Please describe your most significant activities you will implement, expand, or continue in order to accomplish your short term
goals for a more diverse and inclusive department/school/college and will help MTU accomplish its short and long term diversity goals.
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Specific Objective |
Activity Description |
Person(s) responsible for this objective |
Timeline |
Internal Dollars to be allocated |
External Dollars to be sought |
Other Comments |
| For Faculty |
Improve the diversity of the faculty candidate pool. |
Work with faculty and chairs across the COE to adapt the CEE model for faculty searches. |
Faculty Success and Diversity Coordinator and the Dean. |
Ongoing |
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| Improve faculty success in terms of tenure and promotion. |
Continue/Expand the mentoring program and lunches for new faculty. |
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$12,000 |
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| For Students |
Increase the number of underrepresented graduate students. |
Conduct recruiting visits at targeted locales. Support GEM |
Various faculty in the COE |
Ongoing |
$4,000 |
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| Increase the number of CC transfers to Michigan Tech. |
Continue to support MICUP program and further develop partnerships with CCs. |
Associate Dean |
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$4,000 |
$2M from NSF STEP program |
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| Increase Enterprise participation and branding. |
Work with university administration to further institutionalize and expand Enterprise, targeting high schools and CCs |
Associate Dean and Enterprise Board |
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$2,000 |
Currently ~$600K from Various Sources |
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| Develop effective marketing materials for COE programs. |
Plans are underway for development of a video to highlight the COE to a diverse group of students |
COE Outreach Coordinator |
7/1/2006 |
TBD |
$2M from NSF CCLI program |
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| Provide MS & HS students with engineering experiences |
Continue to offer and support Engineering Olympics, FIRST Lego League, etc. |
Engineering Fundamentals Dept |
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$5,000 |
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| Provide underrepresented undergraduate students with opportunities for professional development |
Continue to support travel for NSBE, SHPE, etc. |
Associate Dean |
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$4,000 |
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| For Staff |
No initiatives are currently planned |
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