UMBC Campus Climate Study Data Presentation on Monday, February 9 Come in person or online

Dear UMBC Community,

UMBC remains steadfast in its commitment to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment where every voice is heard and valued. The campus climate shapes the lives of us all and understanding our community's diverse experiences is crucial to ensure we are upholding our core value of inclusive excellence.

Last spring, our community took part in a Community, Engagement, and Belonging survey, led by the Division of Institutional Equity and its vice president, Tanyka Barber. We hope you will join us and the Rankin Climate team to hear results from the survey on Monday, February 9. The presentation will highlight what we are doing well and where challenges remain, helping us better understand the perceptions of our learning, living, and working environments related to sense of community, engagement, and empowerment across faculty, staff, and student bodies. The presentation is an important step in ensuring our university continues to be a place where all individuals feel supported and able to thrive.

Join in-person: The Fine Arts Recital Hall, 12 – 1 p.m.
Join online: Livestream available for the full campus community
Registration is required.

This will be an opportunity to learn, reflect, and ensure your voice is part of our collective effort toward a more inclusive UMBC.

Best wishes,

Jasmine A. Lee
Associate Vice President, Division of Institutional Equity
Co-Chair, Campus Climate Workgroup

Orianne Smith
Professor, English
Co-Chair, Campus Climate Workgroup


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Dear UMBC Community,

As you know, UMBC is conducting an extensive campus climate survey to collect insights into UMBC community members' experiences and perceptions of engagement, belonging, and campus climate. Your voice is important in this effort.

Please use this link to participate in the survey by the end of this week, Friday, May 2. It is vital that we have participation from as many members of our community as possible, including students, staff, and faculty, so we can create a more inclusive campus for all. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Shannon Tinney Lichtinger, director of institutional research and the research PI for this project, at tinney@umbc.edu.

Thank you for taking the time to participate!

Sincerely,

Tanyka M. Barber, Vice President for Institutional Equity and Chief Diversity Officer  
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Dear UMBC Community,

As you have heard from President Sheares Ashby, UMBC is embarking on an important campus climate assessment survey this month.

Please use this link to participate in the survey. It is vital that as many members of our UMBC community as possible share their voices so we may best understand opportunities to create a more inclusive campus for all.

Thank you for participating in this important project!

Sincerely,

Tanyka M. Barber, Vice President for Institutional Equity and Chief Diversity Officer

Jasmine A. Lee, Co-Chair, Climate Study Work Group

Orianne Smith, Co-Chair, Climate Study Work Group

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Dear UMBC Community,

At UMBC, we seek to create an environment characterized by openness, fairness, and equal access for all students, staff, and faculty. A welcoming and inclusive environment is grounded in mutual respect, nurtured by dialogue, and evidenced by a pattern of civil interaction, and it is one of the foundations of our educational model. Creating and maintaining a community environment that respects individual needs, abilities, and potential is critically important.

To that end, UMBC is undertaking a campus climate assessment survey, led by the Division of Institutional Equity and its vice president, Tanyka Barber. We have engaged Rankin Climate, a firm with more than 22 years of experience in conducting more than 300 campus climate assessment projects.

A committee of faculty, staff, and students, co-chaired by Jasmine Lee, associate vice president for community and culture, and Orianne Smith, associate professor of English, is collaborating with Rankin Climate to develop and implement the assessment.

The findings will be shared with the campus community in the fall, once the data analysis is finalized. This information will help identify areas for growth in the development of new programs and policies, as well as enhance and replicate those that are already effective.

A project website has been developed to keep the community informed about the process and results of the assessment. You will receive an email with an invitation to participate in the survey shortly.

I encourage you to join me in supporting this important initiative.

Sincerely,

President Valerie Sheares Ashby

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