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Wanda
Heading-Grant
Vice
President for Human Resources,
Diversity
and Multicultural Affairs
From
Wanda Heading-Grant,
Vice President, Human Resources, Diversity
and Multicultural Affairs
To:
UVM
Community
Date:
Monday,
September 23, 2019
RE:
2019
UVM Campus Climate Survey
I am excited to
share data from the 2019 UVM Campus
Climate Survey with the UVM Community.
The linked Summary
contains background information,
methodology, key findings, and next steps.
The information we received from the
Climate Survey will help inform a plan of
action designed to help the community
continue to grow and to be a place where
individual differences are respected and
valued by all.
In addition, Alex Yin, Executive Director
of the Office of Institutional Research
(OIR) and Paul Suk-Hyun Yoon, Senior
Advisor for Strategic Diversity and
Assessment from my Division will begin
meeting with leadership from all of the
Governance Bodies, Colleges, and
Administrative Units, including the
Student Government Association, Graduate
Student Senate, Identity Centers, and the
President’s Commission for Inclusive
Excellence. These meetings begin Friday,
September 27. During these meetings, they
will discuss results of the survey both
generally and specific to each group’s
constituents. A list of the dates of all
of the scheduled meetings can be found
here.
As a result of these meetings, my Division
and partners across the University from
the Center for Teaching and Learning to
the Division of Student Affairs will
continue working closely with constituent
groups to translate the results into
concrete action, including, as
appropriate, modifications of individual
unit Inclusive
Excellence Action Plans. For more
information about these efforts and about
the climate survey, go to go.uvm.edu/climatesurvey.
The OIR has worked hard to analyze the
data and provide it to the campus
community in a form that maximizes access
to the results without compromising
participant confidentiality. Current
members of the UVM Community will be able
to access the survey results via Catamount
Data, the University of Vermont’s official
data site. UVM Community members can
access the data via their UVM net ID here
beginning on Friday, September 27,
2019.
Finally, it is my expectation that the key
findings in the Campus Climate Survey will
be used to inform unit changes and
decisions around diversity, equity,
inclusion, and safety. My Division will be
utilizing a number of strategies to ensure
UVM is an inclusive learning environment
for all community members; promotes
greater dialogue that emphasizes mutual
respect and understanding across
communities; promotes our shared values of
inclusive excellence; increases capacity
of the campus community to respond
effectively to hostile, harassing, and
bullying behavior; refines and enhances
strategies to recruit and retain a diverse
faculty, staff, and student body; and
increases campus safety for all members of
our community. Please visit the Advancing
Diversity and Inclusion at UVM
website, which will be updated regularly
regarding university-wide, college and
administrative units’ active efforts that
make a difference. I would like to thank
everyone for their participation in this
important process. Together, we can help
UVM become an even more inclusive and
equitable community.