Posted: August 14, 2020

ADVANCE will invite the new provost to visit with STEM women, will advocate for clarity on faculty evaluation and documentation with respect to COVID, and will send out a follow-on survey to fine tune schedule availability and individual interest in the ideas that rose to the top of the 8/6 Ideas Cafe.
  • anti-racism in STEM
  • addressing and surviving the impacts of COVID-19 on faculty careers and evaluation
  • caregiving challenges worsened by COVID-19 (this was partially addressed at the 8/13 event with WGSS and CGE)
  • ideas to cultivate and sustain community of STEM women (include not limited to)
    • support individual gives/gets
    • writing accountabilty
    • casual LU-WISE cafe socials
  • keep current on university policies (ex: new Harassment & Discrimination Policy) while championing more equitable policies (regarding service and D&I work)
  • mentoring of students while remote & mentoring for underrepresented students
  • leadership development (to keep the leadership pipeline diverse AND to develop current administrators' with inclusive leadership competencies)
  • support and community for POPs, lecturers, and adjuncts
  • addressing interdisciplinarity and collaboration inequities
  • engaging more men in advancing equity and inclusion