black/African/BIPOC faculty and staff to interact with one another earlier on (at start of hire), which will invoke a sense of community for Black/BIPOC staff and faculty; coordinate with GATHER in having regular meetings, opportunities for connection and community building among Black/African/BIPOC faculty and staff
  • Dedicated to programming, research opportunities, mentorship, support for professional development/conferences; encourage academic support and advocacy for BIPOC students.
  • Sustain and expand the Inclusive Excellence Faculty Hiring Initiative as one strategy for recruiting and hiring faculty with underrepresented identities
  • Partner with recruitment committee in HR to examine equity in hiring practices
  • Senior Diversity Officer
  • Human Resources and CHRO
  • Division of Student Success and Vice President
  • Office of the Provost

 

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