Pillar 2: Thriving ★
What does thriving at UCI look like?
Fostering opportunities for everyone to maximize their potential at UCI
Establish UCI as the nation’s leading minority thriving university
Educate and employ the best and the brightest
Achieve equity in educational, employment, and career outcomes
Promote an inclusive excellence culture in learning and work environments
Recognize diversity as a core competency for the entire campus community
What are we doing to work toward each of these goals?
- Convened task forces and reported on campus experiences for campus student communities: African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latinx, Transgender, and Undocumented
- Building pathways to graduate education through the UC-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative and the Hispanic Serving Institution Doctoral Diversity Initiatives
- Leveraged Federal Title III and V funding to support student success
- Expanding partnerships and collaboration with local and national higher education advocacy organizations
- Equity Advisors & search committee collaboration for diverse faculty recruitment
- DECADE Mentors & admission committee collaboration for diverse graduate student recruitment
- Preview Inclusive Excellence Dashboard
- Review insititutional data with partners at upcoming Data Forums
- Launched Inclusive Excellence Certificate Program and diversity fund
- Establish Inclusive Excellence Awards to recognize Ambassadors, Advocates, and Champions
- Report on campus climate and Unity Equity Reviews
- Expand the number of unit-level Inclusive Excellence Councils