Florida State University
PAE-8: Support Programs for Under-Represented Groups

Mentoring: - Students Supporting Students mentoring Program - students serve as role models for first year CARE participants. - Diverse Leadership Mentoring Program - provides students an opportunity to build skills and knowledge while attaining goals for leadership development through a formal mentoring relationship with a leadership practitioner. The DLMP leadership mentors are FSU faculty, professional staff, alumni or graduate students with diverse backgrounds and experiences in studying and practicing leadership. Counseling: - Counseling Center (crisis intervention, couples/group counseling, etc) - Thagard Student Health Center (nutrition support, outreach) Peer support: - Peer education programs (RENEW, STRIKE, SUNN) Academic support: - Center for Academic Retention & Enhancement (Summer Bridge Program (an alternative admission program for first-generation college students, and students who are disadvantaged by economic, cultural or educational circumstances.) - Tutorial labs (within disciplines and various programs) - Academic Center for Excellence (help all undergraduate students at Florida State University develop the study skills and personal success habits that enhance learning and promote the highest level of scholarship and academic achievement.) Affinity groups: - 500+ registered student organizations - Campus ministries

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan - develop and cultivate opportunities for members of underrepresented groups. The Provost’s Minority Faculty Recruitment Program is designed to take advantage of opportunities to diversify our faculty when an academic unit does not have an opening available. Under the program, recruitment in pursuit of such opportunities may begin at any time, leading to an appointment effective in the current academic year or with the beginning of the next academic year. Salary and rank are totally open under the program. Deans’ Minority Faculty Recruitment Program - Deans may designate existing positions within the school/college for minority recruitment. Advertising and recruitment requirements for these positions are the same as those for the Provost’s Minority Faculty Recruitment Program positions. However, these positions are not subject to reallocation by the Provost in the event they are vacated and may be used subsequently as the dean determines most appropriate. The Alliance for the Advancement of Florida’s Academic Women in Chemistry and Engineering (AAFAWCE is a National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE-PAID program. AAFAWCE is a collaboration of five (5) Florida state universities: USF, FSU, UF, FAMU, and FIU. The mission is to increase the representation and promote the advancement of academic women in chemistry and engineering, thereby developing a more diverse science and engineering workforce. In additional to the sponsorship of leadership workshops, on each AAFAWCE campus they are working to establish mentorship programs for junior women faculty and recruitment practices workshops that provide strategies to attract diverse candidates.

The Employee Grant-In-Aid Program helps to enhance and maintain its status as an "employer of choice" and a great place to work. This initiative is among various University strategies intended to develop and retain high-performing staff and foster workplace diversity at all levels. Faculty, University Support Personnel System (USPS) and Administrative & Professional (A&P) staff may apply, according to eligibility standards set by a committee. Diverse Leadership Mentoring Program is a formal process that was developed for the FSU Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) as part of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges accreditation process. The purpose of this program is to create inclusive leadership opportunities for students from a broad spectrum of demographic and philosophical differences, to develop their knowledge of leadership and enhance their ability to demonstrate leadership skills. The FSU DLMP process provides undergraduate and graduate students mentoring opportunities with alumni, faculty, staff or graduate students. FSU Supplier Diversity Program (SDP) is designed to enhance our supplier base that reflects the wide diversity of our students, faculty, staff and community by expanding relationships and enriching economic opportunities.