DEI Council Meeting Summary May 2020

DEI Updates

  • Gloucester County NAACP is planning to write a grant proposal for a federal grant – Office of Assistance and Secretary of Health and Minority Affairs, $40 million grant for up to 3 years to look at healthcare education in black and brown communities, they reached out to partner with Rowan, DEI is determining exactly what our role would be with the grant & how students can get involved
  • Rowan colleges and departments continue to work on their DEI Strategic Action Plans as much as possible from home
  • DEI Certificate – DEI is working to provide modules 4-7 in an online format by June, full offerings will take place Fall 2020


ASCEND and CHAMP

  • Planning to have virtual programs, working with Admissions and other departments on campus to get students on-boarded
  • Will be assessing technology needs and providing technology to students who need assistance
  • ASCEND and CHAMP programs beginning in the last week of June and there are both five- and six-week sessions
  • Awarded part of the Louis Stokes Impact Alliance, Rowan will receive approximately $50,000 – $60,000 per year of $3.2 million total for the grant

SJICR

  • Calendar of summer programs – https://sites.rowan.edu/sjicr/calendarofevents/index.html
  • Strategizing communications system and shifting social media presence to one main SJICR page
  • New newsletter system to be launched in the coming months, which will highlight student experiences and give information about programs and events. If you would like to be on the email list, let Roxie Patton know, patton@rowan.edu

OSEC

  • Final Title IX regulations released- reviewing to ensure that Rowan’s review process is in compliance with policies and procedures, new regulations will take effect August 14th
  • If you get any questions from students or parents about the new regulations, forward to OSEC, princilus@rowan.edu
  • Drafted orientation and revising to make sure it is in line with the new regulations
  • Everyone is still considered a responsible employee for reporting, continue to report incidents by sending Monise Princilus an email (princilus@rowan.edu) or by clicking on red button on OSEC’s website

DEI Equity Audit

The DEI Equity Audit is a survey designed to help Rowan measure and assess both their strengths and weaknesses around diversity and inclusion efforts for students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

Introducing the SGA AVP for DEI

  • Ayala Gedeon will serve as a liaison to keep student voice at the center of our focus. 

Strategic Priority Committee (SPC) Updates

  • SPC 1 – Francesca Pugh newly appointed co-chair with Chris D’
  • SPC 2 – running an assessment of changes being made to policy due to the pandemic, putting together a survey to find success and challenges during pandemic, and working with departments to gain information on the difficulties students of color faced during pandemic – looking to form a committee to identify what went well and what did not go well
  • SPC 3 – continued work on the faculty hiring toolkit, working to add teaching evaluation questions, working on programming for an inclusive teaching certificate


Professional Development

  • Equity, Justice and Well- Being related to productivity during COVID-19