University Communities

Welcome to the Engagement and Community Committee at the Quillen College of Medicine.

The committee contributes to the College’s mission by developing programs, instruction, and events that empower students, residents and fellows, faculty, and staff to fully participate in the learning environment, learn about issues relevant to comprehensive patient-centered care, and create meaningful programs that reach beyond the College to benefit the entire East Tennessee community.

We aim to cultivate a welcoming environment for all students, residents, faculty, and staff, and to create a community that can truly be called the “Quillen Family.” 

Rachel Walden, MLIS serves as Quillen's Director of Engagement and Community. She can be reached at waldenrr@etsu.edu.

Art and Sciences Community Relations and Outreach

Welcome to the Office of Community Relations and Outreach for the College of Arts & Sciences at East Tennessee State University. From the humanities to the social sciences to the science and STEM areas, the College of Arts & Sciences is a large, diverse and dynamic unit. It is the most important college at ETSU. As the foundational college at ETSU we are largely responsible for the general education received by our students. There are nearly two dozen majors, sixty concentrations, and fifty minors. By our very nature we are a diverse college.

The diversity of our programs and offerings compliments the tremendous diversity we have among our faculty, staff, and students. Our people come from virtually every continent and region of the world. We are dedicated to creating high quality educational experiences for our students. Our core values are as follows:

  • We believe every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
  • The College of Arts & Sciences is a safe space for all faculty, staff, and students.
  • We value respectful dialogue across differences.
  • We strive for excellence in research, teaching, and service.
  • We are building and strengthening relationships every day to develop a culture of inclusivity, respect, understanding.
  • Humility & Empathy. We believe in servant leadership and the importance of humility in caring for all of our people.
  • We hold ourselves accountable for our successes And our failures.
  • We believe in the power of harnessing data to help guide our performance and improve our outcomes.
  • We invest in our people to make their dreams come true.

Please reach to us with any ideas and/or concerns you may have about community relations and outreach. Thank you. Go Bucs!

 

Psychology for Equity, Awareness, and Community Enhancement

Vision: To maximize a climate of inclusion and equity in the Department of Psychology and in the ETSU community broadly.

Mission: The Committee will leverage the science and profession of psychology in the service of promoting and affirming inclusion, equity, and diversity within the Department of Psychology and beyond.

Goal 1: Building a Departmental culture of inclusion and equity that

  • Objective 1: Creates psychologically safe social environments for candid discussion of issues related to diversity;
  • Objective 2: Creates psychologically safe physical environments that enact principles of inclusion and equity;
  • Objective 3: Promotes belongingness where individuals feel they are members of the community and can thrive;
  • Objective 4: Supports professional development experiences to facilitate dialogues around inclusion, equity, and diversity, both inside and outside of the classroom;
  • Objective 5: Mobilizes knowledge from discipline-related organizations addressing important social issues that occur in our nation; and
  • Objective 6: Recruits and retains diverse faculty, staff, and students;

Goal 2: Promoting a culture of inclusion and equity beyond the Department by

  • Objective 1: Partnering with psychology student organizations;
  • Objective 2: Partnering with other departments and organizations to offer programming and share resources; and
  • Objective 3: Sharing the psychological science of inclusion and equity with ETSU policy makers.

The CIE voted and passed bylaws on Jan 20, 2023. The department faculty unanimously voted to accept bylaws on April 26, 2023. 

  • Committee Accomplishments

    Spring 2023

    • CIE embarked on a strategic planning process
    • CIE created bylaws
    • CIE increased transparency of our activities via email, website, and regular deptartment meetings
    • CIE supported department efforts to start a proseminar series focuses on professional development for graduate students and faculty

     Fall 2022

    • CIE implemented our first department faculty meeting session on “DEI successes and challenges”
    • CIE implemented undergraduate diversity survey and identified mental health and disability issues as areas of growth for faculty and will plan disability in the classroom panel

    Spring 2022

    • CIE co-Hosted Syllabus Challenge by Kim Case
    • CIE established regular departmental faculty meeting agenda item for DEI updates to improve communication with graduate students
    • CIE department faculty meeting training – “Threat or Vulnerability”
    • CIE departmental faculty meeting raining (20 minutes) – Microaggressions
    • CIE updated bulletin board on microaggressions 
    • CIE created undergraduate diversity survey
    • CIE transitioned to using the 20 minute department faculty meeting training time for sharing challenges and successes in DEI in order to get ideas and feedback on challenges faculty may be experiencing

    Fall 2021

    • CIE analyzed results of graduate diversity survey and identified need for microaggressions training; discussed the challenges of giving feedback to faculty member and respecting student confidentiality - the department chair was identified as the person that gives feedback to the faculty member
    • CIE initiated document called “Visioning Equity and Inclusion in Psychology” – planned in-department meeting 20 minute trainings based on microaggression training needed for faculty; implemented regular CIE updates on department meeting agendas for better communication with students and faculty; discussed co-sponsoring proseminar after considering colloquium series on diversity
    • CIE partnered with university on film “I am Not a Racist”
    • CIE added an undergraduate representative

    Spring 2021

    • CIE finished and implemented departmental diversity survey and compiled ideas/vision for equity and inclusion

    Fall 2020

    • CIE Collaborative speaker series with PEACE: (F)All in This Together
    • CIE met with Compliance Office to gauge best route for people to report incidents  
    • Experimental PhD program removed expectation for experimental students that they not have outside employment
    • CIE began developing departmental surveys for clinical and experimental graduate students

    Between Fall of 2018 and Fall of 2020 the CIE task force developed a mission statement, vision, and goals. The CIE edited the Department's Diversity Plan and created a website. The Department voted to remove the GRE from graduate admission requirements. 

  • Press Releases

The Committee on Inclusion and Equity in Psychology meets on the second and fourth Friday of each month from 1 pm to 2 pm. Please email psycie@etsu.edu for the room location for each meeting.

 

Contact us at psycie@etsu.edu

 

College of Public Health - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Civility Committee

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Civility Committee advises the Dean and the Leadership Council on development and implementation of the college strategic diversity, equity and inclusion plan; to systematically follow college progress on the strategic goals and the objectives outlined in the diversity, equity and inclusion plan; to advise faculty, staff, and student recruitment activities related to diversity, equity and inclusion issues; to interface with appropriate university, community and regional bodies to address diversity, equity and inclusion related issues of regional importance; to recommend in-house lectures, seminars or other activities that focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, cultural awareness, and social justice.

  • Membership Structure

    At least two faculty, two staff and two students from across the college recommended by the Department Chairs and selected by the Chair of the Committee, and as appropriate, an Ex officio representative from the ETSU Office of Equity and Diversity.  The Chair will be appointed by the Dean.

  • Terms of Membership

    Members will be appointed for a three-year term so staggered that not more than one-third of the committee will be changed each year.

  • Specific Guidelines

    Call meetings, assure that minutes of deliberations are collected, and report to the Leadership Council and/or the Dean on the recommendations of this committee.

  • Membership
    Status
    Membership Structure
    Name
    Area of Representation
    Length of Term
    Voting
    Faculty Representative
    Hadii Mamudu*
    Department of Health Services Management and Policy
    2024-2025



    Voting
    Faculty Representative
    David Shoham



    Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
    2023-2024
    Voting
    Faculty Representative
    Roger Blackwell





    Department of Community and Behavioral Health
    2024-2025
    Voting

    Faculty Representative
    Rod Handy
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Sciences
    2025-2026
    Voting
    Faculty Representative
    Suman Dalal





    Department of Health Sciences
    2023-2024
    Voting
    Staff Representative
    Rachel Kellogg
    Office of the Dean
    2023-2024
    Voting
    Staff Representative
    Lee Cutshaw
    Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
    2024-2025
    Voting
    Student Representative
    Michael Prough
    DrPH Student

    N/A
    Voting
    Student Representative
    Abbie Campbell
    UG Student
    N/A
    Voting
    Student Representative
    Richard Harrison
    UG Student
    N/A
    Voting
    University Representative
    Kayla Lee
    ETSU Office of Equity and Diversity
    2024-2025

    *Chair

Student Life and Enrollment Diversity

Statement of Commitment

The Division of Student Affairs at East Tennessee State University is committed to the promotion of diversity of people and thought in the ETSU community.  This is accomplished through multiple efforts including sponsorship and participation in:

The Mary V. Jordan Multicultural Center

Recruitment and Retention:

Campus Programming and Resources:

Committees:

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