Diversity Action Committee

 The purpose of the Diversity Action Committee is to provide education, resources, training, and support  to housing professionals to assist in their work with matters related to diveristy and social justice. 

  Committee Goals

Members will have access to resources pertaining to diversity and social justice including but not limited to: programming, traning,and education opportunities.

Outstanding individual, programmatic, and institutional efforts in diversity and social justice will be recognized.

Members will be provided with and inclusive enviroment through various DAC events, activities and resources.

Member will be provided usefull and valuable professional develompents in the areas of social justice.

Association will be aide in recruitment and retention efforts of persons from diverse populations and committeed to diversity and social justice.

History will be preserved for future support of committee growth.

Committee Awards-
DAC has two awards that members of the assoication can nominate collegues and programs that collegues work with for recognition at the annual conference.  

Commitment to Diversity Award- Individual
This award will recognize an outstanding housing and/or residence life staff memeber, or someone affiliated with housing and/or residence life, who has demonstrated a continued commitment to diversity through his or her actions.

http://www.umr-acuho.org/uploads/pdf/2008_commitment_to_diversity_award-individual.pdf

Diversity Action Award
This award will recognize a programatic effort or an ongoing collaborative program/series/initiative made by an individual or an organziation/department on campus, or the campus as a whole, that impacted the students, staff, and/or faculty in the area of diversity.

http://www.umr-acuho.org/uploads/pdf/2008_diversity_action_award_2.pdf

Submitt your nominations today.  Please note we have extended the nomination deadline to Monday, October 27, 2008.  Nominations can be sent to:

Resources
In fall 2007 DAC introduced DARK.  DARK is a resource cd for assoication members campuses.  This year DAC has updated DARK adding some new resources and making it more user friendly.  Please stop by the committee fair and pick up your institutions copy of DARK.  If you would like to add to DARK you can do so by contacting committee chair: Dana Barnard.

Committee Members

•  Dana Barnard - Missouri University of Science and Technology, Committee Chair

   

• Erin Berreth- Gustavus Adolphus College
• Jen Bird- University of Wisconsin- Superior
• Reggie Blockett- Iowa State University
• Jennifer Casady- Webster University 
• Beth Erickson- University of Central Missouri
• Jordan Kenyon- Briar Cliff
• Krista Kronstein- Cornell College
• AJ Lutz- University of Iowa
• Jennifer Parker- University of Wisconsin- Stout
• Amanda Schellinger- Northwest Missouri State University 
• Fred Seel- Briar Cliff
• Angela Shirley- Missouri State University
• Libby Spotts- University of Iowa
• Sarah Vait- Uninversity of North Dakota
• Shelby Wentworth - College of Saint Benedict
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