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Unit Contributions to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion 6974

Tue, 10/09/2018 - 15:11 — smajewsk
Academic Years: 
2017-2018
2018-2019
Department: 
Physics Department
Division: 
Natural Sciences
Academics
1. Faculty: 

Recruitment:
- Advanced recruitment (through invitations for seminars/colloquia) of potential faculty candidates from underrepresented groups
- Faculty candidates are questioned on their potential contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion during the interview process
Persistence:
- Participation in University Minority Recruitment Program
- Faculty peer mentoring

2. Staff: 

In hiring of staff, we follow Human Resources' protocol and advice during interview selections. Staff regularly attend trainings and meetings to stay abreast of current and pertinent equity, inclusion and diversity policies, and they disseminate these changes to departmental stakeholders. All staff are encouraged to attend professional development opportunities involving equity, inclusion and diversity efforts. One staff member is on our departmental Diversity committee and all staff will be involved in our upcoming training on “Understanding Implicit Bias” presented by the Center on Diversity and Community. This training seeks to explore and take practical steps to eliminate implicit bias in the workplace and in hiring and recruitment practices.

3. Graduate Programs: 

Recruitment:
- Students, staff, and faculty participate in recruitment of potential graduate students through attendance at conferences such as SACNAS, LSAMP, and CUWiP. Physics (in conjunction with the Master's Industrial Internship Program and Women in Physics) hosted CUWiP in January 2018.
- Support for current graduate students to recruit potential students from their home undergraduate institutions
- Graduate student recruitment visit activities have been aligned to incorporate inclusive practices
- Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program sponsored by the Materials Science Institute
Persistence:
- 'Putting your Physics Degree to Work' career seminar series
- Women in Physics group
- Peer mentoring (led by graduate students)
- Graduate Studies committee initiatives focused on graduate student success in first and second years
- Graduate student code of conduct for shared student spaces
- Student participation/leadership in Women in Graduate Sciences, Community for Minorities in STEM

4. Undergraduate Programs: 

Recruitment:
- North Star
- Saturday Academy (research opportunities for high school interns)
- Visits to high schools (students and faculty)
- Science Program to Inspire Creativity and Excellence (SPICE)
- Summer Academy to Inspire Learning
- Freshman interest group courses (taught by faculty)
- Science Open House
Persistence:
- North Star
- 'Putting your Physics Degree to Work' career seminar series
- Women in Physics group
- Undergraduate research fair (organized by Women in Physics)
- Peer mentoring program (organized by Women in Physics)
- Code of conduct established for shared student spaces
- Society for Physics Students
- Support for undergraduates to attend CUWiP
- Physics (in conjunction with the Master's Industrial Internship Program and Women in Physics) hosted CUWiP in January 2018.
- Scholarship for Oregon Scientists II program ($10K for up to 2 years for Physics, Chemistry, or Biochemistry majors)

5. Outreach and Partnerships: 

- Saturday Academy (research opportunities for high school interns)
- Visits to high schools (students and faculty)
- Science Program to Inspire Creativity and Excellence (SPICE)
- Summer Academy to Inspire Learning
- Science Open House
- Regular science pub presentations and public lectures in the community (faculty)
- Booth at Oregon Country Fair
- Tesla: Light, Sound, Color collaboration with UO School of Music and Dance
- Physics Slam (April 2015, January 2018)
- Scholarship for Oregon Scientists II program ($10K for up to 2 years for Physics, Chemistry, or Biochemistry majors)
- Pine Mountain Observatory