State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
PA-5: Assessing Diversity and Equity

In April 2016, ESF launched its first college-wide committee focused on equity and inclusion. One of its first actions was developing an Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Strategic Plan. Connecting with the College community to develop a dynamic diversity strategic plan was the utmost priority of the ESF College Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Committee. By creating three different rounds of listening sessions and numerous individual and small group presentations across campus, the committee is proud to have been able to partner with a wide array of student groups, faculty, and staff colleagues and alumni in building a college-wide dialogue. Information from these efforts, as well as diversity plans developed by institutions such as Cleveland State University, Michigan State University, Penn State University, and the SUNY "Campus Guide for Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan" allowed the committee to develop a document founded on the good work of others that is specific to ESF. During the Spring of 2019, the College will be undergoing three climate assessments via the Higher education research Institute (HERI).https://heri.ucla.edu/ Spring 2018 also brought the opportunity to engage in the SUNY Campus Climate Survey. This survey was intended to gather information about the incidence of sexual and interpersonal violence and knowledge of related policies and resources available on campus. This survey did ask some questions about sexual and interpersonal violence -- both your own experiences, and your experiences with students who have experienced sexual/interpersonal violence. Fall 2018 brought the new Bias incident reporting form https://www.esf.edu/ide/bias.htm ESF's bias reporting system provides ESF students, staff, and faculty with an avenue to report incidents of bias, bigotry, or hate that occur on our campus or in off-campus settings that impact ESF.

Goal 1: Create a shared understanding of inclusion, diversity, and equity, and develop a welcoming college climate and continuously work toward improvement where issues can be openly and comfortably discussed among students/faculty/staff/administration Goal 2: Ensure that the College commitment to diversity and inclusion is apparent and embedded at all levels of the institution. Goal 3: All members of the community will engage in curricular, co-curricular and research activities to improve inclusion, equity and cultural competency within the college and in our local, national, and global partnerships. Goal 4: Improve recruitment and retention of student, faculty, staff and administrative ranks to be more reflective of NY State Census. Goal 5: Ensure understanding by the College community of policies and promoting access to the campus and to services for all community members. Goal 6: Increase alumni engagement to improve inclusion, equity and cultural competency within the College community. Goal 7: Ensure the success of international students from Admission through graduation with appropriate resources to support their academic goals and extracurricular goals and to enrich the overall cultural competence of the college as a whole.

The report is publicly available on the Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity website. Presentations and emails to the campus community. https://www.esf.edu/ide/committee.htm