Action: Racial Justice and Equity at BSU is designed to provide tangible examples of how the university is working to advance the cause of racial justice and equity through its commitment to implementing the recommendations from the Special Presidential Task Force on Racial Justice.
April 2025
Issue Nine: This issue features stories about the ways the institution is using data to track student performance – both individually and within key demographic groups, to provide academic interventions when necessary. You’ll also read about COIL, a cost-effective way to connect students with their peers around the world in the name of cultural exchange, as well as the recent service trip to the Ninth Ward of New Orleans taken during spring break.
February 2025
Issue Eight: This issue features stories about efforts to further diversify our faculty; the ways in which open educational resources (OER), materials can make things more equitable for students; the newly revised and expanded edition of The Racial Equity and Justice Institute Practitioner Handbook, Volume 2; a faculty group that gets together monthly to discuss relevant issues having to do with race; and a photo gallery from the MLK Day of service.
November 2024
Issue Seven: Highlighting positive actions across campus. Procurement Services' efforts to provide more minority-owned companies opportunities to do business with BSU. The Center for Transformative Learning highlights the correlation of students of color participating in the Honors Program and impact on retention. Also, initiatives BSU is employing to attract and retain Latine students.
May 2024
Issue Six: This edition features a wide-ranging interview with Trustee Chair Jean MacCormack, as well as stories about a student trip to Selma, Alabama, thoughts from Professor Jakari Griffith, and a new professional development initiative born of a collaboration between the Division of Human Resources and Talent Management and the Division of Student Success, Equity and Diversity.
March 2024
Issue Five: Student Perspective Edition Six student leaders share their thoughts about racial justice and equity on campus.
November 2023
Issue Four: Learn about racial justice and equity in the Ricciardi College of Business, Maxwell Library, Career Services and Internship Program, Enterprise Risk Management Committee, an Introduction to Criminal Justice taught completely in Spanish and work undertaken in response to the recommendations of the BSU Special Presidential Task Force on Racial Justice.
April 2023
Issue Three: A study tour to London teaches students about the UK’s racial history. Meet the university’s student navigators, the Institute for Cape Verdean Studies works with Brockton, an aviation program aimed at underrepresented students, the Office of Teaching and Learning and more.
March 2023
Issue Two: "It is important to note that this work is taking place in obvious and less obvious contexts, a sure sign of our collective commitment to racial justice and equity and to the continuing impact of the Presidential Task Force on Racial Justice." - Dr. Karim Ismaili
Fall 2022
The Inaugural Issue: "Our goal is to build awareness of our collective progress, to discuss successes, overcome challenges, and describe how we all part of a grand project aimed at strengthening the university while also improving the sense of belonging that some in our community have not felt due to their minority status." - Dr. Karim Ismaili
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