2009-10 Department/School/College Diversity Plan - Humanities
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.
| 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 | Maintain our successful effort to diversify the faculty | Support and mentor the 4 new minority tenure-track faculty we have hired since 2008 | All faculty & Dept Chair | Ongoing | $2,000 | ||
| Continue integration of ESL Program into Humanities | Conduct search for four new lectures in ESL | Dept Chair, Dir of ESL, Lead Faculty in Linguistics | Fall 2010 | ||||
| Include our new TESOL Certificate program | Guide Certification thru | Dept Chair | Fall 2010 | ||||
| For Students | Diversify our student body | Recruit minority and international students | Dept Chair, Grad Director | Ongoing | |||
| Promote greater awareness of diversity issues | Enroll students in department's Diversity Minor courses | Students, faculty | Ongoing | ||||
| For Staff | Diversity our support staff | Recruit minority staff when there are open positions | Dept Chair | Ongoing |