Build an inclusive community where students, faculty, and staff are treated with respect, ideas are freely expressed, and differences are accepted and valued.
- Cultivate an inclusive culture of belonging and connectedness where students, faculty, and staff are valued, respected, supported, and engaged.
- Foster a safe campus environment where community members can thrive without fear of hate, bias, discrimination, and/or harassment.
- Ensure that facilities, programs, websites, and technology systems are accessible for all community members.
- Develop an anti-racism and anti-oppression framework and training resources to improve curriculum, pedagogy, policies, practices, and procedures.
- Increase financial support and resources for low socioeconomic status and first-generation students.
- Enhance faculty and staff benefit options, onboarding processes, and orientation workshops.
RESULTS TO DATE:
- Reconvened the Bias Education Response Task Force
- Administered Mandatory EVERFI Accommodating Disabilities, Diversity and Inclusion, and Preventing Harassment and Discrimination online trainings for Faculty and Staff
- Administered Mandatory EVERFI DEI online training course for Students
- Launched the Pratt Food Pantry
- Administered 2019 Campus Climate Survey for Students, Faculty and Staff
- Established the Student Government Association DEI Chair role
- Established the Student Diversity Advisory Board
- Appointed a Senior Student Advocate & Care Coordinator
- Appointed an Assistant Vice President for Campus Safety & Preparedness
- Hosted Center for Teaching and Learning Forums and Workshops
- Hosted Federal Work-Study Job Fairs
- Launched the Pratt Staff Council
- Launched the DEI Allies Training Certificate Program
- Created the Student Supply Fund
- Created the Student Support Grant
- Created Student Emergency Fund
- Hosted Indigenous Knowledge and Land Recognition Workshop
- Launched Human Resources Onboarding Committee
- Created Online Bias, Discrimination & Sexual Misconduct Incident Report Form
- Published Anti-Racism, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Disability, Inclusive Language, Latinx and Undocumented, LGBTQ+, Native and Indigenous Resource Guides
- Hosted Accessibility Advisory Committee Town Halls
- Relaunched the Campus Safety Committee
- Launched the Resilience Council
- Launched the First Generation Committee
- Launched the Advancing Access Campaign
- Developed an Institutional Living Land Acknowledgment
- Updated Pratt’s Non-Discrimination Policy
- Hosted Bridging the Gap: Supporting International Students Mental Health during COVID Workshops
- Launched the Black Studies Interdisciplinary Minor
- Created the Office of Institutional Equity & Title IX
- Appointed a Senior Employee and Labor Relations Specialist
- Appointed a Director of Benefits
- Launched Menstrual Product Access Project
- Launched Courtesy Meals Program
- Launched Senior Project Materials Fund
- Developed Student Pregnancy Parental Policy
- Added DEI Question to Performance Evaluation Process
- Implemented NameCoach feature in Canvas
- Hosted BIPOC & LGBTQ+ Focus Groups for students, faculty, and staff
- Hosted annual Staff Council BBQ
- Received a 4 out of 5 rating on the Campus Pride LGBTQ Index
- Launched the Native & Indigenous Working Group
- Launched Racial Healing and Anti-Racism Workshops
- Hosted Anti-Racism Symposium
- Administered 2023 HEDS Diversity & Equity Campus Climate Survey
- Launched Inclusive Student Leadership Workshop Series
- Recognized as NASPA First Gen Forward Institution
- Hosted New Employee Welcome Breakfast
- Participated in AICAD Faculty Training Institute: De-Centering Whiteness in the Curriculum