University of Utah
PA-5: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
URL: https://diversity.utah.edu/
EDI is led by the Vice President for Equity Diversity and Inclusion, with three Assistant VPs: AVP for Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, AVP for Health, Equity & Diversity, and Chief Diversity Officer. EDI oversees entities across the entire University, including American Indian Resource Center, Black Cultural Center, Center for Equity and Student Belonging, Dream Center, LGBT Resource Center, New Leadership Academy, Office for Inclusive Excellence, and UHealth Equity Diversity and Inclusion. In 2020, EDI launched One U Thriving as a synergistic approach to achieve inclusion and equity throughout the University. The four working groups of One U Thriving are, Anti-Racism Committee, Racist & Bias Incident Response Team, Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, and Universal Design and Access Committee. These groups meet monthly, and have a quarterly meeting with the VP for EDI, VP for Student Affairs and Chief Human Resource Officer to address campus needs and bias incidents in real-time and set action plans for the future.
EDI Strategy Council
URL: https://diversity.utah.edu/strategy-council
The purpose of the EDI Strategy Council (EDISC) is to provide direction, support and oversight for the work for the work of the university to become more diverse, equitable, inclusive and anti-racist through its policies, practices and programs. The Council goal is to bring together members from across campus to become the change agents who who center equity at our institution. The Council has four working groups: Ensuring Belonging for All, Fostering an Inclusive Campus Climate, Amplifying Community Engagement, and Securing Health Equity.

President’s Commission on Equity and Belonging (PCEB)
URL: https://president.utah.edu/pceb/
Launched in 2022, PCEB joins together members of leadership across the university to guide the U’s short-term approaches to address harm, bias-motivated violence, and hate on campus.

Office of Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Title IX (OEO/AA)
URL: https://oeo.utah.edu/
OEO/AA is dedicated to providing a fair and equitable environment for all to pursue their academic and professional endeavors and to equally access University programs. The Office is responsible for ensuring University practices and nondiscrimination policies are in full compliance with all federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, and provides processes to fairly and effectively resolve complaints, provide reasonable accommodations, and to make appropriate corrections. OEO/AA acts as a point of contact with state and federal agencies that enforce anti-discrimination laws. In addition, OEO/AA assists the University in meeting its commitment to achieving a truly integrated and diverse work force by preparing the University’s Affirmative Action plans, monitoring and reporting on their effectiveness, and by acting as a resource for University departments in their recruitment processes.

Academic Senate Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
URL: https://academic-senate.utah.edu/committees/sacd/
The Senate Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion provides leadership and expertise to the University community in promoting diversity in their various roles and activities and serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas within the University. The Committee’s roles include forwarding information and recommendations to the Academic Senate. The Committee submits an annual report to the Academic Senate.

ASUU Diversity Board, Associated Students of the University of Utah
URL: https://www.asuu.utah.edu/executive-branch/#diversity
Under the Executive Branch of the Associated Students of the University of Utah, the primary mission of the Diversity Board is to provide a platform of support to those underrepresented in the student body.

Graduate School Diversity Office
URL: https://content.gradschool.utah.edu/diversity/
The Graduate School Diversity Office serves as the focal point and resource for diversity, equity, and inclusion services, outreach, and consultation for graduate students, faculty, and staff at the University of Utah.

Staff Council Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
URL: https://staffcouncil.utah.edu/equity-diversity-inclusion-committee/
The Committee is committed to addressing racist policies and long-standing practices that perpetuate racism and inequity on our campus, particularly regarding staff affairs.

Student Affairs Diversity Committee (SADC)
URL: https://sadc.utah.edu/
SADC strives to cultivate an environment that embraces and promotes the broad scope of diversity within the division. The Committee offers Pursuit of Inclusion awards to recognize an individual or program within Student Affairs who strives to cultivate an environment that embraces and promotes the broad scope of diversity within the division and the University community.

Diversity (DV) General Education Requirement
URL: https://us.utah.edu/general-education/requirements/
Population: All Undergraduate Students
The diversity requirement supports the institutional commitment to proactively support a positive campus climate in regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Courses that fulfill this requirement provide opportunities for students to critically explore the society and culture in the United States — its norms, laws, public policies, cultural practices, and discourses — in the context of the rich and varied cultural diversity that has shaped it. All students in courses fulfilling this requirement will grapple with theoretical approaches to discrimination, privilege, and social justice. Race, ethnicity, sex, gender, socioeconomic status, age, religion, ability status, or sexual orientation will be the crux of these classes. Students will also critically reflect on their own identities and relationships with institutions that maintain and/or challenge the status quo. The goal of this requirement is to extend cross-cultural understanding, to interrogate current and historical narratives of equality, justice, progress, and freedom, to open possibilities for meaningful communication across social boundaries, and to allow students to consider ethical and social decisions from multiple perspectives. This requirement, together with other institutional practices, also signals to students that their distinctive traditions, opinions, and insights enrich and are valued at the university.

Division of Human Resources Training
No URL: The training modules require the population to authenticate through a secure server, and therefore have no publicly accessible website.
Population: Required for all Academic and Non-Academic Staff
Online training modules required for all employees, including UHealth employees, include a module on Respectful Culture in the Academic and Work Environment and a module on University Non-Discrimination Policies. The material covers how to maintain the culture of respect, how to prevent and report abusive conduct, and training about University of Utah nondiscrimination and sexual misconduct policies, including information about the rights and responsibilities for employees and students.

ATTACHMENT
University of Utah Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 2021-22 Annual Report

RESOURCES
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Plan (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, 2022)
URL: https://diversity.utah.edu/strategic-plan/climate/
Outlines key strategies for the goal of fostering an inclusive campus climate.

Health Sciences Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Commissions' Recommendations
URL: https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/inclusion/transparency/recommendations

NOTES
In April 2019, Mary Ann Villarreal was appointed as the inaugural Vice President for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. This appointment resulted in significantly improved co-ordination of campus-wide EDI efforts.

In Spring, 2019, the U introduced a voluntary training module for students about diversity, equity and inclusion to help create a safer campus environment.

In June 2020, an EDI Executive Committee was created to inform, guide, and coordinate addressing racist policies and long-standing practices that perpetuate racism and inequity. In March 2021, the EDI Executive Committee completed their work and presented recommendations to the President’s Cabinet.
URL: https://diversity.utah.edu/initiatives/edi-executive-committee/

In July 2020, the Office for Faculty in Academic Affairs filled a newly created position for Assistant Vice President for Faculty Equity & Diversity.