2009-10 Department/School/College Diversity Plan - Physics
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, Staff, and Students | Maintain our goals of being active, friendly, collaborative group of professionals and expanding our excellence in teaching and research | Continue innovative teaching improvements and commitment to teaching excellence. Continue to grow our research programs. | Department | ongoing | The number of PhDs granted national to African Americans and Hispanic Americans annually is very small | ||
| For Students | Promote our existing female-friendly atmosphere. | Initiate Pizza/Pop meeting with students. Encourage the students to attend "Women in Physics" American Physical Society Meeting. | Department (Petra Huentemeyer) | ongoing | $1,000 | ||
| Invite female physicist to speak at physics colloquium / have lunch with undergraduates and graduate students | $1,000 | ||||||
| Maintain a productive "community" atmosphere for graduate and undergraduate students | Support computer room and SPS lounge for physics students. Encourage undergraduate research early for interested students. | Ravi Pandey, Will Cantrell | ongoing | $10,000 | |||
| Presentations to Cass Tech students and Women In Engineering via SYP & Educ. Opp | Department | ||||||
| For Staff |