Diversity Council ::: Meeting Minutes ::: September 28, 2007
Members Present: Kristen Behrens, Gene Berry, Canan Bilen-Green, Betsy Birmingham, Monica Bruhn, Ann Burnett, Malika Carter, Jaclyn Davis-Wallette, Kambiz Farahmand, Bruce Frantz, Joe Heilman, Bunnie Johnson-Messelt, Casey Peterson, Craig Schnbell, Keri Spiering, Wendy Troop-Gordon, Rachelle Vettern
Other Members Present: Chris Winjum, Jeanne Corbett, Kristina Peterson
Announcements:
- Welcome to our new Graduate Assistant, Jeanne Corbett!
- Team members introduced themselves.
- Malika Carter announced:
- Multicultural Student Services Activities - please visit their website for details.
- Community of Color Townhall Meeting - also listed on the website.
- Take sexual harassment training if you haven't done so.
- Pow-wow will be March 15, 2008, at Concordia. Anyone interested in helping with planning or during the event, please contact Jaclynn Davis-Wallette.
Updates from the Diversity Review Teams:
- Still waiting on one report.
- Meeting for all plan review teams scheduled for Oct. 11, review team members will get an e-mail soon.
- More detailed update will be available next month.
Update on the Human Rights Coalition Conference Speakers:
- Conference October 16-21 at NDSU. Featured speakers:
- damali ayo
- Jennifer Baumgardner
2008 Campus Climate Update:
- Sue Rankin is not available to consult with the council until late October.
- Ann Burnett gave an update regarding the FORWARD team hiring an outside consultant who will contact former faculty mebmers (will have summary hopefully by end of October) Curt Biller.
Please add Anti-Bias/Bigory/Hate logo to department webpages:
- Craig Schnell reminded everyone to include the logo on their pages.
Anti-Racism Team Level I Training Update:
- Trainers will be meeting this week to schedule at least two Level I trainings in the near future. If council members have not attended, please try to get to one of these.
Anti-Racism Team Level II Training Update:
- Level II training will be held Nov. 8, 9 & 10 at MSUM.
- If you are interested, there are three spots at no charge, each other spot will be $100 per person. The NDSU Anti-Racism Team has funds to covere these costs.
LGBT Friendly Campus Index:
- Gene Berry provided handout.
President's State of the University Address:
- October 4, 2007, 11:00 a.m. in Festival Hall.
Next Meeting:
- October 19, 2007, 11:30 a.m., at the Alumni Center.
Reminders
- Please notify Linda Gill (Linda.gill@ndsu.edu or 1-8124) no later than Wednesday morning before the meeting date if you cannot attend so that she can adjust the lunch count.
- Please send diversity-related news items or information about events for the web page to Deb McDonough (Debra.Mcdonough@ndsu.edu).