As the state’s designated public liberal arts university, we will cultivate a fair, just, and inclusive community that prepares our students, faculty, and staff to excel in a globally connected workforce.
Goals
1. Broaden and enhance the recruitment strategies and retention efforts for students, faculty, and staff such that our campus more comprehensively reflects and serves the people of our city, region, and state.
a. Increase representation of underrepresented students, faculty, and staff.
b. Develop and enhance support networks dedicated to the success of underrepresented students, faculty, and staff.
2. Create a campus climate that fosters a sense of belonging .
a. Establish and achieve benchmarks to create an inclusive campus environment.
b. Define, inventory, and address campus practices, policies, infrastructures, and procedures that impede or inhibit an inclusive campus community.
3. Foster shared leadership to enhance individual skills and capacities to support, implement, and recognize innovative and inclusive curricular and co-curricular experiences .
a. Promote and support learning and training opportunities for students, faculty, and staff around diversity of thought and experiences to enhance inclusive outcomes.
b. Develop curricular and co-curricular programming that provides students with experiences that enhance their understanding and cultivate their ability to meaningfully engage with people from different backgrounds, demographics, and perspectives.
c. Create a culture of shared responsibility for building an inclusive community
Progress
Progress and metric information coming soon!