Message from Katie Stygles, Chief Inclusion Officer:

In alignment with 州立鲍灵格林大学’s Forward 战略计划, particularly focused on powering public good through our people and community, the 分工 包容与归属感 is here to serve students, 教师 和工作人员 in our work to create the culture that we aspire to be: one in which 所有 我们社区的成员是有归属感的. 

This division is home to the Center for Student Connections and Opportunity, ”+项目, 三个项目, the Center for Women and Gender Equity, Gender Violence Prevention and Education 服务, and the Office of 机会平等与遵守. Each department offers programs and services for 所有 members of our community. 包容与归属感 is also home to a number of inclusion and belonging initiatives including but not limited to the 包容与归属感 Council, Beyond the Dream in partnership with the work of many areas and the Affinity and University Resource Groups.

Since the establishment of this division in 2019, there have been many reminders that inclusion and belonging are not destination points at which we will arrive, but rather ongoing and active processes. Diversity is reflected in numbers, but “inclusion is an active process that engages the community to cultivate an environment that sustains and affirms 所有 members” (BGSU Focus on the Future Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion and Diversity 战略计划 Committee, 2019) and “belonging is an ongoing process of finding and creating connections. It is about the extent to which students, 教师, 员工会感到被重视, 受人尊敬的, 包括, and empowered” (BGSU Diversity and Belonging university terms and definitions, 改编自斯特雷霍恩, 2018, p. 4). 

当我们着眼于未来, the 分工 包容与归属感 emphasizes the importance of these critical elements in the success of our students, 教师, 和工作人员. We look forward to continued collaboration and innovation in this work with our campus and community partners.

在感恩和团结中，

凯蒂·斯泰尔斯博士.D.
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