The DEIB Advisory Council is a forum structured for campus-level dialogue and action inclusive of individual college partners and stakeholders to share their opinions and perspectives, study issues, and offer recommendations in a focused, small group structure on diversity, equity and inclusion matters specific to the college. The primary purpose of the advisory council is to collaborate with the Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to provide judicious and expert DEI advice, from a stakeholder perspective to advance DEI within the campus and local community.

The Future Faculty of Academic Medicine Learning institute within VHC is an intensive professional development and skill building experience for aspiring faculty of academic medicine. The program is designed to prepare medical doctoral students, post-doctoral scholars and residents for a faculty career in academic medicine. Participants will engage in a series of networking, mentoring, and educational experiences with an emphasis on faculty inclusive excellence in scholarship, clinical/didactic education and research.

The intent of the program is to assist in diversifying the representation of minoritized identities within the faculty body of academic medicine. The efforts of this program extend beyond the institution. The conference is one of many demonstrations of an institutional service commitment to minimize access barriers for future faculty to contribute to the field of medicine and to increase diversity among the American professoriate.

The Belongingness Education in Academic Medicine (BEAM) Series is a subset of the organizational belonging campaign. It is a restorative practice approach aligned with a capacity building initiative that promotes a series of inspirational and affirming educational dialogues. These dialogues are led by subject matter experts within the field of medicine and are targeted towards changing the narrative of stereotypes, healing the harmful effects of estrangement in medicine and shifting perceptions of a lack of belongingness in clinical settings. The BEAM project restores belongingness in academic medicine for all identities through constructive dialogue across differences through the storytelling of lived experience via a master class model.

The Employee Inclusion and Belonging Committee (EIB) is a voluntary employee facilitated committee within the Rowan University system that is established to support employees’ common or shared interests and experiences and employee engagement. This committee is intended to raise awareness and increase understanding of disproportionate issues that directly affect employee engagement and their sense of belonging within the Rowan University system workforce. The goal of an EIB is to ultimately encourage connectedness and community while nurturing the culture of belongingness on campus. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the Division and the Office of Human Resources.