Overall Rating Reporter - expired
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Liaison Greg Monaco
Submission Date Nov. 10, 2016
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Stony Brook University
PA-6: Support for Underrepresented Groups

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Tom Lanzilotta
Campus Energy Manager
Campus Operations and Maintenance
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Does the institution have mentoring, counseling, peer support, academic support, or other programs to support underrepresented groups on campus?:
Yes

A brief description of the programs sponsored by the institution to support underrepresented groups:

Stony Brook University has come a long way in enhancing diversity, as witnessed by the Portal to Diversity Program and numerous other important efforts throughout our University. Some of these programs are the following:

- BIOPREP: Biology Partnership in Research and Education Program
- Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP)
- Educational Opportunity Program for Advancement on Individual Merit (EOP/AIM)
- LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD)
- MARC: Minority Access to Research Careers
- National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science,
Inc (GEM Consortia)
- New York Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (NY STEM)
- Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG/GeoPREP)
- Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP)
- SUNY Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
- TechPREP
- The Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
- W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship
- Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) College Program


The website URL where more information about the support programs for underrepresented groups is available:
Does the institution have a discrimination response policy and/or team (or the equivalent) to respond to and support those who have experienced or witnessed a bias incident, act of discrimination or hate crime?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s discrimination response policy, program and/or team:

Stony Brook University, in its continuing effort to seek equity in education and employment and consistent with Federal and State anti-discrimination legislation, has adopted a complaint procedure for the prompt and equitable investigation and resolution of allegations of unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or marital status. Harassment on the basis of any of the above-protected categories is one form of unlawful discrimination.


The website URL where more information about the institution’s discrimination response policy, program and/or team is available:
Does the institution offer housing options to accommodate the special needs of transgender and transitioning students?:
Yes

Does the institution produce a publicly accessible inventory of gender neutral bathrooms on campus?:
Yes

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