DAC
Mini - Town Halls Upcoming
Tues.
9/12, 1-2, Pav. Rm. 3:
RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP; Wed. 9/13, 1-2 Pav. Rm. 3:
RECRUITMENT and RETENTION FACULTY/STAFF;
Thurs. 9/14, 1-2, Pav. Rm 1: RECRUITMENT and RETENTION STUDENTS; Mon. 9/18, 1-2, Rm. TBA: CURRICULUM/PEDAGOGY; Thu. 9/21, 9-10, SC137: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES; Thu. 9/21 1-2, Rm TBA: EXTERNAL RELATIONS; Tues. 9/26, 1-2, Rm: TBA: RECRUITMENT and RETENTION STUDENTS; Tues. 9/26, 3-4, Room TBA: INTER-INTRA GROUP RELATIONS
DAC
Update:
More
than 100 students, faculty and staff attended the DAC Town
Hall meetings on Sept. 6 where the DAC Implementation team unveiled its
set of
goals and actions to improve equity on campus.
The
Ramapo College Implementation Plan for Equity Diversity &
Community,
unveiled at two public meetings held in the
Pavilion,
included
more than 40 action items that focused on ways to enrich
the curriculum, recruit and retain more faculty, students and staff
from underrepresented
groups as well as improving internal and external relations in and
around
Ramapo.
Both
President Peter Mercer and Provost Beth Barnett attended and
spoke about the importance of the DAC work in reinforcing diversity as
one of the
collegeÕs pillars and in enriching the curriculum and student
experience.
The
DAC Implementation Team has formed seven subcommittees to work
on specific goals: curriculum and
pedagogy, scholarship, recruitment and retention of underrepresented
students,
faculty and staff, inter-intra group relations and external relations.
Members
of the DAC Implementation Team will hold "Mini-Town Hall
Meetings"
(each focused on one of the 7 identified goals) during September to
invite
members of the campus community to provide more input on the plan. The
meetings
are scheduled:
9/12,
1-2: RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP:
Tuesday, Sept. 12, 1-2 p.m. Pav.Rm. 3; PVLN 111
9/13,
1-2: RECRUITMENT
and RETENTION FACULTY/STAFF: Wednesday, Sept. 13,1-2 p.m. Pav.Room 3;
PVLN 111
9/14, 1-2: RECRUITMENT and RETENTION STUDENTS: Thursday, Sept. 14, 1-2 p.m. Pav. Room 1
9/18,
1-2: CURRICULUM/PEDAGOGY:
Monday Sept. 18, 1-2 p.m., Room TBA
9/21,
9-10: POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES: Thursday, September 21, 9-10 a.m., SC 137.
9/21
1-2: EXTERNAL
RELATIONS: Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006, 1-2 p.m.
Consultant
Sue Rankin of Sue Rankin & Associates conducted the
public sessions conducted the meetings and reviewed the 14 proposed
priority action
items recommended by the DAC Implementation Team. She solicited
comments and
reaction. Participants received a full draft copy of the 40 action
items.
Comments will be incorporated in a final plan to be
completed
by the end of the month.
Meanwhile,
the DAC Implementation Team will continue its work in
smaller
subcommittees this month. The Team will invite members of the
campus community to help revise and implement the plan.
A
full copy of the final action plan will be available online when
it
is
completed this month.
Edna
Negr—n, CA and Kay Fowler, SSHS, Co-Chairs, Diversity Action
Committee