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Fostering Diversity & Inclusion

Join the New College Faculty Orientation on August 15, 2014, to learn about Wake Forest University's commitment to diversity and inclusion. Explore the university's vision for inclusive excellence and gain insight into the institutional diversity and inclusion leadership infrastructure.

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Fostering Diversity & Inclusion

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  1. Fostering Diversity & Inclusion Wake Forest University New College Faculty Orientation August 15, 2014 Barbee Myers Oakes, PhD Assistant Provost for Diversity & Inclusion Wake Forest University

  2. Vision 2020 Striving For Inclusive Excellence We Plan to Strategically Position Diversity & Inclusion as Central to the WF Mission

  3. Guiding Questions How do we define diversity at Wake Forest today? Who are principal members of the institutional diversity and inclusion leadership infrastructure?

  4. Question #1 How do we define diversity at Wake Forest today?

  5. Redefining Diversity at Wake Forest

  6. 20-Year Analysis of WFU Ethnic Minority Undergraduate Student Enrollment (1993-2012) 23.2% (1117) “The Mix” Number 1993 Total UG = 3545 2012 Total UG = 4815 7.6% (365) 7.9% (302) 5.6% (269) 3% (143) Year 1.5% (53) Source: Institutional Research Fact Book

  7. Fall 2014 Undergraduate First Year Student Enrollment (N=1290) First Year Racial/Ethnic Minority Demographics (378) | 29%(Includes 122 International Students) Data Source: WF Office of the Registrar

  8. WFU Full-Time Faculty by Ethnicity Fall 2012 “The Mix” 17.5% Non-White 26 339 1272 Source: Institutional Research Fact Book 2012-2013

  9. Full-Time Minority and Female Faculty at Wake Forest (Fall 2009-2012) Arts and Sciences 43% “The Mix” 43% 42% Number 42% 39% 15.8% 15.7% 15.5% 15.4% 13.6% Year Source: Institutional Research Fact Book 2012-2013

  10. LGBTQ Center Usage Statistics 2011-2013 “The Mix” Number

  11. POLICY MATTERS KEY WINS • Tax Equality Benefit (Grossing Up) • In July 2013, WF became the first university in the South to offer a tax equality benefit to create parity in benefits compensation for our faculty and staff with same-sex partners • Joined the ranks of Syracuse, Princeton, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Barnard, Colorado College, Carlton, Utah State, and Bowdoin College • Residence Life and Housing Domestic Partner Policy • The LGBTQ Center worked with Residence Life & Housing leadership to help craft and approve a new domestic partner policy for staff living in the residence halls IN PROGRESS • Transgender-Inclusive Health Care Coverage • Bias Incident Response System (BIRS)

  12. Question #2 Who are principal members of the institutional diversity and inclusion leadership infrastructure?

  13. 2014 WF Office of Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Team (ODILT) Diversity & Inclusion Diversity Education Diversity & Inclusion Barbee Myers Oakes, PhD ASSISTANT PROVOST (‘09) Kaylan S. Baxter ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (‘14) Shayla Herndon-Edmunds MANAGER (‘12) Multicultural Affairs LGBTQ Center Wesley Harris, INTERIM DIRECTOR (‘14) Angela Mazaris, PhD DIRECTOR (‘11) Office of Chaplain Women’s Center K. Monet Rice, M Div ASSOCIATE CHAPLAIN (‘12) Paige Meltzer, PhD DIRECTOR (‘13)

  14. Diversity and Inclusion Partnerships

  15. Questions?

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