Diversity Committee
Function
The Diversity Committee’s primary function is to infuse diversity within the university to create a culture of diversity on the campus. To achieve this, members assist the Diversity Committee chair and the University in assessing and revising existing practices and makes recommendations in the planning and developing of new practices and initiatives that will promote diversity on the campus. Such initiatives include but not limited to: increasing the number of underrepresented students, faculty and staff as well as the retaining of these groups and creating diversity awareness and engagement initiatives as well as developing partnerships with minority-owned and women-owned suppliers/businesses. The ultimate goal is to make the University a more balanced and diverse institution of higher learning. This will also filter into the extended community and help to promote a more diverse community in general.
Membership
- Temple Patton, Co-chair, Associate Director of Diversity and Inclusion
- Pat Carroll, Co-chair, Associate Professor of Psychology
- Melissa Coldiron, Human Resources Manager
- Courtney Gandy, Admissions Counselor and Staff Assistant
- Shane McCrory, Director of Student Life
- Karen Meyer, Learning Disabilities Specialists, Admissions Counselor and Staff Assistant
- Mohamed Yousif, Professor of Mathematics
- Zach Walton, Resource Librarian
- Emily Keckler, Ohio State Lima Student
- Joshua Wilson, Ohio State Lima Student