Charge and Responsibilities

Create interpersonal, intellectual, and physical environments in the COE that embrace understanding of human diversity;
Promote the diversity of administrators, faculty, staff, and students to better reflect the varied demographics of New Mexico; provide annual report to the Coe faculty;
Study and disseminate trends in diversity as it pertains to COE promotion, tenure, and merit;
Recognize, honor and establish mutually beneficial relationships with diverse constituencies of UNM (i.e., UNM offices and College/School Diversity Committees);
Recognize honor and establish mutually beneficial relationships with diverse constituencies of New Mexico (e.g., Indigenous Nations, community organizations, business community, civic organizations, student organizations);
Collaborate with other UNM College/School Diversity Councils;
Support UNM and COE efforts in international interactions;
Serve as a resource to COE faculty, staff, students, and the larger educational community on issues of diversity (e.g., sponsor workshops and conferences, COE Diversity Council Web Site to identify potential speakers, academic literature, syllabi considerations, contextual information for research proposals, strategies for recruitment and retention of diverse students, faculty, administrators and staff).

1/12/2010 – Approved by unanimous vote on COE Faulty Governance Committee