From the Dean: Diversity, equity, and inclusion focus groups

As you know, the J. W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, part of Public Service and Outreach at UGA, is partnering with us to design and implement a process to assess, test, and gather feedback on a series of proposed initiatives to facilitate increased diversity and inclusiveness in the College.

Raye Rawls, Louise Hill, and Lori Tiller, faculty at Fanning, will be leading two focus group sessions on Friday, Feb. 12, 10 a.m.-noon, and Monday, Feb. 29, noon-2 p.m. These sessions encourage participation from diverse groups of faculty, administrators, staff, students, and others who are interested in providing feedback to help frame their approach to this very important initiative. The intention of these focus groups is to synthesize the information gathered from the report on different models of diversity structures and the information gathered from the dialogue sessions held in January.

During the focus group session you will be given a chance to discuss definitions on diversity and inclusion, review the proposed models form the diversity report, and discuss questions, concerns, or ideas on how to implement this process for the future. Each session is scheduled to last two hours and is open to interested individuals at the staff, student, and faculty levels.

The focus group sessions will be held in Aderhold Hall Room G23. We would like to keep the numbers in each group to 20, so please respond to

Carolyn McNearney

by Wednesday, Feb. 10 indicating which session you would like to attend. Following each session will be a chance for a town hall style meeting that will allow for any and all interested stakeholders to attend.