About the Committee

The College of Education Diversity Committee is an active advisory committee that is comprised of faculty, staff, and students. Membership on the Diversity Committee is voluntary, and includes persons from a diverse range of ethnic/cultural, gender, sexual/affectional orientation, and professional backgrounds.

Mission

The College of Education Diversity Committee recognizes the value of diversity in persons and in perspectives. It is our goal to create an environment in which all members of our community will have opportunities to thrive personally and professionally.

Purpose of the Diversity Committee

The Diversity Committee serves the College of Education through:

• Providing support to students
• Advising the Dean on recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty, staff, and student body
• Increasing awareness of diversity in the college

The Diversity Committee seeks to support students through organized social events, orientation of new students, the Student Mentoring Program, sponsoring fairs and poster sessions research that is relevant to diversity, and student meetings with the Dean of the College of Education.

The Diversity Committee maintains a sub-committee that is devoted to the Recruitment and Retention of culturally diverse Faculty, Staff, and Students. Specific actions taken by this committee include developing the Student Mentoring Program, securing a Post-Doctoral position in which a culturally diverse person is mentored in any of the divisions within the College of Education, recruiting for the Holmes Scholar Award, and gathering diversity related information from other institutions of higher education in order to benefit The University of Iowa College of Education.

The Diversity Committee seeks to increase awareness of diversity within the College of Education through sponsorship of diversity related programming for all members of the college, recognizing faculty and staff that have demonstrated a commitment to diversity, publicizing information about diversity related events within the college and throughout the campus, informing curriculum, and encouraging a wide spectrum of diversity education external to the college.