The President's Diversity Initiative

PSU recognizes that diversity in faculty, staff, and student populations enriches the educational experience, promotes personal growth, strengthens communities and the workplace, and enhances an individual's personal and professional opportunities. As a public university we have a special responsibility to work for equity and social justice and to make our programs truly accessible to our diverse constituents.

Charge

• Advise and report to the President and Provost about diversity.
• Develop and work to implement a Diversity Action Plan that includes specific action steps to: Increase diversity of students, faculty and staff; Support curricular and pedagogical changes to incorporate diversity and equity; Foster research on issues related to diversity and equity; Create a welcoming and safe place for persons who represent diversity; Strengthen linkages with communities of diversity in the region.
• Promote significant structural changes at PSU to support service to diverse constituents.
• Recommend to the President and the Provost the allocation/redirection of resources to support diversity initiatives and commitments.
• Design and oversee an assessment process to monitor progress on implementing the Diversity Action Plan.
• Promote activities throughout the campus effectively addressing issues related to diversity.
• Recognize and honor exemplary actions that contribute to a supportive campus climate.