Boston University
PA-5: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Boston University's Equal Opportunity Office provides formal training for faculty and staff on sexual harassment, discrimination, and other EO topics. Training is offered on a regular basis through the Get Trained! Series of professional development workshops provided by Human Resources. We also offer this training to departments and other groups upon request.

URL: http://www.bu.edu/eoo/

Vice President Associate Provost for Community & Inclusion, Crystal Williams. Crystal coordinates BU's diversity and equity efforts for faculty, staff, and students.

URL: https://www.bu.edu/provost/about/administration/crystal-williams/

Students

The Howard Thurman Center offers a number of cultural competence and self-assessment activities to students throughout the year. The Center's staff also hosts training for constituents when asked (i.e. Student Government).

In addition, during orientation for incoming undergraduate students, there is at least an hour dedicated to cultural competency activities.
URL: https://www.bu.edu/thurman/

Academic Staff

"A member of the Association of American Universities, Boston University is committed to the highest levels of intellectual and creative achievement and to developing an extraordinary, world-class faculty. Crucial to that mission is a significantly increased breadth of cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity among our teaching and research ranks.

We seek to normalize the inclusion within our 17 schools and colleges, and departments of people who are underrepresented in academia, including faculty and scholars from marginalized racial, ethnic, social, and religious groups. In service of this goal, the University has developed several programs to assist our search efforts and serve as a resource to better enable our faculty in its efforts to diversify."

Four programs/initiatives/trainings are provided through BU Diversity & Inclusion which address faculty's cultural competence, anti-oppression, anti-racism, and/or social inclusion:
-University Scholars Program
-Target of Opportunity Program
-Recruitment Committee: Candid conversation in a safe space
-Developing and Supporting Faculty
URL: https://www.bu.edu/diversity/initiatives-data/faculty-hiring/

Non-academic Staff

"The aim of the Faculty & Staff Community Networks (FSCNs), or employee resource groups is to foster and promote a healthy and supportive culture for individuals engaged with issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and full participation within the BU community. The overarching mission: to catalyze a deeper sense of unity among individuals from underrepresented communities and their allies and to ensure that the University remains an institution where differences are understood to be a source of mutual power, insight, and effectiveness."

There are four FSCNs overseen by BU Diversity & Inclusion which provides activities that address cultural competence, anti-oppression, anti-racism, and/or social inclusion:
-Faculty and Staff of Color
-Staff and Faculty Extend Boston University Disability Support (SAFEBUDS)
-Faculty and Staff who are LGBTQIA+ identified
-Faculty and Staff Allies and Advocates
URL: https://www.bu.edu/diversity/our-communities/fscn/

This represents FY2020 BU Metrics.