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Best Practices in Inclusive Faculty Recruitment

We work with all members of search committees to better understand best practices in the practices for hiring. These are not specific only to understanding bias in the process and how to minimize the impact of bias but does include it. We review the hiring data...

Equity Committee

Created a department level equity committee to address issues/concerns at the departmental level

Workshops and Classes for Corporate and Executive Audiences in DEI Topics

School of Professional Studies-delivered training in business, management, and leadership classes that center on topics related to DEI in the workplace. The programs/courses are evaluated based on the number of participants served and based on participant feedback/...

Increasing diversity in the COE Board of Advisors

Four new members were added to the College of Engineering Board of Advisors. All four members are from URM groups.

NSF S-STEM

COE was awarded a $999,591 grant from the National Science Foundation to support high-achieving, low-income engineering students as part of the NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program.

Atkins DEIA in Descriptive Practices Working Group

The DEIA in Descriptive Practices Working Group is tasked with devising strategies to address controlled vocabulary terms and other language used in the descriptions of resources in Atkins Library’s search systems about people of color and marginalized communities...

College and Career Coaching

Coaching to addresses accessibility to college for underserved populations who are interested in School of Professional Studies Programming. The purpose is to raise awareness and provide guidance to students about educational opportunities. The evaluation methods...

Culturally Sustaining Teaching Certificate

A certificate program offered and administered by the School of Professional Studies. The certificate program addresses unconscious bias in the classroom and is delivered in partnership with UNC Charlotte Urban Education Collaborative and the Department of Middle,...

Professional Studies Scholarship and Fee Waiver Programs

The School of Professional Studies supports and administers scholarship programs to support adult learners in continuing their education. The Anne Spychala Family Charitable Foundation Scholarship for Women in Continuing Education supports women returning to higher...

PrEquity, Access, Mobility, & Inclusion in Communities

Three guest speakers are presenting in graduate level SOWK 7223 - Advanced Social Work Practice with Communities class. The course is taught in the second-half of the spring 2022 term in the online MSW program. The speakers will discuss community efforts which...