An external program review to assess diversity efforts at the University of Colorado at Boulder is scheduled for Oct. 11-12, with team members examining campus diversity plans and key strategies and progress for the four administrative divisions, schools and colleges.
According to Ofelia Miramontes, associate vice chancellor for diversity and equity, the visit is important at this stage of implementing strategies because the input will help ensure campus efforts are moving in the right direction to meet the goals.
"The first comprehensive campuswide report, 聭Diversity and Equity: A Blueprint for Action, First State of the Campus Diversity Report,聮 has now been completed," Miramontes said. "This report, which will be posted on the Office of Diversity Web site, provides what I believe is a good profile of the efforts across campus to meet the goals outlined in the campus Blueprint for Diversity," Miramontes said.
"We are interested in having the reviewers assess this information, talk with people across campus about issues, activities and progress, help us fine-tune efforts and suggest other strategies they feel will help us to move forward," she said.
The university will submit the campus report to each reviewer and it will be available on the Office of Diversity and Equity Web site on Thursday, Oct. 5, at .
After the visit, the review team will issue a report that will be used to help the university assess campus activities. The Office of Diversity and Equity plans to post the external report on its Web site when it becomes available.
The five external review board members include:
o Lee June, assistant provost for academic student services and multicultural issues at Michigan State University
o Maria Armstrong, an Americans with Disabilities Act Officer at the University of Denver
o Chocka Guiden, first-year graduate student at Portland State University and the Grass Roots Legislative Liaison for the United States Student Association
o Nancy Barcelo, associate vice president for multicultural and academic affairs at the University of Minnesota
o and Karen Raforth, associate vice president of student services and dean of students at Metropolitan State College, Denver
For more information on the CU-Boulder Office of Diversity and Equity visit the Web site at .