MISSION VISION VALUES

Establishing Values And Building Competencies

The organizational development team began working with staff and faculty across the University at all levels to identify a consistent view of which skills and behaviors are most identified as needed for success at Butler. This information will be used to identify resources and create development opportunities.

As part of the informing stage, Human Resources held 16 focus groups (with over 100 staff and faculty) to date. Following this, the team will review the data to identify recommended competencies, review the outputs with participants and discuss the next phase of development. The model will be finalized and will act to inform Butler University’s Talent Management practices.

Organizational Development and Effectiveness successes include:

• Phase 1 completion of a University-wide competency model that will identify the most important behaviors for individual and organizational success both now and in the future.

• Foundational work to refresh the BU values resulting from successfully completing the Mission and Vision work in spring 2022.

• New Team Member Orientation adjustments including a partnership with Faculty Professional Development to include an additional day for new hires that introduces new faculty to the BU community and connects them to resources available to support their success.

Culture in Action

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Priority 5

Create an Intentionally Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Learning Environment

Butler will establish the shared responsibility of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and board members to act deliberately toward inclusive and equitable outcomes.

First Chief Diversity Officer

In 2022, Butler hired Khalilah Shabazz as the University’s first VP/CDO. Shabazz serves as an important collaborative partner with internal and external stakeholders to proactively develop and implement plans, programs, and activities that educate and motivate members of the Butler community to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values to be collectively upheld in support of student learning and success.

All of what Butler is links back to the importance of diversity, the movement toward equity, and being inclusive. An incredible amount of work has been going on here through the years. Now it’s time to take a broader institutional approach and make sure we are doing things in a way that impacts our campus and our community.

Khalilah Shabazz, VP, Chief Diversity Officer

DEI Focused Positions and Roles

Representation

Most Diverse Incoming Class—In fall 2021, Butler welcomed the most diverse incoming class in its history, with 21 percent self-identifying as students of color and 18 percent stating they are the first in their family to attend college.

Inclusion Advocate Program & Onboarding

Enhancements—The IAP program, initiated in 2019, was expanded in fall 2021 to include an online DEI training program, faculty development opportunities, and community meetings.

› Each college and the Office of Academic Affairs have created a DEI Faculty Director role, and more capacity and attention for DEI work in the Colleges and Academic Affairs units.

› A new Diversity Center Faculty Fellow position has been created to better integrate the academic perspective into student life for student DEI programming. This position is a collaboration with the Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program.

› A realigned position created a DEI-focused Faculty-in-Residence to provide greater support for first-year residential students from marginalized/ underrepresented backgrounds and identities.

› A new Director for the Diversity Center was hired in October 2021.

› The Advancement Division created a position to focus on DEI and identity-based alumni communities

Belonging Affinity Group Program

This employee program was created to deepen a sense of belonging and to support the onboarding of new faculty and staff, by bringing together individuals with similar backgrounds, identities, and/or interests.

Asian And Pacific Islander Alumni Association

Student and alumni leadership led to the establishment of the Asian and Pacific Islander Alumni Association, a significant contribution to Butler’s efforts to build an environment of belonging for our API community.

Butler Latinx Alumni Association

Student and alumni leadership led to the establishment of the Butler Latinx Alumni Association, a significant contribution to Butler’s efforts to build an environment of belonging for our Latinx community through a variety of social, cultural, and educational programming.

Hub For Black Affairs And Community Engagement

Under the leadership of Dr. Terri Jett, the Hub is focused on the lives and experiences of the Black community at Butler, through creation of affinity groups, a collaborative fellows program, Black student support initiatives, and connection with visiting Black intellectuals.