Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs (CACMA)

• Mission Statement
  
• Chancellor's Charge to the Committee
• 2007-08 Committee Members
• Annual Campus Diversity Summit
• Diversity Service Recognition Award
  • Award and Criteria
  • Recipients

Mission Statement

To carry out this charge, CACMA seeks to:

• Enhance awareness of issues that affect people of color. This includes organizing and implementing an annual campus-wide summit on diversity.
• Influence policy that affects people of color.
• Support, recognize, and advocate for efforts to promote diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice within the campus community.

Chancellor's Charge to the Committee

The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs (CACMA) was appointed in 1987 as an advisory body to the Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder in matters relating to the recruitment and retention of faculty, staff and students of color.

Diversity Service Recognition Award and      Criteria

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2008 Diversity Service Recognition Awards.  The deadline for submissions is Thursday, January 24, 2008.

These awards, sponsored by the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs (CACMA), are given to campus units to recognize their continuing efforts to create a diverse and supportive, learning, working, and living environment, as well as their commitment to promoting an understanding of multicultural issues.

In an effort to recognize the many groups contributing to diversity at CU-Boulder, nominations are limited to campus units that have not been previously selected (see award recipients). The recipients will be chosen by a selection panel composed of members from CACMA. Two or three awards will be presented, depending on the number and quality of the nominations.

Any member of the Boulder campus community may nominate a campus unit for this award.  In this case, a unit is defined as any group (academic, administration, alumni, etc.) that is affiliated with the CU-Boulder campus. The letter of nomination should describe how the unit has functioned as a whole to promote and put into effect the ideals of a diverse and multicultural Boulder campus community.  Specific examples should be given, demonstrating the active role of the campus unit in different areas of campus life, the unique contributions of the unit, and the participation of different members of the unit.

In addition to consideration of the overall contributions of the nominated campus unit, particular attention will be given to those groups that:

a) Have a record of service for the Boulder campus community
b) Serve a broad spectrum of members of the Boulder community, including students, staff, faculty and/or the community at large
c) Promote education, communication, collaboration, service and support in their activities.

The closing date for nominations is Thursday, January 24, 2008.  These awards will be presented at a special ceremony in February 2008.

Nominators should submit an original electronic copy and four hard copies of their nomination (and any supporting documentation) to:

Diversity Service Recognition Award Committee
University of Colorado at Boulder
18 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0018

Phone: (303) 735-1332
Crystal Cashion

For more information or to request special accommodations, contact Crystal Cashion at (303) 735- 1332 or  Crystal Cashion

Diversity Service Recognition Award Recipients

These awards have been presented to the following campus units for their continuing efforts to create a diverse and supportive, learning, working, and living environment, as well as for their commitment to promoting an understanding of multicultural issues:

2008

• American Indian Law Clinic
• International Student & Scholar Services
• Office of Discrimination & Harassment
• Special Recognition award to Vice Chancellor Ron Stump of the Division of Student Affairs
• UMC Connection

2007

• Department of Human Resources
• Hallet Hall Diversity Staff
• Special Recognition awards went to Christine Yoshinaga-Itano and MaryAnn Sergeant both from the Office of Diversity and Equity.

2006

• Integrated Teaching and Learning Program
• INVST Community Studies Program
• Special recognition awards went to Marino Lerma and L. Michele Romero of University Memorial Center Food Services for their help with 2006 Diversity Summit

2005

• Minority Arts and Sciences Program (MASP)
• Pre-Collegiate Development Program (PCDP)
• School of Law
• Latina/o Law Student Association
• Monteith Mitchell (CACMA member service recognitition award)

2004

• ATLAS
• Office of Financial Aid
• Multicultural Engineering Program (a CU-LEAD Alliance Program)
• School of Journalism and Mass Communication  
• Facilities Planning Office
• Bernadette Garcia (CACMA member service recognition award)

2003

• Ethnomusicology Faculty
• GLBT Resource Center
• Interactive Theatre Project of Wardenburg Health Center
• Program for Teaching East Asia
• University of Colorado Museum
• Women's Resource Center

2002

• Office of Admissions’ Multicultural Access and Community Affairs Team (MACA)
• Ethnic Living and Learning Community
• School of Law: Natural Resources Law Center
• Ron Gallegos (CACMA member service recognition award)

2001

• Boulder Campus Staff Council
• Department of Housing
• Anderson Language Technology Center
• UMC Scheduling (CACMA member service recognition award)
• UMC Catering (CACMA member service recognition award)

2000

• Building Community Campaign
• Graduate Teacher Program

1999

• Center for the American West
• Counseling and Psychological Services: A Multicultural Center
• Family Housing

1998

• Student Academic Services Center
• Theatre and Dance

1997

• The Graduate School
• Cultural Unity Student Center Leadership Program

1996

• Institute for Multicultural Development
• BUENO Center for Multicultural Education