The Ohio State University at Newark
PAE-6: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Committee Mission: The mission of this committee is to promote and develop an awareness of and sensitivity to multicultural and diversity issues. The committee works to empower students, faculty, and staff to enrich their educational and working experiences. In addition, we are committed to enhancing individual and collective understanding of as well as an appreciation for diversity in all of its forms in the local and larger communities. Definition of Diversity: The Ohio State University at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College support the definition of diversity inclusive of, but not limited to, differences among people(s) including race, mixed races and heritages, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, mental abilities, cultural heritage, religious beliefs, political beliefs, and geographic location. http://www.newark.osu.edu/facultystaff/diversitycommittee/Documents/By-Laws%20Revised%20Nov9%202009%20(2).pdf

John Berry, Chair, Director of Student Life, Ohio State Newark/COTC Caitlin Bentley, Student, Ohio State Newark José Cabral, Professor, Chemistry, Ohio State Newark Steven Huizenga, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, COTC Tara Martin, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, COTC Tiyi Morris, Assoc Professor, African American and African Studies, Ohio State Newark John Ralston, Assistant Director, Human Resources, Ohio State Newark/COTC Jackie Sample, Assistant Professor, Psychology, COTC Vorley Taylor, Program Manager, Multi-Cultural Affairs, Ohio State Newark/COTC Christine Warner, Vice Chair, Associate Professor, Education, Ohio State Newark Connie Zang, Treasurer, Director, Office of Disability Services, Ohio State Newark/COTC

Ohio State Newark http://www.newark.osu.edu/FACULTYSTAFF/DIVERSITYCOMMITTEE/Pages/default.aspx The committee is a grant funding program that funded three built-in programs and awarded funds to various departments throughout the year with a diversity or cultural focus. 2012-2013: Artist-in-Residence Invited a well-known journalist/author Lolis Eric Elie in September to give a talk focused on the TV series he co-writes, “Treme,” set in the historically African-American neighborhood of New Orleans. The series follows the lives of a diverse group of New Orleans residents in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Elie, longtime columnist for the New Orleans Times Picayune as well as co-producer of a documentary on New Orleans’ African-American history (Faubourg Treme: The Forgotten Story of Black New Orleans), a cookbook author, and a fiction-writer and essayist, proposes to discuss “culture and recovery” in the city—how the city is faring as it attempts to reclaim a history and culture under siege long before the hurricane; and the possibilities of fictionalized versions of reality (such as his show) to create understanding, bridge cultural divides, and inaugurate social change. 2012-13: Faculty & Staff (diversity training), 5th Annual Intercultural Exploration Workshop: Navigating the Mental sponsored by the campus Diversity Committee and the Offices of Human Resources & Student Life. The program is a certificate earning program that focused on Mental Health & Illness, which encompassed a myriad of health concerns facilitated by on-campus and off-campus session experts regarding campus protocol for unusual behaviors, domestic violence, sexual assault, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and stigma and fear of mental health discrimination. Each month we highlighted a different topic and speaker to discuss the many ways our lives are made interesting and challenging by our diverse states of mind and consciousness, and how many of us avoid discussing our differences. The training committee solicits workshop membership from faculty and staff each year. 2012-13 Community Intercultural Relations Conference The April 12, 2013 conference, entitled Valuing Diversity & Inclusion in our Community invited business leaders, community directors, human resource directors, students, staff and faculty to attend. The program focused on a student panel who talked about their personal experiences while interacting with the campus and community, best D&I practices for businesses (Dow Chemical, Boeing, Huntington, and State Farm) and the keynote, Valerie Lee, Ph.D., Vice Provost of D&I at The Ohio State University to talk about the importance of D&I. The committee is comprised of community leaders and directors and faculty, students and staff. This is a certificate earning program. Attendees also had the opportunity to earn points through SHRM with the Licking County Chamber of Commerce assistance.