DEI Faculty, Staff and Student Advisory Groups
Discrete advisory groups will be created: faculty; staff; students; and community partners (see Bringing Together Many People; One Community.) Each advisory group serves to provide input, guidance, and feedback in all matters related to the overall DEI project, and works directly with member(s) from the DEI Leadership Team. The VPOID will work with all four advisory groups; in addition, the Provost will join the VPOID with the Faculty Advisory Group; the EVPFA will join the VPOID with the Staff Advisory Group; the Associate Provost for Academic and Student Affairs will join the VPOID for the Student Advisory Group; and the VPOID will work with the VP for University Relations for the Community Partners Advisory Group.
Committee on Responsible Speech
This committee will develop and recommend a policy that reflects the university’s values on responsible speech while respecting and complying with the protections provided under the U.S. Constitution, the Kentucky Constitution, the Kentucky Campus Free Speech Act, and other relevant federal and state laws.
Supplier Diversity Purchasing Program
This initiative focuses on ways to enhance the supplier diversity purchasing program to increase the university’s support of diverse businesses in Lexington.