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1 Diversity Topic: UW-Stout embraces diversity, equity, inclusion and intercultural competence as an integral part of the university community. Questions: o Why is this topic important to you as an individual; to UW-Stout as an institution; and the broader community? o What can you do as a member of the UW-Stout community to foster diversity and an inclusive environment? o How do we engage the community? o What collaborative efforts do you see contributing to the success of this initiative? Percentage out of 519 total Qualitative Analysis of Diversity Theme Definition Frequency (%) Examples Community Subthemes include: Community Direction; Engagement; Menomonie; Community; Children of the Community; Partnerships; Athletics; Service to the Community 16 (33.9%) Community Direction Engagement Creating an overall better community with face to face interactions, creating more incentives to communicate with community, and providing more opportunities for UW-Stout and its surrounding community to work together to promote diversity. Educate public on the activities and projects happening on campus. Through this interaction, individuals can increase their knowledge on cultural competencies. This can lead to increased communication with community and campus. Leading the community by 55 (10.6%) 44 (8.5%) Creating better places not only on campus but informing/creating a better community (Menomonie/greater area) as a whole with our resources (along with supporting family members of faculty/admin) Reach out to the community of Menomonie. Use them as an integral part of the university. Not just but face to face interaction and initiatives that allow communities within Menomonie to participate. Invite the community into Stout more often. That might be something that we can do more to start to build more knowledge and have those diversity conversations in the community. Be a cultural center. Because Stout is within Menomonie s community, it is important to engage the local community. How does the larger community of Menomonie impact Stout and vice versa? How about hosting diversity events, such as a festival of nations, in the local community? Off campus community diversity come up with ways that Stout can interact with the community to engage with different types of people.

2 Menomonie Community Children of the community Partnerships Athletics Service to the Community example to promote diversity in this city and the larger community. Since Menomonie is a small community it has very few diverse people, experience of students is limited because of location (Rural WI). Provide opportunities to expand thinking. Outreach to children in the community (i.e. K- 12 public schools) was emphasized. Determining what community organizations we can collaborate with on a campus level to address diversity and inclusion. Collaborative efforts with businesses, industries, and local agencies are important, although a lack of opportunity for partner employment was mentioned When UW-Stout can connect with the community through athletics and sports it is good exposure. Inviting local school kids to work with university athletes is good for both the community and the university. Students from the university participate in coaching activities where the kids look up to the athletes. By reestablishing service in the community and including servicelearning projects in requirements for students, faculty, and staff to become more involved. 34 (6.6%) 15 (2.9%) 12 (2.3%) 9 (1.%) (1.3%) We can engage the community by encouraging people to be mindful of their efforts. Our opinions are valuable regardless of background. Participation is key. Perhaps efforts should focus on making the Menomonie community more supportive of diversity. Be realistic when it comes to demographics of diverse students given the location & demographics of Menomonie. Acknowledging the larger Menomonie community, etc. Kid-focused events are a way to bring adults together-a diversity theme with games/activities that allow people to experience and learn. Teaching younger people and schools from a young age on this. Get exposure to allow community to be more accepting of all More youth campus community/campus collaborations More joint learning opportunities and partnerships with community. Encouraging collaboration with community agencies Industry connections sharing what they love about our graduates and our programs (show our uniqueness). Inviting local school kids to work with the athletes who can be from diverse backgrounds to fun things there are really good things happening here that opens people s minds Students participate in coaching in the community. This is a good development opportunity for our students to organize, but great for the kids in the community. Reach out rather than wait. Collaboration- intercultural with athletics Reestablish service to community Encourage students to go out in the community Require immersion opportunities, more involvement with the community.

3 Diversity Trainings Diversity Training Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Other Methods Mandatory Training Subthemes include: Diversity Training; IDI; Other Methods; Mandatory Training; Timing; At Department Levels; Continuous Training; STEPS By brining diversity training to the all departments at UW-Stout, and to students, this would allow more people to receive the training and hopefully impact the university in a positive way. Train faculty and staff on diversity professional development. Educate employees and tell them who to go to for more help and guidance on working with diversity. This training can help others understand and respect different viewpoints. Offer sessions to stress the importance of diversity, inclusion and intercultural competence. Promoting availability and existence of IDI. Expanding the use of IDI or another diversity training with student and employees across campus. Miscellaneous methods for diversity trainings were mentioned. Methods included having more online trainings, offer readings, use the NTLC, implement a model similar to HLC, use the "be the change you want to see happen" model, and other various methods for diversity Making diversity training mandatory to reassure the whole campus is on the 118 (22.%) 3 (.1%) Need to expand diversity professional development across the campus and find times that integrate into the various work schedules The campus needs to have knowledge about diversity in order to help new students, faculty etc. that are brought to our campus. Being aware of whom you are talking about. Attend more events as a faculty/staff member. Be actively engaged and have support of supervisors to go to these events. Have Supervisors get support. 22 (4.2%) 20 (3.9%) 11 (2.1%) Explore expanding the use of IDI or another diversity training w/ student employees across campus Have folks that have taken the Intercultural Competency Inventory to talk about benefits they saw and advocate for benefits. People may be intimidated/scared/biased against taking the survey. Individuals could encourage each other to get to the intro level workshop with Phyllis Braxton and other opportunities. Leaders should found and encourage a support network of people who will cover your desk, perform your duties, and/or instruct your class, while you participate in diversity-related training/meetings. Infuse a diversity-related session in any training session we do, such as leadership training. Professional development on diversity; online videos and modules for faculty and staff with busy schedules. Make diversity professional development a priority for faculty and staff

4 Timing At Department Levels Continuous Training STEPS Individual Respectful same page regarding diversity and the efforts to promote it. The timing of which diversity trainings were offered is highlighted in this section. Suggestions for alternative training time are also mentioned. Cultural competence training for all faculty/staff at department levels which is tailored to needs of department/program. This can help departments be better suited in dealing with diversity issues that they may encounter. Continuous improvements and ongoing trainings in order to have a more structured professional growth program. Using and promoting the STEPS model on campus to serve and underserved members at UW-Stout. Subthemes include: Respectful; Open Mind; How to Embrace Diversity; Awareness; Personal Responsibility As an individual I can be respectful to others, refrain from judgements, understanding other's backgrounds, and maintenance a positive attitude. We can 10 (1.9%) 9 (1.%) 5 (1.0%) 4 (0.8%) 85 (16.4%) 29 (5.6%) Incorporate diversity training into overall program: mandatory for all students, staff, and faculty. Require trainings rather than suggest. Offer training opportunities during non-peak times for specific offices/colleges. Schedule diversity training and other trainings strategically when others are available. First week not a good time to train faculty bring one or two departments together for training with possible more participation, i.e. one hour a week, monthly, podcast, online, blogs We need cultural competence training. At the department level- tailored to those needs. Infusing diversity looks very different for each department. Make it accessible and easy to do. Rather than asking individuals to come to trainings, sponsor departmental trainings which will encourage others to participate Expect every department to talk about diversity issues. Ongoing consistent training for students and staff. Two years of continuous improvement activities for staff; more of a path; earn a certificate. The IDI activities are just a one-time thing and that knowledge fades. Something more continuous would be helpful. Ongoing consistent training for students and staff. STEPS model, bring people to campus and create a grassroots learning structure as it relates to cultural competencies outside of STEM Serve underserved people with other programs like STEPS Continue camps (STEPS) and career conference Treat everyone as a unique individual and embrace them for who they are culturally, individually Respect and value of diversity and differences

5 Open Mind How to Embrace Diversity increase respect for others and value our differences. Keep an open mind, be willing to learn, welcome new ideas, and be more open to conversations and dialogue regarding diversity. Some things an individual can do to embrace diversity, equality, and inclusion are: maintain an understanding that every person is connected to diverse people in their lives both on campus and off campus, be a reasonable learner, and be a responsible leader % % Awareness Individual awareness of diversity % Personal Responsibility Curriculum Curriculum Each and every person holds a piece of responsibility in making UW-Stout a welcoming place. Some ways individuals can take personal responsibility to making the campus a better place and a more inclusive setting are highlighted. Subthemes include: Curriculum; Service Learning Establishing a curriculum devoted to diversity/cultural competence so students/faculty can have greater exposure to the importance of other cultures. Curriculum can serve as a means to educate individuals on what diversity is. By having instructors teach students about the importance of diversity/cultural intelligence, more 1.3% 6 (14.6%) 3 (14.1%) From the start, set the rules. Everyone will be treated the same in an open and fair way. Everybody is important and has good things to offer. We should be open and interested to the diversity value of each person can bring to the table. Have a more open mind and attitude on campus. As an individual, be mindful that there are additional perspectives/opinions. Do your own research on the issue. known various backgrounds, brought up to embrace differences, to help all feel inclusive Inspire individual actions to reach out to people of different perspectives, reward and encourage that. Be sure that everyone individually welcomes students from diverse backgrounds Awareness and encouragement of diversity Be aware of how we behave, interact and approach others Plant the seed and bring awareness Serve as an advocate for those in marginalized populations Providing power to facilitate positive change as an individual. Be an advocate More curriculums devoted to cultural intelligence. Broader inclusion of cultural competencies in the classroom multidisciplinary approach. How many instructors have a module devoted to cultural intelligences taking an inventory of who is doing what in the classroom Incorporate diversity into coursework for students; introduce some of the subject areas of diversity. Promote efforts to infuse diversity into curriculum.

6 individuals would be educated on campus. Prepare students through the curriculum for global society. Diversity course should be required. Service Learning Service learning projects allow students the ability to experience real world situations and obtain a better understanding of the diversity of the community that surrounds them. Discussions Subthemes include: Dialogue; Listening; Dialogue By creating a safe space for discussions and conversations to be held, there is more personal communication (formal and informal), cross department discussions, online discussions, and misconceptions can be addressed. Encourage conversations to break barriers. Listening Being open to listen to what the individuals that make up the campus have to say. We can possibly hold listening sessions, which can serve to hear comments and concerns. Defining Diversity Subthemes include: Defining Diversity; Additional Demographics Defining Diversity Comments mentioned that some groups do not get the attention they need because the word "diversity" is not clearly defined. Efforts to make this known throughout the campus and the community were suggested. Additional Demographics Includes other demographic variables that should be included in the definition of diversity. Diversity which is not visually apparent from the outside as it cannot be seen by all should be included 3 (0.6%) 64 (12.3%) 51 (9.8%) 13 (2.5%) 63 (12.1%) 38.3%) 25 (4.8%) Applying service learning as part of curriculum Service Learning Opportunities Class project that require students to work on or design artifacts for groups that represent diverse views/experience. Creating more safe spaces for discussions that include all ideas and not just the polarized sides. Opportunities for people to communicate and gain new perspectives about people as human beings on a personal level and not just as a group. Foster conversations on diversity among students, faculty, and staff. Listening is the willingness to change one s own opinion. Learn how to be a good listener. Need to hear more than sound bites. We need to hear more than just what the press is saying Better understand diversity for our communities surrounding and including Stout Important because it is justice and fairness as opposed to elitism. You want to be inclusive and be fair to everyone. Let s make it equal for everyone. Definition of diversity is difficult for all. Diversity does not stop at gender, religion, sexual orientation etc. Ageism should also be considered. Invisible diversity is just as relevant as visible diversity (Ex 1 st generation students, ESL, learning disability) Types of diversity that are more difficult to see are important to talk about too

7 Students Recruit Diverse Students Students Diversity Organizations Student Engagement as well: Age, SES, Religion, Disabilities, etc. Subthemes include: Recruit Diverse Students; Students; Diversity Organizations; Student Engagement; Students with Disabilities; Demographics Dive deep into other communities for diverse students. Looking for diverse students from different communities and have those individuals come to UW- Stout to increase diversity. Attracting diverse students to come to UW-Stout. Actively recruit. Students are highlighted as they are the future. The goal of UW-Stout is to provide a space where students can contribute their perspectives, engage with other students, and therefore gain a better understanding for the diversity that surrounds them. It was suggested that diversity groups be moved to areas on campus that give them more exposure and resources to accommodate for individuals who belong to these groups. Encouraging students to be part of club and organizations, taking advantage of campus resources, knowing what training do students receive in order to have more knowledge of diversity and their culture, and honoring the student body, Knowledge of diversity prepares students for global society if given consistent training to students as this creates a more intercut competence in our students, preparing them for 63 (12.1%) 19 (3.%) 18 (3.5%) (1.3%) (1.3%) Embrace these diverse groups that come to campus but be realistic about recruitment Without increasing diversity (ethnic, religion, socioeconomic, orientation) then we will limit our market and growth will be limited Activities that attract diverse people Create more intercultural competence in our students. Collaborative effort: students are more engaged and less afraid to speak and express their own ideas and thoughts. Students will be able to be culturally competent and keep that message and training going into their communities. Encourage staff to join diverse organizations to help them learn. Campus-wide support and collaboration in regards to the Involvement Center s Ally Initiatives program Different Clubs or organizations Students see the importance of getting involved, but we need to expand beyond little pockets of support groups into the greater community. Encourage students to be a part of clubs/organizations. Expose students to diversity with study abroad trips to cities

8 diversity after graduation. The world is looking for diverse students. Students with Disabilities It is important to understand and respect students with disabilities as these students may be forgotten about or go unnoticed. It was suggested that Students with Disabilities Services should hold trainings for faculty/staff/students to attend. Demographics The diversity of the area students come from plays a big role in their experience on campus and in the Menomonie community. This includes certain racial, religious, and other statistics about the area. Be aware of how many students we have and of the different cultures Diversity Events Diversity Events Dinner or Lunches Subthemes include: Diversity Events; Dinner or Lunches; Student Led Events; Community Cookout; Parade and Homecoming Invite the public to events, this can help attract diverse people to come together, interact, and discuss diversity topics. Diversity events involving dinners or lunches with the community and university were encouraged. (1.3%) 5 (1.0%) 60 (11.6%) 41 (.9%) 6 (1.2%) Understand and respect of students with disabilities. Disability services office to hold training on Autism/Asperger s-discuss among participants, not just faculty! We serve more students with disabilities than other UW colleges. Looked at state census data: Though numbers are changing and we need to more than track, we need to exceed that so students are prepared. There is benefit in structure and oversight, but a lot of it comes down to what we can do day-to-day Highlight stats on diversity to community: who are our students, faculty/staff Track with census changes for state. More coordinated events that intentionally include community to be involved. More of these would be good. Find a way for people to play together not defined by diversity. Outside the classroom, as faculty/staff interacting with students. Opportunities to bring together also with community members. Open the campus to draw more people to mingle together. Make diversity events on campus free and open to the community as well as campus Welcome back picnics for depts., engage with who you work with, have them bring family to get to know them better. Invite over to personal home with family. Social events with fac/staff. Foster diversity independently and invite other staff or dinner.

9 Student Led Events Diversity events led by students. 5 (1.0%) Community Cookout Parade and Homecoming More Diverse Representation More Diverse Representation Hiring Bringing the community together through food related events such as community cookouts. Parades such as Holidazzle, Winterdaze, and Homecoming were all mentioned as a way to bring diversity to the community. Subthemes include: More Diverse Representation; Hiring Having a more diverse staff will allow more exposure to diversity on campus and the collaboration of ideas and viewpoints to be exchanged between different individuals. Have representation of all groups. The world is more diverse so the university has an important role in educating the community in an inclusive way. More diversity equals more perspectives. More diverse representation at the university level will give everyone the ability to learn and expand their ways of thinking. Hiring committees are more open when diversity is valued. Better education for new employees on the services available to them, and giving the new employees 4 (0.8%) 4 (0.8%) % 38 (.3%) 14 (2.%) A brown bag lunch event where campus and community are invited where you discuss diversity topics openly Encourage fac/staff to attend some of the events organized by student organizations as it shows support and is great experience many sparsely attended by fac/staff. lot of events have been started by student groups Festival of national events Great Community Cookout inclusive to students, for example pulling the campus community into the Menomonie community. Welcome- start of year picnic with families and share food Great American cookout- include communication Concerted effort to further diversity goals in things like homecoming/winter daze out, homecoming, winter parade, etc. Parade: Holi dazzle 1 float showing differences Communication with a diverse community allows different ideas to be represented and allows misconceptions to be aired The future of our institution depends on our ability to diversify. Diversity brings new and different ideas to the table. More visible representation at different levels and diverse discoveries. Build hiring and recruitment practices from the ground up Increase minority faculty recruitment

10 Environment Welcoming Safety Environment Learning from Each Other Advertising on campus tours to increase their awareness to the resources on campus. Subthemes include: Welcoming; Safety; Environment Promoting and maintaining a welcoming environment for everyone. Campus must create a welcoming, inclusive environment for everyone in order to foster new ideas. Creating a safe and equal space for everyone. There should be more target efforts to ensure that there are safe places for people on campus. Providing an open, trusted, and inclusive setting allows individuals to step out of their comfort zone and improves morale. This will give young people the experience they need for a global environment after their college experience. Everyone can learn from each other because all individuals bring a unique perspective to the table. Spread the word that diversity creates more solutions to the problems we encounter. Use activities to attract 4 (9.1%) 31 (6.0%) 9 (1.%) (1.3%) 3 (.1%) 28 (5.4%) Better educate new employees on the services of our depts.. who see those of diverse populations (E.g. Disability services, MSS, ect.) Give new employees tours of these areas, have presentations from the staff). Create a safe space and welcoming environment. Stout s diversity efforts make people feel welcome & proud to be a part of Stout. Opportunity to learn about cultural diversity helps everyone feel welcome to campus/attracting/recruiting students to campus. More is accomplished by all when people are comfortable, happy and safe Trusted environment, safe environment to talk about. Create a safe space Create a diverse environment experience for young people. Set a tone for and model inclusivity in my classroom and in my department. Create a sense of peace. Makes campus more interesting, being able to learn from other people and challenging out normal ways of thinking. Get around conceptualizing everyone in groups to help reduce stereotypes and instead have people know people individually. This will minimize hurting people and hopefully by extension would help those in those groups and identities. As a department take what you learn from the training opportunities and discuss how we can pass that along to others. Need to reach out to different markets with diversity, need to figure out how to tap into other markets and bring them into Stout. Make an effort to do this. People want a diverse market.

11 Campus Campus Resources Campus Promote Diversity Global Citizenship diverse people and using advertising initiatives around diversity. Subthemes include: Campus Resources; Campus. Knowledge of the resources available on campus to increasing intercultural competence. Creating a better campus for individuals to embrace diversity and different perspectives, make campus more interesting by challenging normal ways of thinking, integrating groups on campus, learning of the diversity efforts on campus, campus has a clear stance that intolerance will not be allowed. Promotion of and advocating for the diversity on campus and in the community Comments emphasized the importance of global citizenship as students with a diverse education will be competent, global, contributing members of society after graduation. 2 (5.2%) 18 (3.5%) 9 (1.%) 22 (4.2%) 20 (3.9%) Promote and advertise what we are doing around diversity. Advertise to programs regarding how diversity creates a wider variety of solutions to our problems Encourage students and staff to take advantage of campus resources. Sustain population being able to support this population. Being able to support our resource centers as well as a contact person to connect with. Being able to advertise and support our resource centers. Having a contact and support will be helpful to retain them. We can recruit them; but we need to most importantly retain them. So important to connect with students. Embracing diversity through Stout is important because the community needs to see that effort initiated through Stout s fostering diversity on campus. We need an institution that influences community values. Making diversity and inclusive excellence part of who we are as a campus. Especially in the face of what s happening locally, our state, our nation, our world. Promote the benefits of diversity. For example, diversity creates opportunity for growth, to hear different mindsets. Encourage friendships with local students and international students Treat everyone equally well to promote feeling of inclusion. Intercultural competence can be made a selling point to students because it enables them to bring skills to future situations in work environment working with a company with a lot of international connections. Enables them to communicate effectively. Stout students will be global and meet people from diverse backgrounds

12 preparing students for diversity after graduation; Funding Funding Other Incentives Funding for Students Funding for Faculty & Staff Administration Subthemes include: Funding; Other Incentives; Funding for Students; Funding for faculty and Staff. Funding is important as this provides more learning opportunities for students, faculty, and staff. Offer some sort of incentive for people to take part in training or educational sessions. An example would be extra credit for participation. This includes scholarships, funding for trips, money for projects, etc. In order to make the students experience at Stout diverse and significant. More funding for resources and student groups on campus and also student employee compensation. Community funded grants, funding to support initiatives, funding for employee compensation, external funding for research and projects that will engage a diverse population. It was suggested by individuals that Administrators need to follow through to support the diversity on campus. Leaders should be going to diversity trainings as they need to be genuinely invested. 19 (3.%) 6 (1.2%) 6 (1.2%) 4 (0.8%) 3 (0.6%) 18 (3.5%) Provide financial support on a more needs-based basis rather than merit based (e.g. emergency fund, short term loans, etc.) External funding values research/projects that engage diverse populations. Need funding to support these initiatives (inclusive excellence, intercultural competence, diversity initiative, etc.). Create more incentives to communicate w/community People could be rewarded for individual commitment to attend different diverse events on campus Incentives and rewards too Increase funding and outreach for international students office and other diversity-based departments, offices, and clubs. More funding for field trips and visiting businesses Scholarships makes education possible Research grants and external funding. External funding agencies/grants that are going to value working with diverse populations and award those opportunities to those who are engaging with diverse communities. How do we incentivize participation? Reward people? (financial, food, personal time off) Look at a way to incentivize participation i.e. participation=funding for personal research/class projects Campus has a clear stance that intolerance won t be allowed important to come from leadership. How do we encourage different people on campus and in the community to show an interest in diversity? Comes from the top down.

13 Silos Success Stories Integrate Groups Collaboration Social Media Breaking down silos between diversity groups, top down silos issues diminish Stout s identity in the broader community. Employee soloing is a problem because staff is always in one place all the time; silos prevent collaboration and work against each other. Showcasing different diversities so that we can teach each other/learn and share. Share success stories regarding diversity and cultural competencies, this can help give a positive light on the matter and help educate those on the benefits and importance of the matter. Through this collaboration of people sharing their success stories more people could possibly have a greater understanding and appreciating on diversity. Sharing best practices with other universities. Integrate groups as one campus- less attention to separating groups by employee classification, demographic variables, etc. Pay more attention to making campus feel as one and that all the students and faculty from different backgrounds make up UW-Stout. Both internal and external collaboration was highlighted. By taking advantage of different sources of media (i.e. National News, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, 16 (3.1%) 14 (2.%) 14 (2.%) 14 (2.%) 14 (2.%) Follow through with administration to support the diversity that is on campus. This could help educate staff and spread awareness if staff see the connections from the start, it may help facilitate more collaboration and break away from our Silos Break down systemic exclusion Make time to have conversations with others on campus. Our departments are siloed and we are not having conversations to what others have to share. Story telling on the success that Stout has with diversity. More sharing of what is working, both here and at other campuses UWEC student peer diversity groups that came into classes; shared diversity stories to share perspectives. Good way for students to hear from others. Integrate groups as one campus- less attention to separating groups Try and recruit as groups not individuals to create a critical mass of diverse groups. Treat all individuals as the same. They are all students of UW-Stout Work together with suggestions from different org. to create a better academic and community experience. Skills of getting along are critical and better understanding each other. Initiative that encourages diversity and collaboration. Campus could use the media to help inform the community in a positive way. How Stout represents itself on webpages; reconsider how we re representing ourselves virtually/f2f.

14 Language Employee Resignation Important Topic International Population Speakers Newspaper Columns, etc.), UW-Stout will have increased exposure. Being mindful of the language and wording used when speaking in regards to diversity and individuals belonging to minority groups. This includes names and personal pronouns. There has been a reduction of minority staff and faculty on campus over the past 5+ years. By creating a standardized process (i.e. exit interview) with the staff that is leaving the University could help identify the cause of their resignation and areas of opportunity (improvement) in regards to the university and their treatment of faculty/staff. Positive feedback regarding the importance of this topic for our campus. Highlighting the presence of international students and their contributions to the campus and the community. Ask them about being in Menomonie. Having those educated/experts on the matter come to campus and give speeches/lectures on the importance of 13 (2.5%) 11 (2.1%) 11 (2.1%) 11 (2.1%) 10 (1.9%) Better disseminate ongoing efforts both to the community (newspaper) and to the campus community. Make initiatives and information accessible. Publicize YALI initiative. Think about how academic documents exclude identities Some of this is the language that we use issues deal with sometimes these words and terms can hurt more than intended. Remove gendered language Formally investigate diverse faculty departures and making that known to the campus. Discover causes of diverse faculty departure exit interviews for resigning diverse faculty and equivalent at beginning of career. Scary that we made diversity a priority and faculty diversity has decreased 10%. The topic is important because it helps to create open and accepting environments. Important to campus and community to move forward. Cultivate a world view that accounts for diversity as important. How can we better integrate our international student population to help educate the campus community (e.g. more special events like panels, infuse lessons into the curriculum, etc.)? How to open up the community to accepting international students more. International faculty members are not accepted in the community like we would want them to be. There is much more prejudice here Support efforts to bring in more international students including programs and agreements/reciprocity. Have speakers on campus and invite community

15 Experienced Faculty Chief Diversity Officer Off Campus Needs Faculty Perspective Recognition cultural competencies. By bringing diverse people in to talk and educate students and staff to break barriers. By having instructors more aware and experience different cultures, this would hopefully lead to them including what they learned about cultures and diversity and using that knowledge in their classrooms. By increasing the instructors knowledge on the matter, we hope would transfer that to the Create a position for an individual to coordinate diversity efforts as the university would benefit from a leader in this department. Being aware of the resources available off campus and the needs to individuals when they are not on campus grounds. The perspectives of faculty in regards to diversity and their stance on this topic. This includes addressing student expectations, providing tools in the classroom, and being inclusive. There was concern expressed over giving awards to individuals belonging to specific groups of color as this is a way to single people out. However, giving awards for those who complete professional development trainings was encouraged. 8 (1.5%) (1.3%) (1.3%) (1.3%) 6 (1.2%) Experts, such as from Student Services, should share their diversity-related expertise with others, such as those on the academic side. Collaboration opportunities might mean guest speakers Hire faculty with diverse backgrounds. Exchange program for teachers/instructors to go to a different place (culturally/socioeconomic) Staff study abroad Strongly advocate for having someone in a Chief Diversity Officer position, coordinating with individual offices on campus, to promote diversity on campus Need leadership Chief diversity officer diversity leadership team who has the authority to help propel us forward. who has the vision for it? Chief Diversity officer Expand opportunities for food product and culture (i.e. provide bus finding for trips and gatherings). Who? Retail available for diverse parties. Engage community: slowly introduce a vendor that makes diversity items and products Knowledge of student diversity needs not equal norms of cultures. How could we as teachers address the diverse students expectations? As engaged faculty/staff we want our students to have all of the tools they need to do well. Disconnect between what we want students to have and politics behind decisions being made Honor student body How can we be inclusive when we have awards for individuals groups singles out Don t ignore issue

16 Current Efforts Outreach Programs Lip Service Mentor Programs Alumni Diversity Leadership Team The campus, faculty, and staff is already doing a good job with this matter. Bringing awareness to outreach programs to connect with the community Comments suggested that there is discussion about implementing goals and procedures, however there is no follow-through. For the UW-Stout community to foster diversity and an inclusive environment, the creation of mentorship programs was suggested. These programs can serve to educate those from different cultures. Alumni of the University of Wisconsin- Stout could share their unique experiences with future students and individuals all over the country and the world. Connecting with international alumni will increase student diversity as we can use these individuals to help recruit at Stout. In addition, the Alumni office can hold special activities and host speakers. Promoting our international graduates so other international students can see that this is safe and accepting place to come study. The Diversity Leadership Team should communicate to the university and the community. There needs to be a diversity representation on the team. 6 (1.2%) 5 (1.0%) 5 (1.0%) 4 (0.8%) 4 (0.8%) 4 (0.8%) We do a good job! Stout does a good job providing training We are already bring diverse groups to campus to encourage prospective underserved students to attend college Look for other outreach programs such as YALI to additional areas. Problems in the wider community-increase outreach beyond Stout gates. Mandela fellows to be seen- connect with community Perpetual conversation w/little change is frustrating We give diversity a lot of lip service we do not know how to do it Talk about diversity every year with no improvement of supporting the diversity that is on campus. Suggest offering mentorship to international students or members of minority populations formal or informal. Creating mentor programs Take time to invite colleagues to attend- encourage, mentors Alumni, current, industry could share the unique programs outside of Wisconsin and Minnesota to gain interest for future students. Can we connect with alumni to increase student diversity - - specifically international alumni? International alumni greater connectivity with them. Use them to help Stout recruit. Diversity team has to be able to clearly communicate with campus/alumni community More diverse representation on diversity committee; more viewpoints to drive agenda

17 Open channels of communication and action items between DLT efforts and units/departments and individuals and the back to big efforts. Better Services Providing better services for individuals on and off campus will increase the awareness and promotion of diversity. 4 (0.8%) Female Voices Help and promote female voices. 3 (0.6%) Other Other comments that did not fit into the themes identified above. 138 (26.6%) Need to have knowledge of different people to help them when they are here-serve as new they are the customer of this university; So we know How to help them adjust here-then return to their own culture Help and promote female voices, especially in male dominated fields. Focus on recruiting females in STEM fields. Role of Women