Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.23
Liaison David Blodgett
Submission Date Jan. 28, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

Babson College
PAE-6: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Elizabeth Thornton
Chief Diversity Officer
President's Office
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Does the institution have a diversity and equity committee?:
Yes

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The charter or mission statement of the committee or a brief description of the committee's purview and activities :
To engage the entire community in the vision of “creating a diverse, multi-cultural and inclusive community of highly talented students, faculty and staff.”

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Members of the committee, including affiliations :
STAFF Amir Reza - Director, International & Multicultural, Office of Int'l Programs Andy Moutinho - Assistant Dir, Trades & Technical Svcs, Facilities Mgt & Planning Cheryl Kiser - Managing Director, Lewis Institute Coleen Crawford - Area Director, Suite Areas, Campus Life Debbie Sinay - VP, Institutional Advancement, Division Management Dennis Hanno - Dean, Undergraduate School Dipti Madnani - Associate Director, Fast Track MBA, Graduate Corporate Program Elizabeth Thornton - Chief Diversity Officer, President's Office Jan Shubert - Director, Center for Women's Leadership, Ctr for Womens Leadership Jen Zamora - Director, Student Activities & Leadership, Campus Life Katrina Fludd - Coord, Student Diversity & Inclusion, Office of Int'l Programs Lisa Thomas - Dir, Community Engagement & Multi-faith, Spiritual Life Michele Oshima - Director, Sorenson Center for the Arts Mike Trask - Senior Assistant Director, UG Admission, Undergraduate Admissions Pam Gibbs - Class Dean, Academic Services, Academic Services Robert Wald - Senior Database Developer, Information Technology Sara Iszard - Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, Student Affairs Sarah Herchel - Associate Director, Grad Student Affairs, Grad Pgm &Student Affairs Terry Marroquin- Director, Office of Grad Progs & Stu Aff, Grad Pgm &Student Affairs Theresa Holland - Senior Employment Representative, Human Resources Vanessa Theoharis - Coordinator, UG School Marketing, UG School Dean's Office Vicky Keller - Asst Dir, UG Career Ed & Alumni Relation, UG Ctr for Career Develop FACULTY Dawna Dewire - Senior Lecturer, Tech OPs & Info Mgmt Elizabeth Goldberg - Associate Professor, Arts & Humanities Janice Bell - Professor, Accounting Julio De Castro - Professor, Entrepreneurial Ken Matsuno - Associate Professor, Marketing Mary Gentile - Sr. Research Scholar & Adjunct Lecturer, Lewis Initiative Mary Godwyn - Assistant Professor, History & Society Mary Pinard - Professor/Division Chair, Arts & Humanities Miguel Rivera - Associate Professor, Management Nan Langowitz - Professor, Management Phil Dover - Associate Professor/Division Chair, Marketing Sydel Sokuvitz - Associate Professor, Management MBA STUDENTS Gabriel Burd Lizabeth Bell Pote Jarupanich Swapna Kommidi UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Matthew Carruthers Chris Smith Geoffrey Suen London Howell Makhissa Damba Nicholas Pineda Sarina Kowaguchi Shoney Yakubjanov Stacey Han Tazmun Nahar Wei Lin Winfred Fields

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The website URL where information about the diversity and equity committee is available:
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Does the institution have a diversity and equity office?:
No

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A brief description of the diversity office:
The Chief Diversity Officer is part of the President's Office. The CDO aims to ensure that the mission permeates the entire Babson community and embed and infuse principles of inclusiveness into internal operating processes such as faculty and staff recruiting, student affairs to support student event planning and in the classroom. There is also an Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion which creates innovative programs and services designed to create a more inclusive campus for students.

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The number of people employed in the diversity office:
1

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The website URL where information about the diversity and equity office is available:
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Does the institution have a diversity and equity coordinator?:
Yes

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Diversity coordinator’s name:
Elizabeth Thornton

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Diversity coordinator's position title:
Chief Diversity Officer

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A brief description of the diversity coordinator's position:
The Chief Diversity Officer will take the lead in all efforts to foster a learning and workplace environment that is welcoming and supportive to all Babson students, faculty, and staff. In collaboration with key administrators, responsible for providing leadership and coordination in the design, delivery, and assessment of a strategic diversity plan that promotes systemic institutional change as aligned with our academic value of diversity. The Chief Diversity Officer is also responsible for developing and directing college-wide programs committed to integrating diversity efforts across Babson; defining and delivering best practices and activities to establish Babson College as a leader in community diversity and inclusion; collaborating across business units in the design and implementation of diversity and inclusion programs that promote institutional change; and serving as an internal diversity consultant/resource/consultant for departments and divisions on campus. Serves as a member of the President’s Cabinet.

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The website URL where information about the diversity and equity coordinator is available:
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