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Campus Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Update, April 2022

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Actions and Progress during 2020–21

Campus Actions

  • ACTIONS FOR CHANGE
  • IDEA PLAN ACTION AREAS
  • LEADERSHIP MESSAGES
  • RESOURCES

Immediate Actions to Enable Change

CU Boulder recognizes its obligation to redress systemic racism and to foster a campus culture that confronts racism and promotes equity for students, faculty and staff. CU Boulder committed to a series of actions outlined below in 2020.

Read Vice Chancellor Robert E. Boswell's announcement from July 2020 about these actions, which are shaping implementation of the Inclusion, Diversity and Excellence in Academics (IDEA) Plan.

 

One

Update and enhance our faculty and staff hiring practices to achieve greater representation of persons of color in our community and to better express the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion to all who would consider becoming part of our university.

  • Provide mandatory implicit bias training for all members of search committees and everyone who votes on faculty hires to ensure that our faculty recruiting process is not affected by unconscious biases that limit opportunities for diverse scholars.
  • The provost's office will begin to reallocate open faculty lines to fund hires that broadly support diversity and inclusion.
  • Evaluate the mandatory qualifications for staff searches to ensure that qualifications reflect true competencies for positions.
Two

Update and enhance our student recruitment and retention policies and practices

  • Analyze in-state and out-of-state recruiting strategies to ensure that CU Boulder recruits from schools that support communities of color.
  • Develop applications and admission documents that highlight the importance of diversity, inclusion, and equity and communicate CU Boulder’s expectations that incoming students will support campus values.
three

Implement mandatory bystander training for faculty, staff, and students.

four

Engage with the CU System and CU Student Government in examining our procurement practices with Colorado Correctional Industries.

five

Complete a review of our campus police policies and procedures to align with best community and campus practices, including the protections contained within SB20-217.

Six

Charge CU Boulder faculty with developing a CU 101 anti-racism module for first-year students that explores the toxicity of racism in U.S. history, U.S. life and at CU Boulder and delves into ways to act against it in our daily lives on and off campus.

Seven

Continue engagement between CU Police Department, CUSG, United Government of Graduate Students, and student organizations of color to improve mutual understanding and law enforcement transparency and accountability to the campus. 

eight

Form the Council for Community and Inclusion recommended in the IDEA Plan and begin implementation of the IDEA Plan. 

Implementation of the IDEA Plan

We also commit to the immediate implementation of the Five Action Areas of Focus – known as the “CLIMB recommendations”– of the IDEA Plan, beginning with the immediate formation of the Council for Community and Inclusion to prioritize and steer ongoing actions, owners and accountability as we move into the coming academic year:                                                  

  1. Cultivate success for a diverse undergraduate and graduate student body with new financial resources and programming
  2. Learn and lead effective efforts to attract and retain a diverse faculty and staff
  3. Increase financial resources and incentives to undertake diversity and inclusion work
  4. Move accountability for diversity and inclusion from the periphery to core institutional functioning
  5. Build institutional infrastructures and human capacity to implement the plan 

 

2021–22 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Updates and Leadership Messages

5 goals for building a more inclusive campus community

CU Boulder is introducing five diversity, equity and inclusion goals inspired by the IDEA Plan in support of greater collaboration and organizing the campus community’s next steps.

Chancellor's Message: Becoming the change we want to see

In this message, the Chancellor discusses opportunities for the CU Boulder community to connect, learn, share perspectives and expand understanding, the uplifting and inspirational events taking place as we continue to heal and recover from recent local tragedies, and the ongoing struggle to process recent sad and disturbing events.

Diversity and Inclusion Update, Jan. 2021

This month's update includes a preview of this spring's signature diversity and inclusion events and more.

Diversity and Inclusion Update, December 2021

This month's update includes recaps about IDEA Council meetings to gain more insights on student success, CU system funding, Campus Culture Survey participation and more.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Update, November 2021

This month's update includes notes about National Native American Heritage Month, IDEA Council recommendations, a talk on Indigenous people's rights, a colloquium on anti-Asian racism during the pandemic and more.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Update, October 2021

Find out the latest on the IDEA Council, the upcoming Diversity and Inclusion Summit and more in this month's DEI update.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Update, September 2021

Find out the latest on the IDEA Council, the upcoming Campus Culture Survey, the Diversity and Inclusion Summit and more in this month's DEI update.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Update, August 2021

Read about the 2021 Campus Culture Survey and other news in this monthly diversity, equity and inclusion update.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Update, July 2021

Read about the new senior vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, the IDEA Council recommendations and other news in this monthly diversity, equity and inclusion update.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Update, June 2021

Chancellor Philip DiStefano announced support for Juneteenth and encouraged campus to learn about and reflect on this part of U.S. history. Read about this and other news in this June 2021 diversity, equity and inclusion update.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Update, May 2021

Chancellor Philip DiStefano announced an investment pool of $25 million over five years to support campus diversity initiatives. Read about this and get other news in this May 2021 diversity, equity and inclusion update.

Verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial

Chancellor Phillip DiStefano's statement about the verdict in the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty of second-degree murder and other charges in the May 25 killing of George Floyd.

Anti-Asian Racism and Discrimination

Chancellor Philip DiStefano urges us as a university community to join together in condemning the March 15 Atlanta shootings and the legacy of xenophobia and discrimination against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

2020 Campus Responses & Messaging

From the Chancellor

The Chancellor announces immediate actions for change to advance anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion at CU Boulder. The eight actions are designed to transform the CU Boulder experience for Black students, faculty and staff; for all students, faculty and staff of color; and for other marginalized individuals and groups.

Academic Affairs

A message from Provost Russell Moore

Campus Solidarity

Joint Message from:

Bob Boswell, Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement
Akirah Bradley, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Valerie Simons, Associate Vice Chancellor for OIEC and Title IX Coordinator

Student Affairs

A message from Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Akirah Bradley

Infrastructure & Sustainability

A message from Vice Chancellor David Kang

Strategic Resources & Support

A message from Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer Patrick O'Rourke

College of Arts & Sciences

A message from Interim Dean, James W.C. White and Associate Dean for Inclusive Practice Hillary Potter

Leeds School of Business

A message from Dean Sharon F. Matusik

College of Engineering & Applied Science

A message from Interim Dean Keith Molenaar

University of Colorado Law School

A message from Dean James Anaya

College of Music

A message from Dean Robert Shay

University Libraries

A message from Dean Robert McDonald

School of Education

A message from Dean Kathy Schultz

College of Media, Communication and Information

A message from the Faculty Leadership Team 

Graduate School

A message from Graduate School Dean Scott Adler

Office of Advancement

A message from the Vice Chancellor for Advancement Deb Coffin

Office of Faculty Affairs

A message from the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Michele Moses

Frequently Asked Questions

On-Campus Resources

If you are struggling or want to talk to someone, please reach out to the following virtual campus support services:

Confidential Support Centers & Resources

  • Counseling and Psychiatric Services (for students)
  • Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (for employees)
  • Office of Victim Assistance (for students and employees)
  • Ombuds Office (for students and employees)
  • Raimy Clinic, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience (for students and employees)
  • SilverCloud Mental Health Program (for students and employees)
  • The Real Help Hotline (for employees)

Don't Ignore It

Visit CU Boulder's reporting resource site to report incidents of racism, discrimination or bias.

Don't Ignore It

 


 

FAQs on CU Boulder’s Policies & Processes Regarding Racist Speech by Students

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Learn more about how free speech and free expression support our academic mission at CU Boulder

Free Expression

 

Other Supportive Resources

  • Center for Inclusion and Social Change
  • Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Suicide prevention resources (for students and employees)
  • CU Collegiate Recovery Center (for students and employees)
  • Disability Services (for students and employees)
  • International Student & Scholar Services (for students and visiting scholars)
  • Veteran and Military Affairs (for veteran-students and dependents)
  • Student Support and Case Management (for students)
  • The Red Folder (for employees)
  • Human Resources Self-Care Resources
  • Anti-Racism Resources

Off-Campus Resources

In alphabetical order:

  • Black Mental Health Alliance
    Organization promoting culturally competent and trauma-informed trainings, educational forums, and referral services

  • How to be an Antiracist
    Podcast episode with Brene Brown and Ibram X. Kendi
  • Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
    An article by Catherine Halley
  • Melanin & Mental Health
    Podcasts, articles, and therapist search engine
  • NAMI's African American Mental Health Page
    Various resources around mental health, race, racism
  • National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
    Resources geared toward queer and trans people of color
  • Racial Equity Tools Glossary
    Understand definitions of terms to utilize a common language on the topic of racism
  • The Safe Place
    A mobile application geared toward community members holding Black identities
  • What Matters
    A Black Lives Matter documentary narrative and interview series

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Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement

odece@colorado.edu  
Office: Regent Suites 206/207
UCB 18
303.735.1332

ODECE acknowledges that the University sits upon land within the territories of the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples. Further, we acknowledge that 48 contemporary tribal nations are historically tied to the lands that make up the state of Colorado.

 

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