Institutional Action Plan to Address Racism

• Mandatory online training for all faculty and staff
• Work with the Multicultural Students Association and the Student Government Association on training materials and implementation
• Hold an in-depth racial healing workshop with the Administrative Council and Student Affairs and Enrollment Leadership Team
• Design a registration and tracking system for all learning and professional development opportunities
• Publish a training calendar listing additional learning opportunities throughout the year for faculty, staff, and students

Goal Lead: Audrey Grace, Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Chief Diversity Officer

• Gather and report data on faculty and staff diversity and retention
• Update our search committee and hiring policies
• Develop and offer workshop on the adjunct hiring process for all program directors
• Hold unconscious bias workshops for search committee members
• Develop a long term plan for inclusion and retention
• Develop a long term plan for assessment of outcomes
• Conduct periodic reviews of hiring and diversity for full and part time faculty

Goal Lead: Mary Erina Driscoll, Vice President of Academic Affairs

• Gather and report data on course and program completion and undergraduate core learning outcome assessment by demographics
• Disseminate course and program data as appropriate to ensure that changes can be made in response to the data and impact is assessed over time
• Begin implementation of undergraduate e-portfolio across all four years and assess over time students' own perceptions of their academic program
• Create a process for faculty to have access to all relevant institutional survey data to better understand academic (course and program level) experiences
• Conduct a course catalog descriptions inventory and audit using diversity, equity, and inclusion frameworks
• Conduct an inventory of existing diversity, equity, and inclusion faculty practices
• Review and revise of existing forms and templates using diversity, equity, and inclusion frameworks
• Develop a rubric to review current syllabus language, using the Center for Urban Education framework, use the rubric to review current syllabi language, and incorporate the rubric into existing policies and processes.
• Review and revise the Program Annual Report of Service to include explicit language and evaluation tools regarding curriculum as it relates to diversity and inclusion
• Review and revise directions and expectations for Five-Year Academic Comprehensive Review in light of diversity and inclusion
• Include diversity, equity, and inclusion as part of Academic Assessment workshops and meetings
• Work with the Curriculum and Academic Policies committees to incorporate student voice and participation
• Update classroom observation forms to include Universal Design For Learning practice and pedagogy and content engagement with diversity, equity, and inclusion

Goal Lead: Kathryn Edney, Dean, School of Arts and Sciences

• Review existing opportunities for student engagement and assess efficacy
• Identify and design student capacity building opportunities, such as advocacy training and leadership training
• Work with student leaders, including the Student Government Association, student senators, the School of Business and Communication's Student Advisory Board, and other student groups to set short-term and long-term goals for involvement in decision-making
• Work with President’s Office (and institution-wide) to establish a formal calendar of events and opportunities where students are able to share their voices on a variety of topics
• Collaborate with Student Government Association, Partners in Excellence Mentoring Program, Career Services, Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations, Board of Trustees, and other areas to establish a process for informal mentoring, career pathways, employment opportunities, among other things, for students of color in leadership positions
• Work with Graduate Student Affairs to expand opportunities for graduate and online student voice in decision-making

Goal Lead: Walt Horner, Dean of Students

• Draft a Statement of Purpose and A Call for Oral Histories
• Create a Project-specific Deed of Gift
• Determine final storage for the collection
• Discuss with key faculty members how this project can be incorporated into the curriculum for selective courses
• Create a list of questions to be asked during the interviews
• Create bound transcripts of interviews
• Determine how to follow up on the stories
• Hold a final presentation of the oral histories

Goal Lead: Justyna K. Szulc-Maziarz, Archivist

• Incorporate graduate students, Regis North, faculty, as well as undergraduate student and staff in achieving goal.
• Review current DIRECT and other university bias response protocols
• Review website and other publications for clear language and links to reporting options
• Create draft of bias response protocols for review
• Gather feedback on new protocols and reporting accessibility from students, staff, and faculty

Goal Lead: Bridget Buoniconti, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Chief Conduct Officer and Director of Residence Life

• Establish a GOLD (Graduate of the Last Decade) subcommittee of the Alumni Council with diverse representation
• Hold bi-monthly community dialogues on racism with alumni
• Set the ground work for an Alumni Affinity Group
• Offer the racial healing workshop to alumni

Goal Lead: Molly Zuccarini, Director of Alumni Relations

• Work with the student diversity council and Multicultural Student Association
• Survey students on need for identity-based spaces and use of Center for Ministry and Service spaces for affinity conversations
• Design and implement a community education plan on the need for identity-based spaces
• Draft plan for use of existing spaces both campus-based and online
• Include identity-based resources on the website
• Build out a long-term plan for new identity-based spaces

Goal Lead: Denise N. Mashmasarmi, Associate Director for Inclusive Excellence

• Build a Founders' Day planning committee, incorporating various constituencies, including students, faculty, and staff
• Determine the goals for the events
• Develop the schedule and logistics for the event
• Market the event widely
• Develop a post-event assessment

Goal Lead: Mary Lou Jackson, Vice President for Mission