![]() Progress Update: Leadership Search webpage created in September 2020. I will make public the names of search committee members. Search committee training on issues of diversity and equity. To begin this process, I will require national searches for the three open vice chancellor/vice provost positions (DEI, Student Success, and University Communications) and I am committed to providing greater transparency at all levels. Having heard many concerns about how searches are conducted, who serves on search committees, and how interim appointments are handled, it is clear that these issues will need to be fully evaluated and considered, as some are driven by broader CU.We will ask every school, college, and division to create an equity, diversity, and inclusion plan over the coming academic year, in alignment with the campus strategy. Practices, and we will hold ourselves accountable for our progress. The strategy will include a timeline, goals, metrics, and a plan for investment. Working with the provost, deans, and vice chancellors, we will create a strategy for diversifying the composition of our faculty and staff.Progress update: Training completed in August 2020. We (vice chancellors, deans, and I) will take mandatory training related to equity and racial justice by the start of the fall semester.Progress update: The Auraria Campus Police Department Community Advisory Board was established in late September 2020. Committee members will represent a diverse cross section of voices on our campus. My cabinet and I will work with the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) to develop an advisory committee for the tri-institutional police department to examine its relationships, practices, and policies.Progress update: Read about the 2020-2021 Chancellor's Faculty Fellow. We will put out a campuswide request for nominations, and we will fill the position by the end of the summer. I will appoint a part-time faculty fellow in the chancellor’s office to advise me and my leadership team on issues of concern to underrepresented students, faculty, and staff, and work on projects that support this effort.Progress update: This search was completed and the position filled in February 2021. At CU Denver the position will report directly to the chancellor and will have equity added to the title: Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). However, after discussing with Chancellor Elliman and Provost Nairn how we can best drive meaningful change and accomplish ambitious goals on both campuses, we have concluded that each campus needs focused leadership on this issue. Currently the role reports to the provost and supports both CU Denver and the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. I will relaunch a national search for the next vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion by mid-August.
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