Strategic Priority 2
Eliminate achievement gaps and increase the diversity of faculty and staff.
- Student Success check-ins were sent to professors of African American freshmen twice during Spring 2022.
- The Black Faculty and Staff Association (BFSA) has been re-established.
- Dr. Monica Smith hired as Assistant to the President for Inclusion and Community Engagement.
- Three Diversity Dissertation Fellows were hired.
- The College of Education’s Center for Fairness, Justice, and Equity has been established.
- “Man Up Teacher Fellowship” (MUTF) has begun efforts.
Work Group | |
Co-Chair: Cheryl Torsney | Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs |
Co-Chair: Vincent Windrow | Office of Student Success |
Andrienne Friedli | College of Basic and Applied Sciences |
Adele Monteblanco | College of Liberal Arts |
Brelinda Johnson | Office of Student Success |
Marva Lucas | University College |
Julie Myatt | MT Engage; College of Liberal Arts |
Sheila Otto | LT&ITC; College of Liberal Arts |
Mary Ellen Sloane | Walker Library |
Michelle Stevens | College of Education |
Chandra Story | College of Behavioral and Health Sciences |
Louis Woods | College of Liberal Arts |