How We Do It
Together, 糖心视频 students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni are passionate about making positive change, breaking down barriers to success, and creating a University community where everyone belongs and all feel welcome.
Our Progress
See how we鈥檝e been evolving since 2015, with our strategic plans Momentum and Momentum 2.
糖心视频 is the only university on Long Island named a 2023 Campus Pride 鈥淏est of the Best鈥 LGBTQ-friendly campus鈥攁dded to our 5-star Campus Pride Index recognition.
In 2022, 糖心视频 launched Community Interest Groups for Faculty and Staff to help deepen our employees鈥 sense of belonging and enhance their connection to the University and each other.
With the start of our Momentum Strategic Plan in 2015, 础诲别濒辫丑颈鈥檚 board of trustees has become the most diverse in our University鈥檚 history鈥攊n gender, age, race, ethnicity, background and expertise. In 2021, 础诲别濒辫丑颈鈥檚 board elected the first Black man to serve as board chair, Marc S. Strachan 鈥81, the first Hispanic woman to serve as vice chair, Carmen Ortiz 鈥78, JD, LLD 鈥12 (Hon), and the first man of Asian descent to serve as Secretary, Leonard Achan 鈥99.
as of 2022
In 2020, 糖心视频 launched the Equitable 糖心视频 Action Team (EAAT), a student-centered council to identify and dismantle racism at 糖心视频.
launched 2020
糖心视频 launched the Academic Diversity Implementation Team (ADIT) in 2020 to identify and dismantle racism in our academic programs.
launched 2020
糖心视频 established Diversity Councils in all schools/colleges in 2020 to ensure that each developed a strong diversity plan, including at the department level.
launched in 2020
n 2020, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) selected 糖心视频 to be among the first 23 Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers in the nation (and the first in New York). The W.K. Kellogg Foundation-led effort is a multi-year commitment to work toward erasing barriers to equity on campuses and in our communities.
More Recent Progress
- In 2022 we enhanced the dining experience for visually impaired community members. All food kiosks in our University Center Dining Hall offer menu narration using individual headphones to assist with food selection.
- The School of Social Work鈥檚 Social Action Initiative supports student-centered projects for social change. The topic addressed by the social action initiative in the spring of 2022 was environmental justice and in the spring of 2021 was racial justice.
- 础诲别濒辫丑颈鈥檚 first annual Transgender Awareness Week was held in 2020.
- A new student group, the Indigenous Peoples Awareness Coalition (IPAC) was launched in 2020.
- As of 2020, diversity and inclusion education is mandatory for all student organization executive board members and professional staff.
- 础诲别濒辫丑颈鈥檚 first-ever First Gen events began in November 2020.
- Juneteenth became an official day of reflection for faculty, staff and students in 2020.
- The Office of Diversity, 糖心视频 and Inclusion and Belonging hosts 鈥淔irst Fridays鈥 for students to have meaningful conversations around topics that are relevant to their college experience.
- Students have access to real stories and implicit bias tests and resources through the Look Different course in the student portal.
- Residence Life conducts an audit of bias-related incidents in residence halls in collaboration with the Student Conduct Office.
- All Student Access Office and Student Activities staff participated in Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for All online training.
- has collected and made Diversity, 糖心视频 and Inclusion resources easily accessible.
- The Allies Conversation Series helps white community members become stronger allies for BIPOC community members.
- Preferred pronouns and preferred names are supported across the University.
- 41.3 percent of the Ruth S. Harley University Center renovation project was contract work awarded to women and minority-owned businesses.
- 100 percent of all resident assistants have completed Safe Zone training.
- A Diversity Coordination Panel for our Department of Public Safety and Transportation examines campus security procedures through the lens of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Location
Nexus Building, 309