| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 50.31 |
| Liaison | Amy McElhinney |
| Submission Date | Sept. 29, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Mount Union
PA-4: Diversity and Equity Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.44 / 2.00 |
Ron
Holden Assistant Dean of Students, Director of Diversity and Inclusion Office of Diversity and Inclusion |
Does the institution have a diversity and equity committee, office, and/or officer tasked to advise on and implement policies, programs, and trainings related to diversity, equity, inclusion and human rights on campus?:
Does the committee, office and/or officer focus on students, employees, or both?:
A brief description of the diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer, including purview and activities:
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is part of Student Affairs. The Director is also the Assistant Dean of Students.
At the University of Mount Union, issues of diversity are firmly rooted in the University’s mission to prepare students for fulfilling lives, meaningful work, and responsible citizenship.
Diversity Statement
At the University of Mount Union, we continuously strive to welcome, accept, and respect all people. We believe that through the union of disparate perspectives, we strengthen our community, facilitate global enlightenment, and enable collective self-discovery. As such, we embrace diversity and inclusiveness to facilitate the development of ideas, the advancement of global perspectives, and to create a greater understanding and acceptance of all people. We actively promote a diverse and inclusive environment that obliges mutual respect and positive engagement to effectively enrich learning and living for our students, faculty, staff, administration, and community.
As members of the University of Mount Union community, we pledge to:
Acknowledge, respect, honor, and celebrate diversity.
Work together to create an environment that is both diverse and inclusive.
Take these inclusive attitudes with us as we continue our life journeys.
Office main objective is to educate the campus on diversity and advise the diversity student organization. They also celebrate cultural holidays and organize a diversity conference on Mount Union's campus, Not Another Statistic Diversity Conference.
Estimated proportion of students that has participated in cultural competence trainings and activities (All, Most, Some, or None):
Estimated proportion of staff (including administrators) that has participated in cultural competence trainings and activities (All, Most, Some, or None):
Estimated proportion of faculty that has participated in cultural competence trainings and activities (All, Most, Some, or None):
A brief description of the institution’s cultural competence trainings and activities for each of the groups identified above:
Not Another Statistic Diversity Conference
May Days (Lead by DISC)
DISC Mini grant program
Webinars
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data provided by Ron Holden, Assistant Dean of Students, Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Data provided by Ron Holden, Assistant Dean of Students, Director of Diversity and Inclusion
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