[Staff] [Faculty] Bronze Level Award with Exemplar Status: ASEE Diversity Recognition Program

[Janusz Supernak]

Congrats, Sweta and Theresa!

Best

Janusz

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 6:43 PM Eugene Olevsky <eolevsky at sdsu.edu> wrote:

> [image: 2019 Diversity Recognition Badge - Bronze.png]
>
> To: Engineering Faculty and Staff:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> It is my pleasure to inform you that the American Society for Engineering
> Education has granted our College the Bronze Level Award in the framework
> of the ASEE Diversity Recognition Program. In addition to the Bronze Level
> Award, our College is given the “Exemplar” status. This is the highest
> level ASEE issued so far in this Program.  The Bronze level recognition
> means that our College is among the nation’s leaders in inclusive
> excellence.  It demonstrates that the College is committed to the following
> outcomes: 1) Establishing baseline support for groups underrepresented in
> engineering 2) Quantifiably analyzing and assessing College composition,
> policies, culture, and climate related to all groups underrepresented in
> engineering. 3) Implementing programs and initiatives that strengthen the
> K-12 or community college pipeline thereby reducing significant barriers
> related to long-term growth. (4) Developing an action plan focused on
> continuous improvement.
>
> I would like to thank Prof. Mahasweta Sarkar and Assistant Dean Theresa
> Garcia for preparing the application materials, which included the
> description of our existing diversity programs, the plan of proactive
> strategies to increase diverse representation in faculty, and the diversity
> management plan.
>
> I believe that we should consider this Award as an incentive to actively
> develop our diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. We will need to
> carry out a lot of future work in this important area.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Eugene
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