Fostering Diversity & Inclusion Wake Forest University New College Faculty Orientation August 15, 2014 Barbee Myers Oakes, PhD Assistant Provost for Diversity & Inclusion Wake Forest University
Vision 2020 We Plan to Strategically Position Diversity & Inclusion as Central to the WF Mission Striving For Inclusive Excellence
1.How do we define diversity at Wake Forest today? 2.Who are principal members of the institutional diversity and inclusion leadership infrastructure? Guiding Questions
How do we define diversity at Wake Forest today? Question #1
Redefining Diversity at Wake Forest
20-Year Analysis of WFU Ethnic Minority Undergraduate Student Enrollment ( ) Number Source: Institutional Research Fact Book Year 23.2% (1117) 7.6% (365) 5.6% (269) 3% (143) 7.9% (302) 1.5% (53) 1993 Total UG = Total UG = 4815 “The Mix”
First Year Racial/Ethnic Minority Demographics (378) | 29% (Includes 122 International Students) Data Source: WF Office of the Registrar Fall 2014 Undergraduate First Year Student Enrollment (N=1290)
WFU Full-Time Faculty by Ethnicity Fall 2012 Source: Institutional Research Fact Book % Non- White “The Mix”
Full-Time Minority and Female Faculty at Wake Forest (Fall ) Arts and Sciences Source: Institutional Research Fact Book % 42% 43% 15.8% 15.7% 15.4%15.5% 13.6% Number Year “The Mix”
LGBTQ Center Usage Statistics FALL 2013 Usage StatisticsNumber Daytime Visits986 After Hours/Weekend Visits518 Total Number of Visits1504 Average Visits Per Month376 Number “The Mix”
KEY WINS Tax Equality Benefit (Grossing Up) In July 2013, WF became the first university in the South to offer a tax equality benefit to create parity in benefits compensation for our faculty and staff with same-sex partners Joined the ranks of Syracuse, Princeton, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Barnard, Colorado College, Carlton, Utah State, and Bowdoin College Residence Life and Housing Domestic Partner Policy The LGBTQ Center worked with Residence Life & Housing leadership to help craft and approve a new domestic partner policy for staff living in the residence halls IN PROGRESS Transgender-Inclusive Health Care Coverage Bias Incident Response System (BIRS) POLICY MATTERS
Who are principal members of the institutional diversity and inclusion leadership infrastructure? Question #2
2014 WF Office of Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Team (ODILT) Diversity & Inclusion Diversity & Inclusion Barbee Myers Oakes, PhD ASSISTANT PROVOST (‘09) Diversity & Inclusion Diversity & Inclusion Diversity Education Shayla Herndon-Edmunds MANAGER (‘12) Kaylan S. Baxter ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (‘14) LGBTQ Center Angela Mazaris, PhD DIRECTOR (‘11) Multicultural Affairs Wesley Harris, INTERIM DIRECTOR (‘14) Women’s Center Paige Meltzer, PhD DIRECTOR (‘13) Office of Chaplain K. Monet Rice, M Div ASSOCIATE CHAPLAIN (‘12)
Diversity and Inclusion Partnerships
Questions?