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DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Committee on the Status of Women and Minorities
The University of Texas at Arlington embraces diversity among its students, staff, faculty and administration. Diversity is essential in the achievement of the University’s academic mission. Diversity means sustaining an intellectual, ethical, cultural and sociological environment that embraces and fosters academic freedom without prejudice, intimidation, intolerance, or discrimination. UT Arlington promotes an environment that accepts and appreciates every individual’s uniqueness and characteristics regardless of race, gender, gender identity, language, age, ethnicity, physical abilities, sexual orientation, spirituality, socioeconomic status, or national origin.
The University recognizes the value of diversity in preparing students for employment upon graduation. Students are encouraged to be receptive to unique and differing points of view. Thereby, the University recognizes the value of diversity in its curriculum.
There is commitment to attracting and retaining a critical mass of diverse faculty and staff. This provides an environment that ensures unique work and educational experiences that occurs with interactions of people with diverse backgrounds, different perspectives, life experiences, beliefs and ideology.
The University leadership acknowledges the importance of diversity on an academic campus and therefore supports the following:
- an annual lecture series on diversity
- identification and support of minority student, faculty and staff organizations
- recommends a course that emphasizes the value/importance of diversity for every student
SPOTLIGHT
Committee on Diversity and International Understanding
In Fall 2006, upon the removal of the flags that were formerly displayed in the atrium of Nedderman Hall, President James D. Spaniolo appointed the Committee on Diversity and International Understanding. After holding forums for discussion, online group discussions, and analyzing the feedback that was collected, the committee has compiled its findings >
A COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
Through our commitment to diversity of students, faculty, and staff, The University of Texas at Arlington strives to maximize our responsiveness to the ever changing needs of the vast number of global communities it serves and to foster partnerships with communities that value differences with respect to every individual’s exceptional contribution to society. The Committee on the Status of Women and Minorities is a vital part of the University’s efforts, and welcomes your suggestions and feedback on this website and any University-wide diversity initiative. Feel free to contact Phyllis Adams and Antoinette Nelson, the Committee co-chairs.
President James D. Spaniolo
- President’s Remarks to the Faculty on April 24, 2008
- President’s Statement on Equal Opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Web Site
SELECTED EVENTS
October 14, 2008
Juan Williams
A discussion of the issues in the 2008 Presidential election
Monday, November 17
Dr. Ronald Takaki, educator, author and expert on America’s racial and ethnic diversity
Held in conjunction with Asian Heritage Month
February 17, 2009
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Held in conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy
March 3
Dr. Lani Guinier, educator, civil rights advocate, and first tenured black female professor at Harvard
Held in conjunction with the 2nd Annual UT Arlington Diversity Week and Women’s History Month
IN THE NEWS
DiversityCentral.com interviewed Myrtle Bell, a UT Arlington associate professor in management, for an article on obesity discrimination.
Readers of Fort Worth Weekly voted the late Coach Jim Hayes as an example of gumption or grit in the newspaper’s annual Best of People and Politics. Hayes, who died in May, led the Movin’ Mavs, UT Arlington’s wheelchair basketball team, to seven national championships.
UT Arlington’s Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program was recognized among the Top 25 state agencies for their HUB participation, 25.7%. Total HUB expenditures for the 2007 fiscal year were $17,966,338, an increase of 64% in just two years.
UT Arlington recently joined the Texas Diversity Council, which is made up of members who are committed to diversity and the transformation of the workplace and community into environments where people are valued for their uniqueness and are secure in the knowledge that their efforts make a difference.
An American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) study has recognized The University of Texas at Arlington as a trailblazer in “closing the gap” between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white students in college. More >