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Diversity Plan:
2003 - 2005
Goal I: Promoting Diversity Acceptance in AMS
- Invite Office of Campus Diversity & Equity personnel
to educate AMS faculty, staff and graduate students on issues
regarding diversity, tolerance, harassment and discrimination
- Emphasize to students USM diversity policies during new
students orientation
- Link AMS web page to USM Diversity Statement
- Ascertain all lab facilities are in compliance with ADA
requirements
- Evaluate outcome of AMS diversity enhancement effort periodically
and report progress to ASET
- Evaluate outcome of AMS diversity enhancement effort periodically
and report progress to ASET Dean annually.
Goal II: Promoting diversity through curricula and instruction
- Incorporate into instruction materials important work
accomplished by investigators of diverse background
- Incorporate into instruction materials relevant information
of interest to students of diverse background
- Invite guest lecturers of diverse background to participate
in instruction and seminar activities
- Seek funding to support bioscience training programs designed
for students with disabilities
- Evaluate outcome of AMS diversity enhancement effort periodically
and report progress to ASET Dean annually
Goal III: Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Students
- Invite Office of Campus Diversity & Equity personnel
to educate AMS faculty, staff & graduate students on
issues regarding diversity, tolerance, harassment and discrimination
(as for Goal I)
- Prohibit use of language, physical action and audio/visual
material either insensitive to diversity tolerance or considered
an harassment act
- Continue to sustain excellent track record in recruitment
and retention of qualified female graduate students
- Continue to generate better recruitment packages to compete
for recruitment of qualified underrepresented students
- Involve current and former minority students in the effort
of recruiting new underrepresented students
- Initiate effort to recruit underrepresented graduate students
from the pool of undergraduate students at USM
- Continue to seek nonrestricted financial support to attract
international students
- Evaluate outcome of minority student recruitment and retention
effort periodically and report progress to ASET Dean annually
Goal IV: Minority Employee Recruitment & Retention
- Consult Office of Campus Diversity & Equity in planning
of faculty and staff recruitment activities
- Encourage application from underrepresented group in all
recruitment advertisement
- Advertise job opening on media or through channels that
reach underrepresented groups
- Include qualified minority job applicants on the short
list of candidates for further consideration
- Involve current minority employees in the effort of recruiting
new personnel
- Prohibit use of language, physical action and audio/visual
material either insensitive to diversity tolerance or considered
an harassment act
- Evaluate outcome of minority employee recruitment effort
and report progress to ASET Dean annually
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