{"id":67583,"date":"2021-09-10T11:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=67583"},"modified":"2021-09-10T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:58:50","slug":"save-the-date-upcoming-dei-presentation-for-nmc-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=67583","title":{"rendered":"Save the Date: Upcoming DEI Presentation for NMC Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear NMC colleagues:<\/p>\n<p>In July of 2020, President Nissley formed a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. Charged with benchmarking diversity, equity, and inclusion in all areas of the college&#8211;from students to employees, from the classroom to the cafeteria\u2014our volunteer committee of 21 NMC employees is proud to share its most recent findings.<\/p>\n<p>One of the DEI Committee\u2019s first charges in this new endeavor was to engage in discovery, listening to the College\u2019s primary stakeholders\u2014students and employees\u2014along with community members, to conduct an assessment of the present state. From August 2020 through March 2021, the DEI Committee engaged in discovery, utilizing surveys, focus groups, and purposeful discussions, along with discovery through data collection and analysis.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/195NKTTCKz9BmdElvJpSJ4VWrxo0zJd9D8I8gaULh_qE\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can access the full report here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The DEI Committee is also pleased to present three opportunities to listen, discuss, and engage with the report&#8217;s findings. Please be on the lookout for a calendar invite to one of these three Zoom sessions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 11:30 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, Sept. 24 at 8 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On behalf of all of us on the DEI Committee, thank you for taking the time to learn more about who we are as a campus community.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Alison Thornton, NMC Staff<br \/>\nBen Post, NMC Staff<br \/>\nBetsy Boris, NMC Faculty<br \/>\nBriana Mills, NMC Faculty<br \/>\nChelsie Niemi, NMC Staff<br \/>\nCraig Hadley, NMC Staff<br \/>\nDenny Nguyen, NMC Staff<br \/>\nDiane Bolton, NMC Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nErica Cotner, NMC Staff<br \/>\nHollie DeWalt, NMC Staff<br \/>\nJudy Chu, NMC Faculty<br \/>\nKerrey Woughter, NMC Staff<br \/>\nKristy Jackson, NMC Staff<br \/>\nLisa Blackford, NMC Faculty<br \/>\nLisa Thomas, NMC Staff<br \/>\nMarcus Bennett, NMC Staff<br \/>\nNicco Pandolfi, NMC Staff<br \/>\nNicole Speelman, NMC Faculty<br \/>\nSally Smarsty, NMC Staff<br \/>\nSarah Montgomery-Richards, NMC Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nTaylor Nash, NMC Staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear NMC colleagues: In July of 2020, President Nissley formed a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. 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