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HHS Council for Diversity 2012-13. Council Members. Council Members. Diversity Highlights. Collectively advised the Dean on the diversity components of HHS Strategic P lan Promoted university/community events/info. to the members’ representative groups
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Diversity Highlights • Collectively advised the Dean on the diversity components of HHS Strategic Plan • Promoted university/community events/info. to the members’ representative groups • Co-organized/co-sponsored diversity/ multicultural events: • Hanna Center Ebony & Ivory Ball • Black Graduate Student Association award dinner • Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Awareness Week
Diversity Highlights • HHS Supplement for Faculty Hire Procedure • New faculty hires made possible by the University’s Strategic Hiring Funds for diversity • New staff hires in student services areas • Director for Student Success • Student Program Specialist • Student Success Mentors Program
Implementing HHS Strategic Plan- Council’s Wish List (a sample) • Establish a plan and publicize the process for recruiting…and a plan for retaining diverse groups of students. • Maintaining a tracking system for students… for faculty and staff… • Develop competencies in diversity, global and multicultural skills through curricula for students and development opportunities for faculty and staff… • Focus on the quality of interactive experiences between and among students from different countries and cultures. • Maximize university resources and programs. • Better understand current issues and policies and implications for our responsible areas. • Determine what we try to achieve and how we measure our diversity efforts. • Matching activities with resources.
IP Highlights • Collectively advised the Dean on the global components of HHS Strategic Plan • Total of 60+ of John & Emma Global Scholars • Increase of study abroad funding/grants • Increase of study abroad participants • Increase of study abroad participants in faculty-led programs • Support for new faculty study abroad leaders
IP Highlights • Development opportunities for academic advisors (CSR, HDFS, HTM, HSCI, PSY) • Global Strategic Partners in Dublin • 2013 class in University College Dublin (CSR, HDFS, PSY, NURS) • Dublin Institute of Technology (HSCI, NUTR) • Global Strategic Partners in Guangzhou (HTM) • Study Abroad photo contest
Implementing HHS Strategic Plan- Committee Wish List ( a sample) • One or more study abroad courses are developed as HHS-branded signatures/that appeal to students from multiple departments/schools. • A global learning fair/forum is held monthly as a continuous venue to educate HHS students and promote featured study abroad. • Parents are engaged to learn about opportunities of study abroad and global learning for their children. • A study abroad course is required for all HHS students to satisfy the requirement of the University Core Curriculum for the foundational outcome of Human Cultures, as well as for the embedded outcomes of Intercultural Knowledge and Effectiveness and Global Citizenship and Social Responsibility. • Each department identifies one or more required courses that are appropriate or can be fitted for study abroad.