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Campus Climate Resource Team

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The Campus Climate Resource Team (CCRT) provides recommendations on a range of issues related to campus climate and/or issues related to bias affecting students, faculty, and staff at Central University, and identifies and specifies any tasks or action appropriate to implementing recommendations that will further advance CMU’s efforts to enhance its diverse campus community that is inclusive of backgrounds, religions, cultures, opinions, and perspectives. The actions and tasks recommended by the Campus Climate Resource Team should be in alignment with CMU’s vision, mission, and institutional core values.

The overall objective of the Campus Climate Resource Team is to provide specific recommendations for action steps and implementation related to campus climate training, education, support services, prevention programming, and resources at Central Michigan University. In addition, the Campus Climate Resource Team may assist in the implementation of the campus climate survey and evaluate the data relative to training, education, support services, prevention programming, and resources in determining the university’s needs.

The CCRT is comprised of representation from the following units:

  • Office for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (chair)
  • Office of Civil Rights and Institutional Equity
  • CMU Police (Chief or designee)
  • SID/MASS (Executive Director)
  • Residence Life (representative)
  • Student Conduct
  • University Ombuds Office
  • University Communications (representative)
  • Faculty Personnel Services (representative)
  • Human Resources (representative)
  • OIDEI fellow
  • Faculty representative

SHAWNA PATTERSON-STEPHENS

VICE PRES/­INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE&BELONGING

Office for Institutional Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

DENNIS ARMISTEAD

EXEC DIR/­FACULTY PERSONNEL SERVICES

Faculty Personnel Services

LORI HELLA

ASSOC VICE PRES/­HUMAN RESOURCES

Human Resources

THOMAS IDEMA JR

DIR/­STUDENT CONDUCT

Student Conduct

MARY MARTINEZ

ASST TO PRES/­INST EQUITY/­TITLE IX COORD

Civil Rights & Institutional Equity

MICHAEL SIENKIEWICZ

POLICE LIEUTENANT

Police

ERICA JOHNSON

INTERIM ASST VICE PRES/­STUDENT AFFAIRS

ANDREW BLOM

FACULTY

Philosophy, Anthropology & Religion

KEVIN ESSEBAGGERS

ASSOC DIR/­EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS

University Communications

CHERYL GONZALEZ

ASSOC DIR/­ONLINE STUDENT SVCS

CMU Online

ALEJANDRO GRADILLA

ASST DIR/­LATINX/­HISPANIC AM STDT ENGMT

Multicultural Academic Student Services