Presidential Diversity Committees
Advocates and Allies for LGBTQ Issues (formerly AAGLBTI)
Mission
Establish a network of faculty, staff and student allies who will provide
support and advocacy by identifying the issues and concerns attached to sexual
orientation in the university community.
Goals
- Ensure that sexual orientation is not a barrier to full participation
in the academic, social and cultural life of the university for any member
of the community
- Identify issues and concerns, and recommend policies, projects, programs,
strategies, and initiatives, that can resolve them
- Provide educational materials and opportunities to the university community
Visit the Advocates and Allies website.
Committee on the Status of Women
Mission
Identify and communicate the issues and concerns of women faculty, staff,
and students regarding their experiences in, and expectations of, the university
Goals
- Ensure that the issues and concerns of women are communicated appropriately
- Provide opportunities for networking and the development of support systems
for women
- Ensure that gender is not a barrier to full participation by women in
the academic, professional, social and cultural life of the university
Visit the Committee on the Status of Women website.
Intercultural Council
Mission
Enhance communication among the diversity committees and provide guidance
to the university on a broad range of issues and concerns by identifying potential
initiatives, projects, and programs that will improve intercultural relations
at the university.
Goals
- Identify projects, programs, initiatives and other strategies for building
an inclusive university community by:
- improving campus climate
- enhancing the recruitment and retention of students and faculty
- strengthening inclusive curricular and co-curricular programs
- improving learning environments
- playing a central role in the dialogue that defines the meaning of an
"includive community"
- Provide and promote educational opportunities to the university community
- Develop consensus among the various diversity committees for the implementation
of major initiatives.
- Recommend the implementation of campus-wide initiatives to the President.
Visit the Intercultural Council website.
The Multiethnic Coalition
Mission
Identify and communicate the issues and concerns of faculty/staff, and students
of color regarding their experiences in, and expectations of, the university.
Goals
- Ensure that the unique challenges facing communities of color are communicated
to the broader campus community
- Provide opportunities for networking and the development of support systems
- To ensure that race/ethnicity are not barriers to full participation
in the academic, social and cultural life of the university for faculty/staff
or students
- Provide educational materials and opportunities to the university community
Visit the Multiethnic Coalition website.
University Disabilities Resource Coalition
Mission
Establish a network of faculty, staff and student allies who will provide support and advocacy by identifying the issues and concerns of persons with disabilities in the university community.
Goals
- Provide support and advocacy for persons with disabilities in the university community
- Ensure that persons with disabilities are not confronted with barriers to full participation in the academic, social and cultural life of the university, for faculty/staff and students
- Identify the challenges faced by persons with disabilities and recommend projects, programs, strategies, and/or initiatives that can resolve them
- Provide educational materials and opportunities for the university community
Visit the University Disabilities Resource Coalition website.
Work & Family Taskforce
Mission
Assist university faculty, staff, and students in balancing their work/school
and family lives by encouraging the university to develop family-friendly policies and services.
Goals
- Improve the family-friendliness of the campus in terms of policies, resources,
ands services
- Inform the campus community of available resources
Visit the Work & Family Taskforce website.
