2006 Department/School/College Diversity Plan - Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Please describe the most significant activities you will implement, expand, or continue. These short and long term objectives and activities should result in increased diversity and/or the development of a more inclusive unit and campus climate. Your plan should support Michigan Tech in accomplishing its short and long term diversity goals.
Past Plans as PDFs: 2006
| Specific Objective | Activity Description | Person(s) responsible for this objective | Timeline | Internal Dollars to be allocated | External Dollars to be sought | Other Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Faculty | Increase the applicant pool for females & minorities | Advertise in Women & Natural Resources and one minority job publication | Chair of Search Committees and Dean | Continuous | Cost of additional advertising | –0– | |
| Increase diversity of adjunct faculty | Review adjuncts for diversity and have faculty make one suggestion of new female or minority adjunct faculty | Tenure trach faculty & Dean | Implement FY06 | –0– | –0– | ||
| Increase connections to emerging scientists (those just finishing their PhD) | Invite two emerging scientists to give seminars | Dean, ESC, BRC | Implement FY06 | $2,000 | –0– | ||
| Increase diversity of faculty research collaborations with minority scientists | Collaborate with at least one minority colleague | Tenure Track Faculty | Implement FY06 | –0– | Grants to be submitted | ||
| For Students | Increase diversity of cultures in seminars | Hold Xi Sigma Pi Symposium on Native American views of natural systems | Graduate students, Faculty, and Dean | Implement FY06 | $2,000 | –0– | |
| Increase student exchanges for students other countries and from minority schools | Offer $1,000 assistantships to students from other countries and from other minority universities for one semester | Stacy Coley, Dean & International Director | Implement FY06 | Salary of Stacy Coley + $~5,000 for assistantships | –0– | ||
| Increase connections to emerging scientists | Have two emerging scientists meet with seniors & graduate students | Dean, ESC, BRC | Implement FY06 | $2,000 | –0– | ||
| Participage in University functions | Continue to work with admissions, Ed Op, and International Programs | Stacy Coley & Faculty | FY06 | Salary of Stacy Coley & Faculty | –0– | ||
| Increase visibility of diversity goals and activities | Put diversity report & other functions on our website | Carrie Richards & Dean | Implement FY06 | Salary of Carrie Richards | –0– | ||
| Determine potential collaborative universities with Urban Ecology offerings and with high proportional of females & minorities | Develop list of collaborative schools in Urban Ecology | Andrew Storer & Stacy Coley | Implement FY06 | Salary of Andrew Storer & Stacy Coley | –0– | ||
| Increase participation in programs for Native Americans | Participation in programs for Native Americans | Stacy Coley & Shekhar Joshi | Implement FY06 | Salary of Stacy Coley & Shekhar Joshi | –0– | ||
| Increase connections to Federal agencies with funding for minority recruitment | Participate with one Federal agency in requesting funds for minority students | Faculty & Dean | FY06 | –0– | –0– | ||
| For Staff | Increase female & minority post docs | Target two emerging scientists to visit specifically aimed at post doc positions | Dean, ESC, BRC | Implement FY06 | $2,000 | Grants to be submitted |