Campus Climate Committee
The UAA Campus Climate Committee is charged with assessing campus climate on issues ranging from sexual violence awareness and prevention, gender equity education, and campus culture/climate assessment and action.
Charge for Subgroups:
- Strengthen the on-campus presence and awareness of LGBTQ+ community resources and agencies and encouraging campus partners to collaborate with these groups
- Guide existing student programs and service providers to develop welcoming and deliberate information specific to LGBTQ+ students and serving as a resource to the programs
- Provide education and training opportunities for faculty and staff on LGBTQ+ concerns
- Guide existing campus programming units to develop intentional activities and programs of particular interest to LGBTQ+ students
Summer Subcommittees:
- Faculty Education
- Preferred Names
- Preferred Gender?
- Personal Pronouns
- Banner Information vs Blackboard
- Basic training
- Practical workshop on what happens when I mess up (environment where it is ok to make a mistake and correct it)
- New Faculty Orientation/Current Faculty
- Virtual Education - Blackboard or Zoom for examples
- Student Services
- Housing & Res Life
- Bathroom Map
- Gender Neutral
- Digital Map
- Maps inside every restroom
- UAA apps (wayfinding, safe, seawolf tracks)
- Bathroom Newsletter (Lavatory Lowdown)
- Foundation for on-boarding - communicate to students
- New Student Guide
- Programming
- Social/Education
- Panels/Speakers
- Fall Welcome Event
- Passive opportunities