Cal Poly Humboldt
PA-5: Diversity and Equity Coordination

The President’s DEIC members work in partnership with ODEI to provide advisory council and leverage expertise to collectively create institutional and systemic change. By applying an equity lens, the DEI Council assists ODEI in making recommendations and raising awareness of ways to improve HSU’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The DEI Council’s objectives are: 1) Support ODEI in the creation of short-and long-term strategic strategies for the enhancement of faculty, staff, and student development, and engagement in matters concerning diversity, equity and inclusion, 2) Provide a collective and coherent voice and serve as a resource to the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and 3)Provide leadership direction to engage HSU and the community it serves and serve as change agents to promote cultural change initiatives to improve the campus climate. The DEIC executive team includes two co-chairs and three subcommittee chairs. The three subcommittees focus on: 1) Faculty and staff development and professional opportunities; 2) What it means for HSU to be a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI); and 3) Inclusive teaching strategies and culturally relevant pedagogy.

Please visit the link for full membership of the council:
http://diversity.humboldt.edu/content/presidents-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-council-membership

There are many different opportunities for "cultural competency" or similar trainings available at HSU. Many trainings are also offered via the campus online training website called Skillport, which include, for instance, trainings on recognizing white privilege, Avoiding Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process, Whiteness & Microaggressions, Cultural Humility for Place-Based Learning Communities, ERE Community Gathering session on Microagressions and Racism, Fall & Spring Development Day session on Implicit Bias, and Community Leadership in Action Service Learning Class. Finally, HSU has trained over 1800 faculty, staff, and administrators on implicit bias in the hiring process, which includes issues of identity, culture and bias.

In addition, during student orientation the week before classes started in Fall 2018, programming was offered that specifically allowed students to dialogue on campus diversity. These sessions were held in small groups and were led by training professional staff from around the university. The goal of these sessions was to introduce concepts of social justice, advocacy, racial equity, and more to students at the beginning of their college career. In the future, this format will likely see significant change because programming for Orientation will be moved from the Admissions department to the Dean of Students Office starting Fall 2020.