Goals and objectives:

  1. To promote the IDE environment outside the classroom by assisting departments through IDE co-curricular opportunities
    1. To collaborate with the office of Student Affairs to strengthen IDE efforts.
    2. To collaborate with the office of Student Affairs to strengthen IDE efforts.
      1. To Host a First-Generation Open House, which provides a networking opportunity for student-parents and first-generation students, staff and faculty.
      2. I Am First Too initiative. This initiative aims to build a network and sense of pride among first-generation students through T-shirts, buttons, door tags and a social media campaign.
      3. I Am First Too poster, honoring individuals at PSU Fayette, including students, alumni, faculty and staff who have excelled as role models, trailblazers and advocates of first-generation student success.
      4. Bring ideas to the Office of Student Affairs with programming regarding IDE efforts.
    3. Reach out to the August Wilson Center for possible programming.
    4. Each semester month, we should promote a different diversity group.
    5. To increase students’ awareness of the Report Bias hotline. (link on IDEA website, larger independent posters rather than standard-sized paper on crowded bulletin boards).
    6. IDEA collaborating with Student Affairs Programming Planning/Brainstorming meetings.
    7. Have an annual MLK ceremony the Friday before MLK’s day.
    8. Have IDEA members and faculty willing to collaborate in the planning of All-In Diversity Summit.
  2. To promote the IDE environment in the classroom by assisting PSFE faculty through IDE curricular opportunities.
    1. For all classes, provide faculty training to recognize and promote the contributions to knowledge made by diverse cultural individual/groups and other historically marginalized people across the world.
    2. Develop a list of PSFE faculty names, university-wide faculty, staff, and community leaders with expertise on various diversity topics or issues to guide collaboration and consultation. (Goal 1)
    3. Faculty should have one lecture or part of a lecture devoted to showing the diversity in the work force of their academic field. If there is a lack of diversity, ask their students to answer the question, why?
    4. To offer one professional development workshop each academic year to assist faculty with incorporating issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion in their courses.
    5. Utilize resources on campus and within the community to bring topics related to classroom curriculum to enhance our students’ learning experiences.
    6. Utilize the Student Affairs Activities Calendar (as well as other campus events) to promote learning outcomes of classes.
    7. Encourage faculty teaching FYS to incorporate one session on Diversity and Inclusion. Seek colleague’s expertise if necessary.
  3. To build a partnership between the campus and our nearby communities to empower and support underserved populations and local organizations.
    1. Assist local underrepresented students with the application process/Common Application. (Linked to Goal 4)
    2. Create an extension of our current speaker series (formerly the CEO conversation) by adding an inclusion day on campus and invite an inclusion speaker.
    3. To leverage campus resources to create educational opportunities and support networks in the community (tutoring, workshops on applying to college and applying for financial aid, counseling, non-credit certificate programs for career training)
    4. Have a few representatives from IDEA reach out to organizations within our community and visit those organizations/groups/churches/etc. Learn what those community partners do and work together to collaborate on events and bring PSU-FE to the local community, promoting outreach of campus faculty, staff and students to organizations.
    5. Work to find accessible places within the community and provide programming/classes/etc. at those locations rather than on campus.
    6. Organize, meet and seek a partnership with local members of the legislature to serve as advisors on IDE efforts in our community.
  4. To serve as an IDE sounding board in our campus to assist in outreach activities and the recruitment and retention of staff, faculty, and students.
    1. Raise awareness of the images that we use in our various methods of promotion, try to be inclusive of how we portray all of our students. (Goal 1)
    2. Utilize digital signs within the campus to promote diversity and inclusion.
    3. To identify barriers and challenges in the recruitment and retention of diverse staff, faculty and students and develop pro-active strategies.
    4. Work with HR to better understand the hiring process and how IDE can help to create additional steps to ensure IDE.
    5. Collaborate within each department on campus in their current outreach and work to provide suggestions to improve IDE.
    6. To bring annually someone to train faculty and staff on Affirmative Action
    7. To host annual focus groups with staff, faculty and students. In particular, with students in underrepresented groups.
  5. To practice and promote language awareness and social justice within the campus and local community.
    1. Create a presentation on language awareness and social justice. This presentation could be used as a professional development day.
    2. To provide training to faculty and staff on ways to intervene and re-direct unacceptable language, behavior and situations, and on strategies to turn uncomfortable or difficult discussions into opportunities for learning.
    3. In collaboration with experts (refer 2b), utilize “soft programming” to bring awareness to language – table tents, flyers, tabling.
    4. Work with the Fayette Dialogue and the diversity and inclusion faculty senate committee group to assist with these topics.
    5. To be supportive and vocal on social justice issues within our campus and community, for example making campus statements advocating for human rights and social justice.
    6. To have D&I hour or unity hour. Invite faculty, staff and students to have lunch/tea/coffee to share their experiences and their background to help making PSFE a more inclusive and welcoming campus.
    7. Create a diversity and multicultural designated area.