Unity Week 2023
Unity Week 2023

This week we are releasing the next integration of our Journey to Unity video series. We had great discussions with students, campus, and community leaders about key topics.

In our first video, Journey to Unity: Mutual Respect, Liz Tovar sits for a conversation with five student leaders from different perspectives to discuss our challenges and how we can continue to come together to build a more robust culture for everyone on our campus.

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This is Unity Week 2023. Unity Week is a campus-wide effort aligned with the UI strategic plan of each college and unit, celebrating our welcoming and inclusive culture over the past year while looking ahead at the year to come. Our colleges, units, and departments across campus will tell the stories of how they have grown in DEI. You can see these stories on their social media feeds and our divisions’ Unity webpage. 

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New Note from Liz!

Read the latest from Dr. Liz Tovar as we kick off Unity Week 2023. 

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2022 End of Year Report

The Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DDEI) continues our evolution to provide leadership and resources to support our campus’s journey to provide a welcoming and inclusive culture at the University of Iowa. Read our end-year review here.

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Overwhelming majority of UI faculty, staff, students report feeling valued, engaged

2022 Campus Climate and Working at Iowa survey results also show areas for improvement. Read here.

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Creating space at the table: A conversation with DEI Leadership

Sara Sanders, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Liz Mendez-Shannon, CLAS DEI director, and Liz Tovar, executive officer and associate vice president of the UI Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, discuss unity and belonging. Read here.

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Cultivating Inclusive Communities

Cultivating Inclusive Communities is a University of Iowa online learning experience designed to help faculty and staff gain awareness, knowledge, skills, and self-confidence to engage across differences with integrity and empathy. Read here.

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Finance and Operations Releases 2022 DEI Action Plan Review

University of Iowa Finance and Operations released the 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan Review to highlight the DEI work of the previous year. Read here.

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