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Our Collective Responsibility for Maintaining a Welcoming Climate. Session Facilitators Dr. Christine Stanley, Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity Dr. Antonio Cepeda-Benito, Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost
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Our Collective Responsibility for Maintaining a Welcoming Climate Session Facilitators Dr. Christine Stanley, Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity Dr. Antonio Cepeda-Benito, Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost Dr. Merna Jacobsen, Chief of Staff for the Vice President for Administration Dr. Jennifer Reyes, Data Analyst for Student Life Studies Ms. Janelle Ramirez, Executive Director for Human Resources Operations Mr. Lowell Kane, Program Coordinator for the GLBT Resource Center
Purpose • To engage the campus community in the results of recent faculty, staff, student and institutional climate assessments • Allow Participants to consider summarized and themed data and to generate specific, concrete recommendations for strategic actions which will improve the climate for diversity at Texas A&M University • To generate solutions and look forward
What do we mean by campus climate? (HURTADO, 1998) • Looking at Historical legacies (exclusion OR inclusion) • Psychological Climate (perceptions, beliefs, attitudes) • Behavioral Climate (group interactions) • Structural Diversity (numerical and proportional representation)
Today’s session • Presentation of Results • Faculty • Staff • Students • LGBT • Group Discussion & Proposed Solutions • Groups Report Out • Synthesis and Future Directions