GOAL #5: Create processes to recognize and reward faculty, students, and staff for their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts
Task: Create a new annual college award
Metric: Prepare annual report on the awards given
Baseline 2021: First faculty award was funded and established in Spring 2020
One-Year Target: Continue and expand awards to include students, student groups, and staff, targeting goal of one award per category
Initiative Leader(s): Rossin College Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Rossin College Dean
Task: Make diversity and inclusion efforts part of the annual evaluation process
Metric: Gather annual information on how many departments use diversity and inclusion efforts as a component of their evaluation
Baseline 2021: Not an explicitly identified component when determining the annual merit raise
One-Year Target: Diversity and inclusion effort will be considered when determining annual merit raise for faculty and staff
Initiative Leader(s): Rossin College Department Chairs, Rossin College Dean
Task: Make diversity and inclusion efforts part of the criteria for distribution of department and college resources
Metric: Make diversity and inclusion efforts part of the criteria for distribution of department and college resources
Baseline 2021: Not an explicitly identified component when determining the distribution of department and college resources
One-Year Target: Diversity and inclusion effort will be considered when deciding on the distribution of departmental and college resources
Initiative Leader(s): Rossin College Department Chairs, Rossin College Dean
Acknowledgments
Rossin College Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
Svetlana Tatic-Lucic, Associate Dean for Faculty Development (Chair)
Shalinee Kishore, Diversity Champion, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bob Storer, Diversity Champion, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Kelly Schultz, Diversity Champion, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Xuanhong Cheng, Diversity Champion, Department of Bioengineering
Justin Jaworski, Diversity Champion, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Lesley Chow, Diversity Champion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Kristen Jellison, Diversity Champion, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; ADVANCE Faculty Director
Mark Erle, Diversity Champion, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Additional Acknowledgments
Steve DeWeerth, Dean, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science
Marci Levine-Morefeld, ADVANCE Program Director