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The Process
Meeting 1: January
12, 2006
- Dave Finney
presented the charge and his considerations
to the members of the task force
- The Task Force
spent considerable time grappling
with terms, concepts, ideas, and
issues relating to our charge and
our goal.
- We realized we
needed to hear from others and invited
some members of the College community
to attend our meetings and share
their perspectives and programs
(see Information Gathering).
 Meeting
2: February 2, 2006
Ideas discussed:
- University
of Colorado diversity plan -- http://www.colorado.edu/cu-diversity/
- Diversity as
a business imperative
- Challenge of
diversity is to be in a place of
difference, be forced to look at
one’s own privilege, and be
forced to evaluate assumptions
- Series of experiences
-- personal stories connected to
diversity would be powerful
- We continued
to go back to words such as: thread,
fabric, inclusionary, across campus
- What should
our language be: otherness, sameness,
diversity, inclusion?
- How does diversity
become our strength?
- We need on-going
training on campus; do we need a
centralized area for this to come
from?
- Create a comfortable/safe
space before stretching and challenging
students to make good learning happen
- Connect to local
community -- Burlington High School,
HO Wheeler
- Display culture
all year long (i.e., clocks with
other time zones, international
flags on display, etc.)
- Importance of
critical mass in student recruiting;
think in-state as well as out of
state (i.e. Posse Program)
- Summer programs
Meeting 3: February
16, 2006
Interviews:
Meeting 4:
March 6, 2006
Interviews:
Meeting 5:
March 27, 2006
Interviews:
 Meeting
6: April 27, 2006
- Completed mission
statement
- Need to update
Staff and Faculty Councils in September
- Develop a list
of current diversity initiatives
on campus and ask community to add
programs not included
Meeting 7: May 18,
2006
- Discussed timelines
and sub-group assignments for immediate,
mid-term, and long-term goals --
notes to follow in Goals
and Recommendations
Meeting 8: June
13, 2006
- Discussed word
“Excellence” as it relates
to our overall goals of increasing
diversity and inclusion
- Discussed the
power of personal stories as way
to educate and develop the College
community
- Re-affirmed
summer timeline and specific tasks
for committee members
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