Please join the Multicultural and Diversity Taskforce on Wednesday, March 1st at 3:00 p.m. in the Landon Events Room as we present our final recommendations for “Inclusive Excellence” at Barry University. The Open Forum will be livestreamed so people can view remotely.
Inclusive Excellence is a framework to guide Barry University’s efforts to comprehensively and effectively engage diversity on our campus. The framework includes four key initiatives:
- Recruit compositionally diverse students, faculty and staff;
- Develop a campus climate that positively views and pursues inclusivity;
- Transforming curriculum, co-curriculum, and pedagogy to reflect and support goals for inclusion; and
- Demonstrate a strong institutional commitment by examining the impact of the traditional higher education practices on historical underserved students and developing plans, policies and procedures to systematically monitor and address those inequities.
Within this framework, engaging diversity is conceptualized as an ongoing process toward enhanced learning, rather than an outcome.
At this time, the ECA and I’d like to thank the members of the taskforce for their commitment and dedication to this important work outlined in the previous strategic agenda.
Taskforce Members
- Ms. Ingrid Alexis-Goodman
- Dr. Evelyn Cartright
- Dr. Carl Cramer
- Ms. Roxanna Cruz
- Dean Leticia Diaz
- Dr. Shani Fleming
- Ms. Frederique Frage
- Ms. Ria Maxwell
- Dr. Ligia Mihut
- Ms. Patricia Ramlow,
- Dr. Mitch Rosenwald
- Dr. Scott Smith (chair)
- Dr. Carter Winkle
The taskforce members and I look forward to sharing our recommendations with you and hearing your feedback.
Scott F. Smith, PhD
Vice President for Student Affairs, Division of Student Affairs