Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.45
Liaison William Cocke
Submission Date Jan. 26, 2012
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STARS v1.0

University of North Texas
PAE-8: Support Programs for Under-Represented Groups

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Lauren Helixon
Assistant Director of Operations
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have mentoring, counseling, peer support, affinity groups, academic support programs, or other programs in place to support under-represented groups on campus?:
Yes

A brief description of the programs sponsored by the institution to support under-represented groups within the student body:

The Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity has established several Special Interest Group Networks (SIGNs) to help members of the UNT community - students, faculty, staff, and alumni - have a voice on matters of diversity and inclusion. These SIGNs have been created according to administrative university role, race/ethnicity, gender identity and orientation, disability, and religious affiliation categories. The groups meet throughout the calendar year and work to partner with other campus and community groups to impact diversity and inclusion at UNT. Current SIGNs include:

-Community Engagement Team
-Disability Taskforce
-IDEA Team
-Indigenous Committee
-North Texas Chapter of TABPHE) (Texas Association of Black Personnel in -Higher Education)-African American Interest Group
-Spiritual Life Council (Collaboration with Campus Life)
-LGBT Taskforce
-LGBTA Interest Group
-Theme Team
-Unite' Latino Interest Group


A brief description of the programs sponsored by the institution to support under-represented groups within the faculty:

The Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity has established several Special Interest Group Networks (SIGNs) to help members of the UNT community - students, faculty, staff, and alumni - have a voice on matters of diversity and inclusion. These SIGNs have been created according to administrative university role, race/ethnicity, gender identity and orientation, disability, and religious affiliation categories. The groups meet throughout the calendar year and work to partner with other campus and community groups to impact diversity and inclusion at UNT. Current SIGNs include:

-Community Engagement Team
-Disability Taskforce
-IDEA Team
-Indigenous Committee
-North Texas Chapter of TABPHE) (Texas Association of Black Personnel in -Higher Education)-African American Interest Group
-Spiritual Life Council (Collaboration with Campus Life)
-LGBT Taskforce
-LGBTA Interest Group
-Theme Team
-Unite' Latino Interest Group


A brief description of the programs sponsored by the institution to support under-represented groups within the staff:

The Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity has established several Special Interest Group Networks (SIGNs) to help members of the UNT community - students, faculty, staff, and alumni - have a voice on matters of diversity and inclusion. These SIGNs have been created according to administrative university role, race/ethnicity, gender identity and orientation, disability, and religious affiliation categories. The groups meet throughout the calendar year and work to partner with other campus and community groups to impact diversity and inclusion at UNT. Current SIGNs include:

-Community Engagement Team
-Disability Taskforce
-IDEA Team
-Indigenous Committee
-North Texas Chapter of TABPHE) (Texas Association of Black Personnel in -Higher Education)-African American Interest Group
-Spiritual Life Council (Collaboration with Campus Life)
-LGBT Taskforce
-LGBTA Interest Group
-Theme Team
-Unite' Latino Interest Group


The website URL where more information about the programs in each of the three categories is available :
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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