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Expand opportunities and increase funding, including through community-based Research opportunities and enhanced professional conference support, for student and faculty research that addresses diversity and inclusion.
Overseen by: Gerald Zaboski, Senior Vice President, Office of the President
Item Status: Year 2.
Updates:
The reconfiguration of the Office of Research Support and Sponsored Programs is intended to increase support grants on campus. They are supporting a DEI-related grant submission.
In 2023-2024, Community Relations received a Diversity Initiatives grant to do programming around Israel-Palestine including to highlight the Palestinian Catholic perspective.
Support and publicize faculty and student research projects and products that address diversity, equity and inclusion, including through on- and off-campus presentations and symposia
Overseen by: Sarah Kenehan, Executive Director, Slattery Center for the Humanities; Michelle Maldonado, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Item Status: Work in progress.
Updates: The Slattery Center offers fellowships for faculty and students to support and publicize research projects some of which address DEI. For more information, please visit the Slattery Center Website.
Dedicatefundingforreading/discussiongroupsthataddressdiversityandinclusion,inside and outside of theclassroom.
Overseen by: Robert Davis, Vice President, University Advancement; Elizabeth Garcia, Executive Director, Office of Equity and Diversity; , Michelle Maldonado, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Edward Steinmetz, Senior Vice President, Finance; Patricia Tetreault, Vice President for Human Resources
Item Status: Year 2.
Updates:
Ethics across the Curriculum Initiative is an initiative that the University started to embark on this academic year. The first group of faculty attended a pedagogical workshop in May 2024.
The Office of Equity and Diversity introduced Â鶹´«Ã½ Inclusive Books for Employees (SCRIBE) in 2023. The book club reads one book a semester and hold a book club for discussion. The books to date include “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”, “Solito. A Memoir” and “The Radium Girls”.
