Baylor University diversity efforts

● Spring 2016 1.Created President's Advisory Council on Diversity (PACD)

2. Appointed Dr. Elizabeth D. Palacios, Special Assistant to the President on Diversity

● Summer 2016 3.Completed diversity commitment video ​www.baylor.edu/diversity 4. Developed and launched diversity web page ​www.baylor.edu/diversity 5. Established affinity community groups: ​Black Student Union, Latinx

Coalition, and Asian Coalition

● Fall 2016 6. Integrated affinity group Freshman orientations during Welcome Week for each community: ​Black Student Union, Latinx Coalition, and Asian Coalition 7. Relocated Multicultural Affairs Department offices to first floor of the Bill Daniel Student Union Building which provided more space for student interaction and higher visibility

8. Established HBCU/PWI Domestic Exchange Program with Xavier University; Currently working on an exchange program with an Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)

9. Diversified speakers, artists, concerts, and other programming on campus

10. Hosted dialogue and forum experiences- ​This Matters, Intergroup Dialogue, Public Deliberation Initiatives, Cross Cultural Ministry Dinners, Better Together, BU Borderlands,

11. Implemented Student Life Division-wide cultural humility training

12. Hosted the National Hispanic Education Summit- National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference

13. Increased Faculty of Color candidate pool by increasing number of faculty candidate interviews; creating search committee funds, and search committee "toolkit"

14. Launched "opportunity hires" program to departments

15. Created a pilot "grow your own" program for students pursuing their doctorate and committed to returning to Baylor to teach for a year

16. Revised and launched online ​REPORT IT!​ System 17. Incorporated Bias-Motivated Incident Support Team (BMIST) into University reporting system for data collection and added BMIST Chair to PACD

● Spring 2017 18. Completed fielding phase of campus-wide Climate Survey (Academic and Work Environment Survey)

19. Submitted the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Grant Application

20. Launched Diversity 101 for all staff and faculty members; Diversity and Inclusion incorporated into new employee orientation, dean and department chair training, student leader training

21. Established Faculty of Color Alliance

22. Joined American Talent Initiative, an alliance of the nation's top universities focused on increasing enrollment and education of high-achieving, low- and moderate-income students