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December 19, 2014
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More recently, events in Ferguson, Missouri; Staten Island, New York; and Cleveland, Ohio have prompted wide-ranging dialogue on racial tensions nationally and within our university family. As these recent events and our own responses to them make clear, it is incumbent on all of us to maintain a focus on multicultural affairs and the work that remains to be done.
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President Schulz and I will appoint a K-State 2025 1xbet best casino website and Inclusion Planning Committee this spring after seeking nominations from representative groups at the beginning of the semester. Consistent with the model of our previous K-State 2025 university planning efforts, the committee will have 12 to 15 members, including faculty, unclassified and university support staff, graduate and undergraduate students, administrators and an alumnus. Facilitators will be provided as with our other committees. We expect the work to begin in March with a draft plan ready for university review by mid-fall. We will receive the results of the university climate survey in late spring and the committee will be asked to consider those results in their planning.
Strategic planning at its best is not about the actual plan, but the dialogue and learning we have as a community. The issues being discussed are complex and conversations around them raise heartfelt emotions. Often these conversations can be insightful and inspiring as we learn to value each other and our differences. These conversations also can be difficult but they are necessary for us to continue to grow as individuals, a university community and a nation.
In thinking about our 1xbet best casino website and planning work, I am reminded of a quote from Albert Einstein:
"In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same."
We are on an important journey together as faculty, staff and students. I am glad and proud to be with you on that journey.
April Mason
Provost and Senior Vice President