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Criteria

Nominees will have established specific procedures, practices and/or initiatives that advance equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging at Â鶹´«Ã½ in relation to any one of the following Goal 4 objectives. Each nomination will be rated based on the criteria below. It is crucial that you submit thorough nominations that describe how the nominee meets the award criteria. A good nomination is one that provides as much relevant information about the nominee as possible per nomination category/categories. Please note: It is not necessary for the nominee to meet each of the criteria listed below.

1. Ensure equitable opportunities and outcomes for all student populations. May include, but not limited to the following:
   • Practices/initiatives that support equity of student outcomes in outreach, recruitment, retention or graduation.
   • Partners with culturally specific organizations to increase student access and understand the needs of underrepresented students.
   • Identifies/obtains grant funding to increase capacity for services to underrepresented students.
2. Ensure equitable recruitment, retention and promotion of employees across demographic groups. May include, but not limited to the following:
   • Participates in ongoing professional development related to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging.
   • Creates and/or participates in employee resource groups to support faculty and staff from historically underrepresented demographic groups.
   • Participates in efforts to assess practices, processes and policies in recruitment and retention of employees.
3. Cultivate and maintain a campus climate that fosters belonging, safety, and opportunity to thrive for all employees and students. May include, but not limited to the following:
   • Participates in efforts to recognize campus as being located on tribal homelands.
   • Actively participates in BaCE program and applies resources and tools from the program into practice.
   • Engages in campus activities that support efforts to increase accessibility, equity, inclusion, justice and/or belonging.
4. Employ an equity lens in decision-making, creating and revising of policies, processes and/or practices. May include, but not limited to the following:
   • Intentionally uses the equity impact assessment tool in endeavors of unit, team and position.
   • Applies an equity lens in daily practices, including processes, decision-making and program/initiative development.

Procedure for selecting the winner

• Â鶹´«Ã½ students, staff and faculty may submit nominations of full-time Â鶹´«Ã½ faculty and staff.
• Nominations will be accepted via online submission form or may be directed to the committee chair in hard-copy form via intraoffice mail. Nominations must be received by end of business on the last day of the advertised nomination period.
• The CAAE Committee will use a number of avenues to solicit nominations and bring awareness to the nomination process, including, but not limited to: CEDI; CSEJ; BaCE Committee; Accessibility Council; Campus FYI; FYI, VanCougs; ALC; Associated Student of Â鶹´«Ã½; CILA; Cabinet and more. The supervisor of each nominee will be consulted by the chair of the CAAE Committee for additional input into the nomination.
• Eligible CAAE nominees will be notified of their nomination and recognition of those nominees will appear in Campus FYI.
• Nomination letters will not be given to the nominees by the CAAE Committee. The nominator may choose to send their letter to the nominee on their own.
• Members of the CAAE Committee will independently review each eligible nomination and score each nominee based on the award criteria.
• The CAAE Committee will meet to discuss the scores and make a recommendation to the chancellor.
• The chancellor will select the winner based on the committee’s recommendation and a review of top nominations.
• The CAAE Award winner will be presented with the award at Commencement.
• The CAAE Award winner will be notified prior to the formal presentation.

The Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Equity honors a full-time faculty or staff member for excellence in building and expanding a community of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging at Â鶹´«Ã½. The award recognizes this individual’s outstanding and impactful service to Â鶹´«Ã½ through contributions to realizing one or more of the following objectives from Goal 4 of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s strategic plan: ensure equitable opportunities and outcomes for all student populations; ensure equitable recruitment, retention and promotion of employees across demographic groups; cultivate and maintain a campus climate that fosters belonging, safety and opportunity to thrive for all employees and students; and/or employ an equity lens instrument in decision-making and processes.

Directions

Â鶹´«Ã½ students, staff and faculty may nominate a full-time faculty or staff member for this award. Submit a thorough, descriptive and mindful nomination that describes how your nominee meets the award criteria. While all four categories of criteria are not required to submit a nomination, nominators should be aware and mindful that the four categories of criteria are interconnected. Therefore, the quality of the nomination is improved by providing as much relevant information about the nominee in each category of criteria as is possible.

Nominations should be thoughtful, descriptive and thorough. Nominations will be rated based on one or more of the following criteria:

• Ensure equitable opportunities and outcomes for all student populations
• Ensure equitable recruitment, retention and promotion of employees across demographic groups
• Cultivate and maintain a campus climate that fosters belonging, safety and opportunity to thrive for all employees and students
• Employ an equity lens in decision-making, creating and revising of policies, processes and practices

Deadline

The last day to submit nominations for the Chancellor's Award for Advancing Equity is Feb. 14.

Questions

Email Obie Ford III at obie3.ford@wsu.edu