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Below you'll find our post archive. These results will come in the forms of Pages, Posts, and Events. Also note that many titles will have , , and at the end of the text. These help identify pages, posts, and events representing our three core values: Community, Thriving, and Wellness. To learn more about this, read about our Action Plan. These also all help support our #ActForInclusion.
An important message from President Napolitano and UC Chancellors about election results
President Janet Napolitano and the Chancellors of the University of California today (Nov. 9) issued the following statement: In light of yesterday’s election results, we know there is understandable consternation and uncertainty among members of the University of California community. The University of California is proud of being a diverse and welcoming place for students, faculty, and staff with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Diversity is central to our mission. We remain absolutely committed to supporting all members of our community and adhering to UC’s Principles Against Intolerance. As the Principles make clear, the University “strives to…
Honoring and respecting free speech
Dear Anteaters, Over the course of the past several weeks, our campus has again been forced to confront the question of how we honor and respect the value of free speech when it is tested amid speakers whose messages are perceived to be offensive, racist, inappropriate and inconsistent with the values our campus embraces. It is true that we hold intellectual inquiry and the free and rigorous exchange of ideas as bedrock principles of institutions of higher education. As a public university, we must respect the rights of all members of our community who wish to express opinion, voice support,…
Campus Posting
Climate Monitor: Campus Posting Date October 15, 2017 (approximately) Event Unauthorized posters with disturbing content Action Response from Dr. Haynes, Vice Provost for Academic Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (included below) Earlier this month, posters with disturbing content, sponsored by an organization unaffiliated with UCI, were seen at multiple locations on campus. The postings contained inflammatory language aimed at certain members of our faculty and student groups; they also violated UCI’s policy on posting. As such, campus personnel immediately removed the materials and reached out to the faculty and students who were singled out in this effort. The inflammatory nature of these…
Higher Ground: The Alignment of UCI’s Policies, Principles, and Programs with the UC Regents’ Principles Against Intolerance
Higher Ground: The Alignment of UCI’s Policies, Principles, and Programs with the UC Regents’ Principles Against Intolerance I am writing to update the campus community regarding UCI’s alignment with the UC Regents’ Principles Against Intolerance. Last August, Chancellor Gillman requested me to assess our campus policies, principles and practices in relation to the regents’ principles with attention to the climate for Jewish students, and report this month. Earlier this week I shared and discussed my report entitled “Higher Ground” with the Chancellor’s Cabinet. (The report is now available here.) The cabinet accepted the report and adopted the recommendations. The report opens…
Anteater Insights: Douglas M. Haynes
Dear colleagues, UCI aspires to be a national leader and global model of inclusive excellence. We seek to create a campus community where all expect equity, support diversity and practice inclusion. Each of us can and should contribute to shaping this vital campus aspiration. If anything, the UCI Black Student Union demands movement reminds us that inclusive excellence remains a work in progress across the country and at the University of California. In January 2015, the UCI Black Student Union demands team issued a call to improve conditions for black students to thrive. At the direction of Chancellor Gillman, the…
Dr. Joseph Morales Joins the Office of Inclusive Excellence as Assistant Director
I am delighted to welcome Dr. Joseph Morales to the UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence. Dr. Morales will serve as the Assistant Director for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships. In this role he will contribute to building campus capacity to become a national leader and global model of inclusive excellence. Among his duties include monitoring and advancing student success, deepening and expanding our relations with other Minority Serving Institutions, and advocating for inclusive excellence locally, regionally and nationally. A former UCI Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Morales is a respected scholar of Chicano/Latino Literature and Cultural Studies. He has not only taught…
Remarks: UCI Orlando Strong Vigil
Vice Provost for Academic Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Noon June 15, 2016 UCI Flagpole On behalf of Chancellor Gillman, I am honored and humbled to join you at this Orlando Strong vigil. This vigil commemorates a traumatic human rights disaster directed at the LGBT community that took place early Sunday morning on 12 June 2016 in Orlando, Florida at the Pulse night club. In that club, there were many people who were someone’s friend and lover, partner and spouse, son and daughter, aunt and uncle. Many represented the diverse Latino community. They all reflected the rich diversity of the LGBT…