FWCB DEIJ Accomplishments

Highlights of FWCB DEIJ Accomplishments:

  • To increase accountability to DEIJ, our department agreed to include DEIJ activities in faculty annual evaluations
  • We developed new curricular materials on DEIJ in fish, wildlife, and conservation that FWCB faculty members are incorporating into their course materials
  • We devote at least one faculty meeting per year to DEIJ training
  • We developed an inclusive hiring toolkit to guide DEIJ-aware student and faculty recruitment
  • We developed and deliver DEIJ lectures every year to incoming undergraduate and graduate student orientation courses to increase student cultural competency
  • We no longer require submission of GRE scores in the graduate student selection process
  • FWCB graduate students regularly engage in an anti-racism reading discussion group
  • We developed a graduate student guide to clarify grad student policies, fees, and procedures