Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.17
Liaison Jeane Pope
Submission Date March 4, 2014
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DePauw University
PAE-6: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Carol Steele
Sustainability Director
Academic Affairs
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Does the institution have a diversity and equity committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee or a brief description of the committee's purview and activities :

The Diversity and Equity Committee addresses and discusses, among other related topics, campus climate for the entire campus.In the past the committee has produced and acted on campus climate reports. This committee is a presidential committee.


Members of the committee, including job titles and affiliations :

Mac Dixon-Fyle - Professor of History
Caroline Jetton - Professor of Music, and Associate Dean of Academics and Advising
Soledad Forcadell - Assistant Professor of Modern Languages (Spanish), and Coordinator of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
Naima Shifa - Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Veronica Pejril - Instructional Technologist and Coordinator of the Music Instructional Technology Center, and Part-time Instructor of Music
Brian Casey - DePauw President
Cindy Babington - VP for Student LIfe
Amy Haug - Director of Human Resources
Katherine Smanik - Director of the Center for Spiritual Life
Vince Greer - Director of Multicultural Student Services
Amy Haug - Director of Human Resources
Grace Quinn - Student
Michael Chavez - Student


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

A brief description of the diversity office:

Our diversity office is called the Multicultural and International Life Office. It's mission is as follows:

Multicultural Student Services is committed to the identity development, empowerment, advocacy, cultural competence and community. Multicultural Student Services both supports and challenges the community to embrace the rich diversity of identities and affinities present in our campus community. Multicultural Student Services is vested in the success and development of all students with a focus on historically under-represented populations at DePauw University.

Multicultural Student Services supports identity/affinity student organizations, provides opportunities for identity exploration and development, and offers services and programs to students of color and historically under-represented populations to assist in their holistic development.


The number of people employed in the diversity office:
9

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

Diversity coordinator’s name:
Vince Greer

Diversity coordinator's position title:
Director of Multicultural Student Services

A brief description of the diversity coordinator's position:

As an integral member of the Multicultural and International Life team, the director is responsible for designing programs and creating an environment of support and advocacy for multicultural/historically under-represented students at DePauw University. The director will focus on: providing services, support and advocacy for students from historically under-represented communities including: racial and ethnic minorities, women, LGBTQs, and religious minorities; and promoting a more diverse and non-discriminatory campus community.


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