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UGA adopts new plan to enhance diversity, inclusion
May 3, 2021
Dawg Camp Innovate undergraduate students collaborate in small groups on their pitches for business ideas. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
The University of Georgia’s Planning Committee on Diversity and Inclusive Excellence has completed its work, establishing a five-year roadmap to advance diversity and inclusion at UGA.
The plan includes 11 university-level goals ranging from increasing the enrollment of underrepresented students to increasing the number of underrepresented faculty and staff, as well as increasing institutional visibility in the educational pipeline of underserved communities.
The planning process was led by Michelle Cook, vice provost for diversity and inclusion and strategic university initiatives, and Kyle Tschepikow, special assistant to the president and director for strategy and innovation, and included 21 faculty, staff, students, alumni and local community members.
UGA diversity committee focused on three priorities
March 10, 2021
Over the past several months, members of the University of Georgia’s Planning Committee on Diversity and Inclusive Excellence have been doing a lot of listening – to students, to faculty and staff, to alumni and community members.
This period of in-depth listening and information gathering is helping the committee to develop goals to accomplish the following diversity priorities: 1) to build a more inclusive living/learning environment that supports access and success for diverse students; 2) to recruit and retain a diverse workforce; and 3) to expand partnerships and outreach to strengthen diverse communities.
“The committee’s purpose is to develop a plan that supports and sustains the University of Georgia’s diversity and inclusion efforts over the next five years,” said Michelle Cook, DIE co-chair and UGA’s vice provost for diversity and inclusion and strategic university Initiatives. “I love th