Recommendation 5: Create a center devoted to university wide issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

from Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Report

APPENDIX F: HEDS DIVERSITY AND EQUITY CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY

Recommendation 5: Create a center devoted to university-wide issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Rationale: Diversity, equity, and inclusion should underlie all aspects of Trinity, and this objective requires more resources than simply the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. This center will provide a safe physical space for our BIPOC and other underrepresented populations of students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and could serve as an institutional home for programs focused on appreciating differences, racial/ethnic healing, and historic restoration. The center could also serve as a hub for additional campus-wide professional development and programming around these topics as well as academic research in a wide range of disciplines. This center will enable collaboration across the university; provide research and internship opportunities for students; and support faculty research. It will also position Trinity as an institution that adheres to interdisciplinary topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Stakeholders: Faculty, Staff, Students, Administration

Recommended Actions

Create a short-term Task Force to develop a budget and design the concept and goals for a diversity, equity, and inclusion center.

Performance Indicators

Develop and announce a capital campaign plan to establish the center

Survey all stakeholders regarding ideas and suggestions for the center. Develop and execute appropriate survey for campus community

Responsible Parties

Board of Trustees, Presidential Task Force, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Student Life, Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development, Vice President for Finance

President, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development

Suggested Timeline:

● We recommend that fundraising and planning begin by no later than FY22.

Recommendation 5: Create a center devoted to university wide issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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APPENDIX F: HEDS DIVERSITY AND EQUITY CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY

Recommendation 5: Create a center devoted to university-wide issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Stakeholders: Faculty, Staff, Students, Administration

Recommended Actions

Performance Indicators

Responsible Parties

Suggested Timeline:

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APPENDIX G: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF STAND BY SYSTEMS II (SBS), INC. CAMPUS WIDE INTERVIEWS

APPENDIX D: TRINITY UNIVERSITY FACULTY STATEMENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER

APPENDIX C: STATEMENTS FROM STAKEHOLDER GROUPS

APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY OF TERMS

APPENDIX A: REFERENCES

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