Presented to
2004 UKadvance Leadership Development Institute
September 24, 2004
Mission
The University is committed to diversity as a vital characteristic
of an optimal education and workplace. The University
maintains a firm conviction that it must strengthen the
diversity of its communities, support free expression,
reasoned discourse and diversity of ideas, and take into
account a wide range of considerations, including but not
limited to, ethnicity, race, disability and sex, when making
personnel and policy decisions. The University is committed
to periodically evaluating progress made toward diversity and
to communicating the results of such evaluations. Based upon
these assessments, the University will give diversity factors
consideration to ensure achievement of its mission of
instruction, research and service and gain the broadest
benefits for the University community.
UK Governing Regulations (proposed, 2004)
The Charge to the PCD
 Advise the President on issues, policies and practices that affect the
University of Kentucky’s commitment as a champion of diversity
 Report regularly to the President and the University community on the
status of issues of diversity at UK (on matters of racial and ethnic
diversity in employment, working environment, compensation and
campus leadership
 Offer recommendations to redress all forms of racial and ethnicity-related
inequities, that is , making recommendations for enhancing the
University’s recruitment, retention and graduation on minority students
in all of its programs, and for enhancing the institution’s recruitment and
retention of minority faculty and staff
 Propose initiatives to ensure racial and ethnic diversity at the University
of Kentucky which full engage faculty, staff and students in the creation
of a campus that is inclusive, that is, cultural affairs, communications,
curriculum, extra-curricular opportunities, and community affairs
Commission membership
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Faculty representation- 11
Staff representation- 7
Student representation-3
Community representation- 2
Non-voting representation (students/staff)- 4
Areas represented:
Education, Counseling/Testing, UK Hospital, Library
& Information Sciences, Communications, Nutrition
& Food Science, Assessment and Student Research
Programs, Disability Resources, English, AfricanAmerican Studies, Political Science, Student Affairs,
Multicultural and Academic Affairs, Faculty Senate,
Staff Senate, SGA
The Dream & the
Challenge:
Nurture Diversity
Strategic Goal V
Nurture diversity of thought, culture,
gender, and ethnicity
Key indicator
Ability to meet the enrollment and persistence goals
of the Kentucky Plan for Equal Opportunities in
Higher Education and the employment goals of the
University Affirmative Action Plan.
Accomplishments of the Commission
 Established and operationalized the Commission, its structure, charge
and mission
 Developed university-wide initiatives with eighteen specific
recommendations relative to the faculty, staff and student status of
historically underrepresented populations at this institution
 Proposed and sponsored the "Bucks for Brains" summer research
initiative for undergraduate students
 Developed and launched the PCD website : www.uky.edu/PCD
 Assisted in the preparation of a senior level community relations and
outreach initiative whose goal is to achieve the participation of
culturally diverse individuals through planned programs established
with the Vice President for Academic Outreach.
 Cultural Voices focus group study
 Sponsored the university’s commemoration of 50th anniversary of Brown
v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision
President’s Awards for
Diversity
2003 Inaugural Award
recipients (left)
2004 Award
recipients (right)
Brown v. Board of Education
Commemoration
189 attendance
Keynote speakers• Dr. Robert Hemenway, Chancellor,
University of Kansas
• Dr. Geneva Gay, Professor,
• University of Washington-Seattle
• Professor Mildred W. Robinson, the Henry
L. and Grace Doherty Charitable
Foundation Professor of Law, University of
Virginia
Photos & videos (see website)
Equal Opportunity Panel
Award Recipients
--Cultural Voices Pilot Study--
Purpose
1) Examination of faculty, staff, students’
perceived diversity-related, Cultural
experiences with UK
2) Impact on organization processes
Preliminary report on website: www.uky.edu/PCD
Presidents Commission on
Diversity 2004-2005 Goals
Through what doors do you
enter the conversation?