This story is part of a new, regular feature on CALS Notes devoted to profiling the people and programs in the college committed to promoting greater diversity and inclusion in the CALS community.
As part of a CALS-wide commitment to promoting greater diversity among the college’s faculty, students and staff, the CALS leadership has set aside resources to support a new initiative to award competitive grant funding to proposals that aim to broaden the inclusiveness of the entire CALS community. Called the CALS Diversity Recruitment Initiative, the program’s awards are decided on by the Diversity Committee of the CALS Faculty Senate based on the merit and potential impact of the proposal.
For 2013, five proposals were awarded funding to support projects that will promote a range of programs, goals and events including: an art and science workshop for Latino youth as part of the Celebrate Urban Birds Program; a Cornell University “Native American Day” that will focus on recruitment of prospective Native American students; an effort to increase diversity in CALS successful Summers Scholars Program; and an initiative to encourage greater diversity among Cornell’s landscape architecture students.
The fifth successful proposal was submitted by the CALS Human Resources Office, and will provide funding to cover registration fees for CALS employees who wish to attend and engage in diversity and inclusion trainings, events, seminars, roundtables, etc. CALS employees wishing to apply for funding can do so now by visiting the CALS Diversity and Inclusion Training site, browsing the list of upcoming training opportunities, and submitting an application.
The program also aims to partner with the student group Ordinary People to deliver two pilot diversity and inclusion training programs later in the academic year.
CALS Notes will follow the progress of this and the other four proposals throughout the academic year.
