COMMITTEE ON MULTICULTURAL CURRICULUM TRANSOFMRATION
Notes from Meeting of
21 April 2015
The fourth meeting of the Committee on Multicultural Curriculum Transformation
was held on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Altgeld 203.
Attendance
Kristen Myers (CMCT Chair, Director, Women, Gender &Sexuality Studies), Carolinda
Douglass (Vice Provost of Academic Planning and Development), Anita Maddali
(Law), Robin Moremen (Liberal Arts and Sciences), Debra Miller (SPS Council liaison,
Student Success Specialist), and Katie Janssen (CMCT Graduate Assistant).
Minutes
Corrections made on the minutes. The minutes from the meeting of March 17, 2015
were approved without any changes.
Announcements
Myers announced this is her last meeting as a chair. According to the bylaws,
LaVerne Gyant is up next. Discussion for who the next chair will be, if Grant declines,
occurred. Committee members agreed, the bylaws need to be followed, but an
invitation for an acting chair may occur. Suggestions made for future chair; Joy
Coates. Douglas said she will write a formal letter to Grant addressing she is up next,
however, if Grant declines, she needs to appoint someone to take her place. Myers
stated a follow up needs to be done with the gen-ed interdisciplinary courses.
CDO
Myers said the CDO airport interviews are occurring this week on Thursday and
Friday. There are 9 individuals. The CDO search committee aims to have the
potential candidates on campus for interviews, within the next two weeks. There
will be a CDO decision made very soon. Myers stated, the CMCT members have a slot
during the campus interviews. She strongly suggested members attend the meeting
and come prepared to discuss what the CDO’s relationship with CMCT will be. Myers
said whoever the CDO will be, they need to be savvy enough to talk about diversity
as anything else, not just racial diversity.
Fall
A formal invite needs to be sent to Hord, inviting him to the Fall event. Agendas need
to be made for each group. A curriculum purpose needs to me made, as well as
defining what strategic planning means. An outline for the Fall event is as follows:
Theme: Realizing our potential
Strategic plan:
Day 1 September 10:
 Reception talk given by Fred Hord in the evening (Altgeld 200).
Day 2 September 11: 8AM check in/breakfast, sessions 9-12. (Heritage Room, HSC).
 Morning:
o Showcase
 Student Affairs – Tunnel of Oppression (45 mins.)
 LGBT 350 Course – Identity slam, coming out stories
 Previous presentations
 Lunch: 12-1/1:30
o Rainbow lunch hosted by Gender and Sexuality Resource Center OR PCSW
networking lunches
 Afternoon: 1:30o Talk about gaps, going on with information overload at NIU
o Current Programs
 ADPAC
 What do they do?
 Assess diversity units
 Faculty talks (45 mins)
 CMCT
 CMCT committee will meet with Fred Hord to discuss changes
and questions (Altgeld 203/225).
 Commissions
 PLUS
 Invite Ann and Ed, talk about PLUS and how CMCT can be
involved in shaping the curriculum
Day 3 September 12:
 Strategic planning – Just CMCT members meet to discuss what to keep in place and what
to change (Heritage Room, HSC).
 Have CDO prepare something and present to CMCT
o His/her vision of CMCT
Other ideas:
 Presidential Commission on Persons with Disabilities
o Wheel chair basketball
o Interaction with DRC
o Issues of discriminatory issues in classroom
o Student group: student panel that will talk about disabilities
 Experience of having disability and being on campus
 Gender and sexuality resource center
o Reception outreach to new students and student groups
o Programming towards students
 Film series regarding to LGBT
 Student diversity equity and inclusion committee
 HR council, student panel on diversity
 Barbie workshop (PIXO) video
Other Business:
Carolinda said she would check on the membership for members of CMCT.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:20 a.m. The next meeting is to be
determined.