| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.41 |
| Liaison | Yolanda Cieters |
| Submission Date | Feb. 22, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Seattle University
PA-4: Diversity and Equity Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Phillip
Thompson Director CEJS |
Does the institution have a diversity and equity committee, office, and/or officer tasked by the administration or governing body to advise on and implement policies, programs, and trainings related to diversity and equity on campus?:
Does the committee, office and/or officer focus on one or both of the following?:
| Yes or No | |
| Student diversity and equity | Yes |
| Employee diversity and equity | Yes |
A brief description of the diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer, including purview and activities:
The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) encourages students and employees to be agents of change by empowering moral and ethical leaders to be active, engaged citizens who serve their communities.
OMA is dedicated to the promotion of a campus community that appreciates, encourages, and celebrates diversity. The center advocates for students, creating spaces for cultural celebration, promoting leadership development, and providing opportunities for education and reflection about multicultural issues.
OMA also is involved with faculty/staff engagement by encouraging campus community and inclusion. One example of this is the annual Multiracial and Faculty of Color Retreat that the office puts on. This promotes the connecting and relationship forming between faculty and staff members over the course of a weekend that then are able to continue to develop back on campus.
The full-time equivalent of people employed in the diversity and equity office:
The website URL where information about the diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer is available:
Does the institution make cultural competence trainings and activities available to all members of the following groups?:
| Yes or No | |
| Students | Yes |
| Staff | Yes |
| Faculty | Yes |
| Administrators | Yes |
A brief description of the cultural competence trainings and activities:
The Office of Multicultural Affairs offers workshops and trainings focused on raising awareness, cultural sensitivity, and knowledge of equity issues. Previous topics and/or areas of focus include:
Moving from Multiculturalism to Social Justice, Maintaining Wellness in Social Justice Work, Starting Conversations around Issues of Diversity and Multiculturalism, Asian American History, Understanding White Privilege, Coalition Building, Cultural Sharing, Conflict Mediation around Culturally Sensitive Topics, Social Justice Leadership Development, Understanding Isms, Privilege & Oppression, Serving Queer and Trans Communities within a Social Justice Framework
and more.
They also provide LGBT trainings, some of which include topics of:
Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Issues, Introduction to Transgender Issues, Understanding Gender Identity & Sexuality, Creating a Body Positive Shame- Free Environment, How to Transform Health & Mental Health Services to be Inclusive of LGBT Clients, Sex and Sexuality Training for Social Workers.
Various trainings are offered every year for faculty/staff/and administrators by the center for faculty development. Past events have included Reasonable accommodations: Students with disabilities and the university context, A dialogue with Sherman Alexie: Creating inclusive environments for Native American students and "That's so gay": Responding to incendiary comments in the classroom.
More can be found at http://www.seattleu.edu/faculty-development/events/past/lt/.
The website URL where information about the cultural competence trainings is available:
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