<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Dear Faculty and Staff,<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">A friendly reminder to participate in the </font><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><i>Campus Climate Survey for Diversity Planning Survey. </i>Please read the below email from Dean Olevsky.</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><b>The Survey will close on Tuesday, Nov. 1st.</b></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"></span><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif">Please contact </font></span><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><a href="mailto:facultydiversity@sdsu.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">facultydiversity@sdsu.edu</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or the C</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ollege Diversity Council Chair, Dr. Mahasweta Sarkar,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> if you have any </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">questions or concerns.</span></font><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><b><br></b></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you,</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Julie</span></font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 9:27 PM Eugene Olevsky <<a href="mailto:eolevsky@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">eolevsky@sdsu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_1407890004084648441m_-7615677019727227462m_-4978627771531701553m_-8519752004091355861gmail-docs-internal-guid-2335379a-7fff-8bf3-1770-d9b36a9f18af"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As many of you are aware, the </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SDSU College of Engineering</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> has been involved in on-going efforts to improve equity and inclusion for faculty, staff and students, guided by our diversity and inclusion plan</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. To help our Diversity Council better understand the experiences of faculty and staff across the C</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ollege</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, we invite you to take a </span><a href="https://sdsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3V3sKnGGyDLroW2" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SHORT survey</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">; it should not take more than a few minutes of your time to complete. </span></span></p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is a follow-up to the survey conducted in Fall 2019 and the campus hopes to collect this data every few years, allowing us to observe changes over time. Your input will inform campus initiatives and help us evaluate progress with our own diversity and inclusion plan. Your participation is vitally important to ensure that our C</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ollege</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is able to get a full picture of faculty and staff experiences.</span></span></p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This is an important opportunity for you to have your voice heard. Please note that although you will be asked for some demographic information, the Office of Faculty and Staff Diversity will be aggregating the results before providing it back to colleges and divisions, and all information will be provided in a way that maintains confidentiality of individual responses.</span></p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The survey will close November 1, and should take fewer than ten minutes to complete. <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"></span>Please contact </span><a href="mailto:facultydiversity@sdsu.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">facultydiversity@sdsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or the C</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ollege Diversity Council Chair, Dr. Mahasweta Sarkar,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> if you have any </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">questions or concerns.</span></p></span><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small">Eugene A. Olevsky, Ph.D.; FASME; FACerS; FASM</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">Dean and Distinguished Professor</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">College of Engineering</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">San Diego State University</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">5500 Campanile Drive</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">San Diego, CA 92182-1323</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">Office: (619)-594-6061</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:eolevsky@mail.sdsu.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:small" target="_blank">eolevsky@sdsu.edu</a><span style="font-size:small"> </span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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