Challenge 2 "Creating a Welcoming Campus Climate" Goals Actions Steps / Description Projected Outcomes Planned Cost Metric Completion Date Ensure a welcoming climate Fall 2015- Continue fall welcome receptions Sharing of the None Such receptions take College’s for A&A students. ongoing in all units, with diversity as a key mission of inclusion and place. component. tolerance. Fall Support activities of minority Increased sense of Multicultural student organizations. belonging in departments Coordinator will Target: 80% of and at Penn State. allocate a portion of students will report student engagement they feel treated with Create effective mechanisms for funds to support respect in their mentoring/advising. Ensure that all students Fall these efforts major/area of study. believe they can thrive in their areas and in their professions. Faculty/Staff time Survey students to monitor effectiveness. Increased retention. Create targets for retention. Ensure a welcoming climate Increased retention. Cost as projected under Create targets for retention. Orientations and workshops as for A&A faculty and Staff. “challenge 1” described under “challenge 1.” Create effective strategies for mentoring and advising, created and implemented at unit level. Play an integral part in Develop strategies for the arts to be Begin spring Staff time and Unit diversity committees Increased awareness of ensuring a campus-wide used as mechanisms for engaging with collaborative planning will report on projects diversity/inclusion issues. welcoming climate. campus-wide diversity issues. engaged in throughout the (Example of SoT troupe.) year that have a campus Recognition of the role of wide impact. the arts in addressing complex social/cultural issues.
Challenge 2 "Creating a Welcoming Campus Climate" Goals Actions Steps / Description Projected Outcomes Planned Completion Date Cost Metric Ensure a welcoming climate for A&A students. Continue fall welcome receptions in all units, with diversity as a key component. Support activities of minority student organizations. Create effective mechanisms for mentoring/advising. Sharing of the College’s mission of inclusion and tolerance. Increased sense of belonging in departments and at Penn State. Ensure that all students believe they can thrive in their areas and in their professions. Increased retention. Fall Fall Fall 2015- ongoing None Multicultural Coordinator will allocate a portion of student engagement funds to support these efforts Faculty/Staff time Such receptions take place. Target: 80% of students will report they feel treated with respect in their major/area of study. Survey students to monitor effectiveness. Create targets for retention. Ensure a welcoming climate for A&A faculty and Staff. Orientations and workshops as described under “challenge 1.” Create effective strategies for mentoring and advising, created and implemented at unit level. Increased retention. Cost as projected under “challenge 1” Create targets for retention. Play an integral part in ensuring a campus-wide welcoming climate. Develop strategies for the arts to be used as mechanisms for engaging with campus-wide diversity issues. (Example of SoT troupe.) Increased awareness of diversity/inclusion issues. Recognition of the role of the arts in addressing complex social/cultural issues. Begin spring Staff time and collaborative planning Unit diversity committees will report on projects engaged in throughout the year that have a campus wide impact.
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