Diversity Council Advances Inclusive Excellence Principles

The University of Akron's New Diversity Council will support and guide the Office of Inclusion & Equity's efforts to advance inclusive-excellence principles across campus and in the community, as prescribed in the Strategic Diversity Roadmap drafted by Lee A. Gill, J.D., the associate vice president for inclusion & equity/chief diversity officer.

Council subcommittees have been formed to focus on:

• University Climate
• Improving Student Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation
• Faculty Diverse Hiring
• Staff Diverse Hiring
• Business Outreach and Supplier Diversity
• Community Outreach; and
• Diversity and Internationalization.

Diversity Council membership

	Ms. Roxia B. Boykin, M.P.A., R.N. Vice President, Community Benefit & Diversity, Summa Health System		Dr. Jennifer Milam Asst. Professor, Curriculum and Instructional Studies
	Ms. Mary Beth Clemons Student, USG President		Ms. Fedearia Nicholson Assistant Vice President for Student Success
	Mr. J. Dean Carro Professor, Clinical Law		Dr. Ramona Ortega-Liston Associate Professor, Public Administration and Urban Studies
	Mr. Samuel D. DeShazior City of Akron, Deputy Planning Director		Mr. James L. Sage Vice President, Information Technology & CIO
	Ms. Starla Fry Student, SAAS President		Mr. Stanley B. Silverman Dean, Summit College
	Dr. William J. Hauser Associate Professor, Marketing		Dr. Harvey L. Sterns Professor of Psychology; Director, Institute for Life-Span Development and Gerontology
	Mr. Gordon Holly Senior Director, Student Life and Enrollment Management, Wayne College		Ms. Bernett Williams Vice President, External Affairs, Akron Children's Hospital
	Dr. Becky J. Hoover Associate Provost for Talent Development		Mr. Thomas Wistrcill Director, Intercollegiate Athletics
	Ms. Dorothy Jackson Former Deputy Mayor, City of Akron		Dr. Sheldon B. Wrice Chair & Professor of Technical Writing and Comp., Department of Associate Studies, Summit College
	Mr. David W. James Superintendent, Akron Public Schools		Mr. Fred Wright President, Akron Urban League
	Dr. Willis L. Lonzer, III Abbott Laboratories, Inc.		Dr. Julie Yuhua Zhao Director of Increasing Diversity in Engineering Academics (IDEAS) Program, College of Engineering
	Ms. Lori Meek Advertising Manager		Dr. John F. Zipp Associate Dean, Arts & Sciences
	Dr. Chand Midha Associate Provost for Academic and Financial Affairs, and Dean of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences

Ex-officio members of the committee are:

	Dr. Luis Proenza, President of the University;		Dr. William M. "Mike" Sherman, Senior Vice President, Provost and Chief Operating Officer;
	Mrs. Candace Campbell Jackson, Esq., Vice President and Chief of Staff