Diversity and Inclusion Office
In the document, “Ferris State University Strategic Plan: Goals and Initiatives,” which documents the University’s strategic planning process that occurred during 2008, Goal 2 reads, “Develop a university community where all are valued, welcomed, and informed.” The first initiative under Goal 2 reads, “Implement and sustain the Ferris State University Diversity Plan.” During the strategic planning process, the University community identified and approved diversity as one of Ferris’s core values. The core value of diversity reads: “By providing a campus which is supportive, safe, and welcoming, Ferris embraces a diversity of ideas, beliefs, and cultures.” Through the Strategic Plan and Diversity Plan the University has publicly committed to creating a climate where all Ferris students, faculty, staff and administrators, with specific attention to underrepresented groups, feel that the University belongs to them as much as they, too, belong to the University community.
Mission Statement
The Diversity Office works with the entire Ferris State University community to support the mission and vision of the University, and to ensure that diversity, in its many forms, is understood, respected and valued. The Diversity Office at Ferris State University will guide efforts to conceptualize, assess, and cultivate diversity as an institutional and educational resource. More specifically, the Diversity Office will:
- Be a strong advocate for diversity;
- Introduce diversity into the systems, structures, and culture of the University;
- Provide expertise and leadership on diversity related matters, for example, faculty recruitment and retention issues, the educational impact of diversity, and the ramifications of the passing of Proposition 2;
- Lead University-wide diversity planning and implementation efforts, resulting in a collaborative vision of diversity;
- Help develop policies designed to improve the University climate;
- Identify strategies to enhance the compositional diversity profile of students, faculty, and staff;
- Provide resources and direction for infusing diversity into the curriculum.
Staff in the Diversity and Inclusion Office:
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