Attending
- Michelle Bryan
- Julian Williams
- Kirsten Kennedy
- Silvia Patricia Rios Husain
- Alicia Bervine
- Ray DeJesus
- Shay Malone
- Shanna Robinson
- Zo Sediqi
- Kaitlin Yoffie
- Debbie Grabski
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Partnership
- The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion need partners across the university. Student Affairs is a natural partnership.
- Keys to creating an equitable campus, include:
- Intentionality
- Resource investment
- Accountability
- Infrastructure
- Prioritization
- Long term goals
- Internal and external expertise
- The Council of Academic Diversity Officers was started in 2015 under Provost Joan Gabel. Each college or school has a diversity officer. Diversity officers develop and implement unit-level strategic plans for diversity and inclusion.
- Standardizing HR practices for recruitment, onboarding, and retention of diverse workforce. Ensuring robust pool of candidates for all positions. Student Affairs will set the standard and then be a model for other departments.
- Inventory assessment
- Low hanging fruit – quick and early wins
- Idea sharing
- Strive for Inclusive Excellence
- Professional development and training around DEIA. Expect it and reward it. Opportunities to achieve professional development. Building the expectations into Position Descriptions and EPMS.
Discussion
- Kirsten will be meeting with Dr. Sue Rankin, President of Rankin & Associates Consulting, LLC, this afternoon to discuss climate assessment options.
- Kirsten & Silvia Patricia will meet with Dr. Dennis Pruitt and Stacey Bradley on a regular basis to update them on the council’s work and to seek continued input and guidance.
- What can we learn from the UofSC Community Insights Study?
- Need to develop consistent messaging.