SCTCC Campus Diversity Plan for Web

DIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Sangeeta Jha, Co-Chair - Diversity Coordinator & Sociology Faculty Jonathan Eichten, Co-Chair - Vice President of Student Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer

Campus Diversity Plan

FY 2017-2019

Table of Contents

President’s Message and Mission, Vision, and Values 3

Introduction, Overview of the Diversity Plan 4

Diversity Committee Members 5

Current State of Diversity at St Cloud Technical & Community College 6

The Diversity of Our Students 6

The Diversity of Our Faculty and Staff 8

Goals and Action Steps 9

Goal 1 9

Goal 2 11

Goal 3 14

Goal 4 15

Goal 5 16

Goal 6 17

Glossary 19

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

It’s what we do that is more important than what we say

It’s what we do together that is more important than what we do alone

Our stance, our statement regarding diversity is simple really We welcome you

We welcome all people and we welcome all people’s ideas and ways of looking at things We welcome differences because we value what makes us unique Our sameness is equally important as we recognize the human condition we share together We think access and opportunity for people is a priority, not an afterthought We believe in being inclusive, welcoming, and supportive of anyone who comes to us and we invite them to dream and build with us at St Cloud Technical & Community College

President Joyce Helens

SCTCC MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES

Mission Statement

St Cloud Technical & Community College prepares students for life-long learning by providing career, technical and transferable education

Vision Statement

St Cloud Technical & Community College is the college of choice for quality career, technical and

transferable education, focused on highly-skilled employment and life-long learning opportunities

SCTCC Core Values

o Student success through collaboration and cooperation

o A friendly, respectful, enthusiastic, safe, and diverse atmosphere

o Student-centered from prospect through alumni

o Staff development and success

o A team oriented environment

o Relationships with industry and community

o Quality and continuous improvement

o Innovation, creativity, and flexibility

o Contextual and technologically driven learning experiences

INTRODUCTION

St Cloud Technical and Community College (SCTCC) is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive,

equitable, and supportive environment for its students, faculty, and staff SCTCC acknowledges and embraces diversity as one of its core values SCTCC is dedicated in implementing sustainable programs

to cultivate and foster a culture of mutual respect and understanding

OVERVIEW OF THE DIVERSITY PLAN

As part of Charting the Future, the goal of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities in terms of diversity is to reduce and eliminate the student success gap for students of color SCTCC will achieve this goal by addressing the following areas:

1 Work with partners to reduce and eliminate the student success gap

2 Increase diversity of students and strategies for retention

3 Increase diversity of faculty and staff and strategies for retention

4 Build effective partnerships with communities of color

5 Ensure a supportive and welcoming environment

The SCTCC Diversity plan is the result of grassroots efforts of the SCTCC Diversity Committee members The plan has been reviewed at the following meetings:

o January 2016: Diversity Committee meeting

o February 2016: Diversity Committee meeting

o March 2016: Student Senate meeting

o April 2016: St Cloud community meeting

o April 2016: All College meeting

o April 2016: All students meeting

DIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Sangeeta Jha, Co-Chair - Diversity Coordinator & Sociology Faculty

Jonathan Eichten, Co-Chair - Vice President of Student Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer

Deb Holstad, Co-Chair - Director of Human Resources

Abdurahman Ibrahim, Student

Alfredo Oliveira, Admissions Representative and SCSU graduate student

Anne Rhodes, Interpreter Services Director

Becky Thelen, Staff

Gajendranathan Ramanathan, Accounting Faculty

Hillary Vermillion, Music Faculty

Hudda Ibrahim, Diversity Faculty and Admissions Advisor to the Foreign-Born Students

Jan Stanley, Anthropology Faculty

Jay Govani, Astronomy Faculty

Kateri Mayer, Dental Assisting Faculty

Kerry Degen, Paramedicine Faculty

Kimberly Thielen, Student

Nathan Jacobson, Underrepresented Student Advisor

Nhia Yang, TRIO Student Support Services Director

Patrick Dunham, Underrepresented Student Advisor

Soheyl Missaghi, English Faculty

Stacy Griffey, Advising Center Director

Susan Engel, English Faculty

Tarryl Clark, Interim Dean of Sciences, Technology & Math

Vicky Kapitzke, Spanish Faculty

CURRENT STATE OF DIVERSITY AT SCTCC

The Diversity of Our Students

The percentage of students of color at SCTCC has increased steadily in the past four years, and is now at 20%

MnSCU Strategic Framework Performance Metrics for Students of Color (May 2015)

St Cloud Technical and Community College is above the system average for Student Success of Students

of Color, defined as the ratio of student persistence (fall to fall) for students of color to white students

20.0%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

Student Diversity - Students of Color

0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1.00

Student Success

SCTCC is below the system average for Completion Rate of Students of Color, defined as percent of entering cohort of full-time undergraduate regular and transfer students that has completed

Completion is measured as graduation or transfer by the end of the third spring after entry at the

college

Note: During FY2017, a case study will be conducted to identify the underlying factors of the success gap for Students of Color

Please visit the SCTCC Fact Book at http://www.sctcc.edu/fact-book for more data on gender, full/part time, income, etc

0.71

0.6

0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

Completion Rate

37 305 489 566

1078

1941 285

Unknown

40 & Over

30-39

25-29

21-24

18-20

17 & Under

Age Demographic Fall 2015

225 Veterans

2264

48%

2429

52%

8

Gender Fall 2015

Male Female Other

The Diversity of Our Faculty and Staff

The percentage of faculty and staff of color at SCTCC has increased from 3.5% to 7.3% in four years

3.5%

4.4%

5.7%

7.3%

0.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

4.0%

5.0%

6.0%

7.0%

8.0%

Employee Diversity- Employees of Color

GOALS AND ACTION STEPS

Goal 1: Improve the diversity of SCTCC student body by implementing a variety of innovative

and mindful recruitment strategies

Outcome: Enhance structural diversity, to be measured by increasing the percentage of

students of color by 1% per year

1 Recruit Native American students

at Red Lake recruitment event

Jodi Elness, Director of Enrollment

Management

2 Recruit Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,

and Transgender students at the

St Cloud LGBTA pride festival

Jodi Elness, Director of Enrollment

Management

3 Recruit students of color by

leading the “Take 10” program at

Apollo High School—supervise

high school students and recruit

Apollo High school students

Hudda Ibrahim, Faculty and Admissions Advisor

to the Foreign-Born Students

Abdi Ibrahim, Student

Apollo High School students College of St

Benedict/St

John’s University

Ongoing

4 Recruit Latino, Somali, and other

students of color

by hosting Central MN Diversity

Fair

Nathan Jacobson, Underrepresented Student Admissions

St Cloud Tech,

St Cloud Apollo, Elk River, Melrose, Cold Spring, Sauk Center, and Long-Prairie Grey Eagle high schools

Annually

5 Participate in annual Latino

Health Fair

Nathan Jacobson, Underrepresented Student Admissions

6 Host a recruitment event for

Latino families and prospective

students

Nathan Jacobson, Underrepresented Student Admissions

St Cloud State University

Annually

7 The MOSAIC program serves new

underrepresented students in

developmental or ELL courses

through new student advising

Nathan Jacobson, Underrepresented Student Admissions

Annually

8 Complete regular visits to English

Language Learner (ELL)

classrooms and Multicultural

Service groups in local high

schools

Nathan Jacobson, Underrepresented Student Admissions

Area high schools, Adult Basic Education and Alternative Learning Centers

Ongoing

Patrick Dunham, Underrepresented Student Advisor

9 Increase the number of Somali

students in the healthcare

programs

Hudda Ibrahim, Faculty and Admissions Advisor

to the Foreign-Born Students

Central Minnesota Initiative Foundation

10 Recruit Dream Act students for

the MnSCU Occupational Grant

pilot by communicating with

prospective and current Latino

students

Sangeeta Jha, Diversity Coordinator & Faculty Vicky Kapitzke, Faculty Jonathan Eichten, Vice-President of Student Affairs

2016/17 and 2017/18

12 Attend the Juneteenth

Celebration of emancipation

Community African American students

Annually

Goal 2: Retain diverse student population by utilizing a wide variety of effective strategies Outcomes: Increase success for students of color from 88 to 1.0 in 3 years

A Organize culturally meaningful events to create a welcoming environment

1 Encourage students to attend the

Festival of Nations sponsored by

International Institute of

Minnesota

Nathan Jacobson, Underrepresented Student Admissions Vicky Kapitzke, Faculty

Annually

2 Celebrate National Heritage

months, including:

 Hispanic Heritage Month

 LGBT History Month

 Native America Heritage

Month

 Black History Month

 Women’s History Month,

including International

 Sexual Assault Awareness

Month

 Asian Pacific American

Heritage Month

Diversity Events Committee

3 Host Monthly Cultural

Encounters

4 Provide National Disability

Employment Awareness event

Anne Rhodes, Director

of Interpreting

5 Host Multicultural Night event,

open to the community

Nathan Jacobson, Underrepresented Student Admissions Vicky Kapitzke, Faculty Sangeeta Jha, Diversity Coordinator & Faculty

Annually

8 Celebrate Dia de los Muertos

(Day of the Dead)

Vicky Kapitzke, Faculty Tim Benson, Faculty

9 Spring Traditions in Spanish

speaking countries

10 Encourage student attendance at

St Cloud State University

diversity events, including annual

Pow-wows

Sangeeta Jha, Diversity Coordinator & Faculty

11 Host International Women’s Day Hudda Ibrahim, Faculty

and Admissions Advisor

St Cloud State University,

Annually

to the Foreign-Born Students

College of St

Benedict

12 Host a global music group Hillary Vermilion,

Faculty

13 Host the play "Feeling History:

African Americans' Reach for

Equality"

Deb Holstad, Director of Human Resources Sangeeta Jha, Diversity Coordinator & Faculty

Spring 2017

14 Continue listening sessions for

students who are Black or

African-American, Asian, Latino,

American Indian or Alaska

Native, or Native Hawaiian or

other Pacific Islander

Sangeeta Jha, Diversity Coordinator & Faculty Jonathan Eichten, Vice President of Student Affairs

15 Join the African Coalition

Network (ACN)

Sangeeta Jha, Diversity Coordinator & Faculty

B Provide support services to ensure academic success

1 Provide individualized support

services for differently abled

students to ensure students are

able to access and participate in

college opportunities

Judy Jacobson-Berg, Counselor

Ongoing

2 Provide English Language

Learner (ELL) students with

specialized ELL tutoring,

dedicated ELL/underrepresented

student advisors, student

employment opportunities, and

assistance with books

Melissa Lindsey, Director of Academic Pathways

Nathan Jacobson, Underrepresented Student Admissions

Ongoing

3 Develop ELL classes and a

language exchange program

Melissa Lindsey, Director of Academic Pathways

2018/19

4 Provide orientation option for

ELL students and their parents

with simultaneous translation

Melissa Lindsey, Director of Academic Pathways

2018/19

5 Implement a Mentoring Program

for Students of Color Mentoring

program

Sangeeta Jha, Faculty &

Diversity Coordinator

6 Provide, via TRIO,

intrusive/one-on-one academic, tutoring and

financial advising for first

generation, low income, and

students with disabilities

Nhia Yang, Director of TRIO

7 Improve services to veterans, to

include creating the Homefront

Resource Center

Tarryl Clark, Academic Dean

Anita Baugh, Financial Aid Director

Veterans community in St

Cloud

8 Provide Somali and Spanish

language versions on our website

Vi Bergquist, Chief Information Officer

Fall 2016

9 Provide interpreting services to

students, faculty, staff and the

general public who are deaf or

hard of hearing

Anne Rhodes, Director

of Interpreting Services

Ongoing

10 Assist underrepresented

students with the matriculation

process, from first contact with

the college to

advising/registration

Hudda Ibrahim, Faculty and Admissions Advisor

to the Foreign-Born Students

Ongoing

C Offer diversity training opportunities for students to improve campus climate

1 Provide Cultural Competence

training for students, starting

with the Student Senate

Sangeeta Jha, Faculty &

Diversity Coordinator

2 Facilitate Safe Space Trainings Alfredo Oliveira,

Admissions

St Cloud State University – LGBT Resource Center

Annually

3 Continued incorporation of

multicultural and anti-racist

pedagogy across the curriculum

4 Explore and determine feasibility

of Intercultural Development

Inventory (IDI)

Sangeeta Jha, Faculty &

Diversity Coordinator Jonathan Eichten, Vice President of Student Affairs

2016/17 Academic Year

Goal 3: Promote academic excellence by increasing faculty and staff diversity through proactive

recruitment strategies

Outcomes: Faculty and staff diversity will increase by 1% per year

1 Follow the college Affirmative

Action plan, utilize standardized

websites to recruit

Deb Holstad, Director of Human Resources

NeoGov.com mnscu.edu

MN Jobs

MN Workforce Center

LinkedIn Indeed.com Chronicle of Higher Ed

Ongoing

2 Utilize local St Cloud websites Deb Holstad, Director of

Human Resources

St Cloud Times website

SCTCC website

St Cloud Chamber website

Ongoing

3 Create specialized diversity

websites

Deb Holstad, Director of Human Resources

MnSCU listservs such as deans and others

MN diversity website State of MN Workforce Diversity site

wfcomm.mmb@

state.mn.us

Referrals from current employees

Ongoing

For further information, please contact Deb Holstad, Human Resources Director, at dholstad@sctcc.edu

for SCTCC’s Affirmative Action Plan

Goal 4: Employ best practices for retaining diverse faculty and staff to enrich educational

experience and growth for campus community

Outcome: The number of diverse faculty will increase by 1% per year

1 Establish and strengthen

cultural competency and

multicultural respect for all

employees through “Cultural

Proficiency” and “Cultural

Humility” workshops

Sangeeta Jha, Faculty &

Diversity Coordinator Debra Leigh, St Cloud State University

St Cloud State University

Annually

2 Explore the possible use of

Intercultural Development

Inventory (IDI)

Sangeeta Jha, Faculty &

Diversity Coordinator Jonathan Eichten, Vice President of Student Affairs

Academic Year

3 Continue networking and

support groups for all new

faculty and staff

Sangeeta Jha, Faculty &

Diversity Coordinator Deb Holstad, Director of Human Resources