Strategy 1.2.1 (Office of Inclusive Excellence for Student Success)
Establish and continually support an Office of Inclusive Excellence for Student Success.
Owners/Accountable Party
- Vice Provost for Student Success and Campus Life
- Associate Vice Provost for Student Success
- Director of Branch Center
Actions
Near-term Actions
- Use quantitative and qualitative data to inform further development of a successful, welcoming environment in the Branch Center
- Establish student leadership opportunities in the Branch Center that draw on principles of inclusion, welcome and good will
- Refine Branch Center leadership position scope for sustainability
Future Actions
- Investigate second Branch Center position to expand support
- Evaluate and restructure programming model
- Invite campus experts to address campus training infrastructure
Completed and Ongoing Actions
- Invested in graduate student position in the Branch Center
- Invested in additional UM Allies position
- Established an Office of Inclusive Excellence for Student Success
- Established Bias Response Team (BRT); currently working to provide advocacy to students
- Established a Branch Center student leadership team of representatives of identity groups to provide information that will help guide services and programs.
- Refined student leadership model for Branch Center that is inclusive, welcoming, and effective