2020年8月19日

亲爱的Pacificans,

我希望这次交流能让每个人都平安, strong 和 ready to tackle an exciting new academic year at our university. This is not the start any of us imagined as our communities 和 country continue to battle COVID-19, but I am confident we will have a great — albeit very different — fall semester.

当我在七月初上任的头几天给你写信时, I talked about the imperative to quickly address social justice issues 和 how the core values of diversity, 我们大学实行公平和包容.

I spent my first day in office — 50 days ago — with Black 教职员工 in wide-ranging conversations about the great social injustices 和 systemic racism that have faced Black Americans across our nation since its founding 和 how those issues have played out here at Pacific. 在接下来的几天和几周内, I have engaged in in-depth conversations — individually 和 collectively — with Black students, 教师, 工作人员, 管理员, 校友和董事以及其他太平洋有色人种. 而我继续了解我们学校的过去和现在, the following has become clear: Pacific — like many universities — has made efforts to improve social justice on our campuses. 而我们——也像许多大学一样——做得远远不够.

在我们的谈话中, 有人问我，我们是否应该广泛地解决这些问题, 在大学范围内, 或者以更有针对性的方式, 通过校园, 学院及分部. 我的回答很简单:是的. 社会公正是我们价值观和原则的核心, 和 therefore we must look for ways to improve our university both horizontally 和 vertically, 在所有利益相关者群体内部和群体之间.

在我的就职公报中, 我注意到, 委员会和关于“做得更好”的陈词滥调已经不够了. 我写道，我们需要采取行动——无论是近期的还是长期的. 考虑到这一点, I would like to announce a series of new initiatives designed to help improve diversity, 太平洋地区的公平和包容. Please know that all of these ideas came from you — our passionate students, 鼓舞人心的教师, 不知疲倦的工作人员, 才华横溢的院长和行政人员, dedicated Regents 和 loyal 校友 — with the sole goal of making 博彩平台网址大全 a better place to live, 学习, 工作和成长. These are just the first of many steps we must take if we want to not only improve our campus climate 和 culture, but also to emerge as a national leader in higher education 和 a model antiracist university.

  • Creation of a Cabinet-level Vice 总统 for 多样性、公平和包容. DEI issues are too important — 和 too far reaching — to be the responsibility of a single person. But I believe having a Cabinet-level executive focused exclusively on these issues is a necessary first step. 我们将成立一个由教员组成的委员会, 教职员工和学生发起了一项全国性的搜索太平洋的第一个VPDEI. 我们不认为这个人会管理一个庞大的官僚机构, but rather serving as a thought leader who has responsibility 和 accountability to help bring together best practices 和 our existing initiatives to make Pacific a better 和 more inclusive institution. VPDEI将直接向总统报告. Pacific will be one of only two West Coast Conference universities with a vice president for DEI.
  • 校董会关于DEI的新政策. 太平洋理事会, 在新董事会主席Norman Allen(1988年)的领导下, ’94), last week voted unanimously to approve a set of new social justice policy initiatives. 它们包括:
    • 发起新的努力，增加董事会成员的多样性.
    • Ensuring that board meetings include opportunities to explore issues of campus inclusion 和 racial bias at the university.
    • M和ating periodic audits of all university policies 和 practices that impact diversity, 包容和种族平等.
    • 监督对大学历史的回顾, 有关社会公正问题的政策和做法.
    • Directing academic leaders to review 和 revise curricula associated with social justice on all levels.
  • 任命多元化、公平和包容的校级主管. Social justice issues manifest themselves in different ways within different disciplines. The approach to social justice issues in international studies may be very different from engineering, in the same way that the approach within music 和 the arts may differ from dentistry, 法律还是药学. Pacific’s schools 和 colleges will appoint their own school-level DEI leaders. 杜戈尼牙科学院, the 麦克乔治法学院 和 the 工程与计算机科学学院 have led the way with designated diversity officers already within their schools.
  • 对教职员工的强制性年度DEI培训. The Academic Council 和 the Staff Advisory Council will consider whether Pacific should have m和atory annual DEI training for 教职员工. 我很清楚我们员工的工作量, 但是这样的训练太频繁了, 只有自愿的时候, attracts the people who need the training the least 和 misses the people who need it the most. M和atory training is worthy of serious consideration given the importance of these issues to our core principles 和 values.
  • 取消本科入学标准考试. 研究 has found that there are socioeconomic 和 cultural biases embedded within ACT 和 SAT st和ardized tests. We have a temporary policy making st和ardized test scores optional for the next two years. 我问过教务长了, the vice president for enrollment management 和 the Academic Council to explore the permanent elimination of these tests for admission to Pacific.
  • 反对种族歧视的新保护措施. 大学禁止不当性行为的政策, Discrimination 和 Retaliation is designed in part to meet the federal m和ate of Title IX, 哪一种能防止性别歧视. 我在问第九条协调员伊丽莎白·特雷纳, 与大学多样性委员会合作, 公平与包容(UCDEI), to design new policies 和 procedures that would offer clear 和 robust protections against racial discrimination, 我们大学的种族骚扰和微侵犯.
  • 公开对话及互动执法工作坊. 埃克托·埃斯卡兰特(Hector Escalante)和埃斯卡兰特博士(Dr. Carlton Oler of Counseling 和 Psychological Services will host a series of interactive workshops designed to bring together the Department of Public 安全 with students, 教职员建立组织文化能力, 促进理解和创造学生关怀的风气.
  • 招聘和保留不同的教职员工. 我问过黛博拉·弗里曼, 平权行动和平等就业机会主任, 每季度向内阁报告新雇员的情况, 晋升和员工离开大学, 按种族划分. I also will ask her 和 UCDEI to work together on recommendations on how to improve our recruitment 和 retention of 教职员工 of color. 此外, 所有经理和主管——包括院长, vice presidents 和 me — as part of their annual evaluations will be measured in part on their success in recruiting 和 retaining diverse 教职员工.
  • 年度评估中的DEI措施. I have asked our Office of Human Resources to work with UCDEI to develop a section within the annual employee evaluation instrument to measure various principles 和 actions related to diversity, 为每一位太平洋员工提供公平和包容, 专注于最佳实践.
  • 为黑人学生筹款奖学金活动. Board of Regents Chair Norman Allen is making a personal contribution to start a campaign to raise funds to help recruit 和 support more Black students at Pacific. The Office of University Development 和 校友 Relations will be working with Chair Allen on the “Lift Every Voice” endowed scholarship initiative. This will be in addition to other Pacific scholarships for students of color, 包括对黑人工程专业学生的支持，这是由Regent Janet Y创立的. 矛.
  • 新的学生DEI编程. The Division of 学生生活 is hosting dozens of new programs 和 events for students focused on issues of diversity, 公平与包容. 其中包括关于偏见反应的培训和讲习班, 文化谦卑, microaggressions, 跨文化能力, 同性恋群体的领导, 性别平等, 弹性, 冥想和信念以及博彩平台网址大全排名来提高黑棋的成功, 拉丁美洲人, 印第安人, 亚裔美国人和第一代大学生.
  • 大学图书馆. 大学图书馆 will conduct a diversity audit of its entire collection to determine gaps in representations of race, 性别, 性取向, 能力和其他传统上被边缘化的观点. 目标是多样化的收集，以确保学生, 教职员工 can access materials that reflect the diversity of experiences 和 perspectives of our communities. 与此同时, 太平洋人可以访问美国偏见和种族主义资源, which highlights some of the racial justice 和 DEI-related titles in our collection.
  • 大学多元化、公平和包容委员会. 这个委员会, 包括教职员工, 教职员及学生, 将成为DEI新举措的核心, 探索改善太平洋地区社会公正的长期战略. 我每个月都会和UCDEI见面. The Council of Deans also has asked for regular meetings with UCDEI to explore 和 coordinate new ideas 和 initiatives. UCDEI is championing a new weekly series focused on social justice issues 和 creating a #LetsTalkTuesday social media campaign. 委员会的会议可以继续进行 Instagram 和 脸谱网.

除了这些全校范围内的倡议, there are a series of actions taken by other leadership units within the Pacific community. 它们包括:

  • ASuop. 学生会, 由新总统兰迪·奥尔金领导, 创建了一个多元化部门, 股本 和 包容 within the Associated Students of 博彩平台网址大全. The new department is designed to bridge the gap between student groups from under-represented 和 non-traditional backgrounds to the university 和 to advocate for those student populations. 另外, the ASuop Senate Cultural Competency Committee is conducting focus group re搜索 with students, 教职员工. And 总统 Holguin will serve on the 大学多元化、公平和包容委员会.
  • 亚瑟一个. 杜戈尼牙科学院. 杜戈尼学校, 已经有负责招生的副院长了吗, 学生事务及多样性, 增加一个多元化和外联经理的新职位吗. 另外, 学校正在为教师举办无意识偏见培训, 一系列dei主题的教育节目, 这是一个专注于Dugoni多元化的新Instagram账号, an internal promotional campaign on DEI issues 和 a new fundraising push for scholarships to support students of color.
  • Benerd大学. Benerd大学 will host a series of facilitated workshops focusing on DEI issues 和 design a spring symposium on “Reimagining Policing.”
  • 太平洋学院. The College will convene Black students to explore their experiences at COP, with the intent of developing department-level action plans to address concerns.
  • 音乐学院. 音乐学院请来了菲利普·尤厄尔, a Hunter College music theory professor who studies the intersection of music 和 race, as a visiting scholar in residence to explore how to combat racism 和 sexism in music. The conservatory also is taking new intentional efforts to include the works of Black, Indigenous 和 other people of color in the repertoires studied as well as improving the hiring of diverse 教职员工.
  • 埃伯哈特商学院. 埃伯哈特学院正在开设一门新课程, “商业中的种族和民族”,，并为有色人种学生推出了一项新的指导计划.
  • 研究生院. 研究生院扩大了多元化招聘, 关注历史上的黑人学院和大学, Hispanic-Serving Institutions 和 undergraduate students of color at Pacific. The school also is exp和ing its partnership with the California Forum for Diversity in 研究生 Education 和 is conducting an audit of graduate assistantships to enhance equity.
  • 麦克乔治法学院. 麦克, 已经设立了负责多元化的副院长职位吗, also supports student diversity trainings as part of both orientation 和 a required class. 除了, 麦克 established a Diversity Affairs Committee 和 the Center for 包容 和 Diversity. 麦克 also is conducting a diversity audit to explore all dimensions of DEI issues at the school 和 has contracted for multiple DEI training programs 和 speakers, 包括内隐偏见, 法律学界的刻板印象威胁与种族和性别问题. 另外, the dean has made diversity 和 inclusion initiatives the centerpiece of the law school’s fundraising efforts.
  • 工程与计算机科学学院. SOECS is working to exp和 its 2-year-old Office of Diversity 和 包容, which works with middle school 和 high school students from underserved schools in Stockton. The school also has guaranteed pathways from San Joaquin Delta College 和 financially supports low-income students recruited to SOECS through a peer mentoring program.
  • 卫生科学学院. Pacific’s newest school is creating a DEI Committee to work across departments to focus on increasing diversity hiring efforts for 教职员工. The school also is designing new recruitment strategies to increase student diversity.
  • 托马斯J. 龙药学院. 药房正在举办市政厅，以接收学生的反馈, 校友, 教职员工 on DEI issues 和 offering cultural sensitivity training for students. 学校也在重新审视其核心课程，以关注DEI主题.
  • 太平洋体育. Pacific was a vocal supporter of a groundbreaking new policy established by the West Coast Conference earlier this month — the first diversity hiring commitment in NCAA Division I athletics. “罗素法则”,以社会正义倡导者、NBA和WCC球星比尔·拉塞尔的名字命名, requires the 10 WCC schools to have at least one member of an underrepresented community in the pool of finalists for all athletic director, 高级管理员, 主教练和全职助理主教练的搜索.

Please know that all these efforts are just a beginning as we strive to become a model antiracist university 和 a national leader on diversity, 高等教育的公平和包容. 我要感谢博彩平台网址大全的许多学生, 教师, 工作人员, 管理员, 贡献时间的校友和董事, 的想法, 想法和经验. 通过前50天的倾听和参与, I have been moved by the passion 和 energy around social justice issues across the university 和 the desire to make Pacific a better, 更具包容性的大学. 现在是时候一起工作了.

真诚地,

克里斯托弗·卡拉汉
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