The Office of Faculty and Graduate Student Retention, Inclusion and Success, in collaboration with the Provost Office, is hosting the Access and Support for Successful Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE) Program for its third summer. This eight-week multidisciplinary summer research experience allows undergraduate students to conduct research under the guidance of a faculty mentor from their field of interest. In the previous two years, the program had three and four students, respectively. This year the number of participating students increased to twelve. These twelve student...
Recently, the Diversity Education and Training Lab has been engaged in a Lean Higher Ed. Project with the goal of Coordinating Diversity Education and Training efforts across the division. The DEI Lean Team is driving this initiative. Members of the DEI Lean Team include Natasha Curtis (Team Lead), Gaylen Moore, Shana Lee and Sonya Williams. Key to the success of this initiative is a collaborative mindset and the contribution of all DEI Facilitators from every one of our centers. This project will enable the division to improve processes surrounding education and training, standardizing some a...