Mission
- Provide leadership for the University in its commitment to a campus environment that fosters respect for the dignity, rights and aspirations of each member of the University community.
- Coordinate the University’s efforts to develop and support a culturally diverse community by providing detailed, result-oriented procedures that blueprint a strategy to foster a climate conducive to the equal treatment of all people as prescribed by federal and state laws.
- Guide the University community in the implementation of Affirmative Action programs and various diversity and recruitment strategies, including:
- Determine the extent to which minorities, women and persons in the protected populations are underutilized or at parity in major employment categories;
- Develop WCSU’s hiring and promotional goals, for people in the protected populations, in all WCSU employment categories;
- Eliminate employment practices that adversely impact people in the protected populations; and
- Enhance the number of persons in the protected populations that seek and acquire employment at WCSU in all employment categories.
- Present various trainings and resources on the cultural and generational diversity, affirmative action regulations for campus searches, and awareness/prevention of sexual harassment and violence on and off campus for students, faculty and staff.
- Investigate filed complaints of discrimination.
- Develop, monitor and maintain an active campus response team, resources and services as it pertains to complaints of sexual harassment and violence against students, faculty and staff.