Diversity, 股本, 和包容

威尼斯平台官网在线 was the first coeducational college south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and one of the first coeducational colleges in the nation. 我们致力于成为一个多元化和包容性的社区，以继续这种社会正义的传统. We are guided by our First Principles, 是什么迫使我们把学生放在人性化环境的中心，并要求我们尊重他人，为共同利益分担责任.

支持社区

ODEI将支持学生和员工，确保他们知道他们对学校很重要，他们属于学校.

加强课程设置

课程的非殖民化, 政策, and practices of our institution to provide a more diverse, 包容, and holistic educational experience.

引领文化

继续, 创建, 实现, 维持提供更加公平和包容环境的政策和做法.

影响我们的县和/或城市

Establish and 维护 connections within Westminster and Carroll County at large, especially with those who work towards DEI and influence the surrounding community.

Photo of three students walking together on campus.

DEI倡议仪表板

偏见事件报告

students walk through intersection in downtown westminster

DEIJ社区资源

Africa's Legacy student organization at the involvement fair September 2021

ODEI编程

DEI领导小组

学生组织

威尼斯平台官网在线 Strategic Plan 2022 - 2027 达到新的高度 Integration of Diversity, 股本, Inclusion, and Justice

“达到新的高度:威尼斯平台官网在线战略计划2022-2027”塑造威尼斯平台官网在线的未来指导方向, 优先级, 以及对学院的投资. By concentrating on values of inclusivity, 真实性, 对个人的关注, 终身学习, 股本, 和慷慨, 该计划进一步将威尼斯平台官网在线定位为一所创新的文理学院，专注于学生的成就和职业成功.

在制定战略计划过程中讨论的一个关键部分是关于多样性的作用, 股本, 包容, 与正义(DEIJ). Rather than setting just one specific initiative or goal addressing DEIJ, the plan was evaluated through the lens of DEIJ at each phase, 与DEIJ集成在一起. Each of the four initiatives have DEIJ-related goals and objectives.

Learn more about the Strategic Plan

包容性的录取过程

We realize that to ensure a truly diverse and 包容 campus, we must evaluate the point of entry to the college. 我们的招生过程旨在识别和消除隐性偏见，并为所有申请人提供公平的审查. In addition to comprehensive training for admissions 工作人员, we regularly review our admission 政策 and practices with the goal of increasing access. As part of these efforts, McDaniel has committed to:

对每位申请人进行全面而全面的评估，不仅包括GPA，还包括高中课程, 课外经验和责任(包括传统的课外经验，如学生领导和体育运动，以及非学术或课外责任，如工作或照顾家庭成员), letters of support and personal circumstances as revealed through essays.
不考虑需求的录取过程, where a family's wealth is not considered when an application is reviewed. At McDaniel, family income has no bearing on acceptance.
The elimination of an application fee.
A test-optional admissions policy, which allows students to determine if they would like to submit their test scores.
在招生办公室的信函中使用申请人的首选姓名作为称呼.

另外, 威尼斯平台官网在线的招生人员努力与学校辅导员建立有意义的关系，以便辅导员在整个招生过程中为学生辩护.

+支持同性恋群体选择名称策略 & 所有性别厕所包容的卓越

威尼斯平台官网在线认识到，有能力用个人喜欢的名字来称呼自己是多么重要. 相应的, 首选名称政策的程序已经设置，旨在提供指导，帮助个人浏览大学系统，并在需要时进行调整. Though some offices must utilize a students legal name (金融援助, 例如), every effort is made to respect our student's chosen name.

此外，威尼斯平台官网在线在校园内提供了十多个男女卫生间. 我们认为，取消卫生间性别标识是我们向包容性卓越承诺迈出的有意义的一步.

聚在一起跨信仰事件

宗教庆祝活动 & 服务: 多元化办公室, 公平与包容每学期举办几次跨宗教活动，希望包括所有不同宗教的人, 精神和伦理信仰.

跨宗教庆典: 这是ODEI与文化和宗教学生组织合作举办的学期庆祝活动，目的是加深个人对他人信仰和价值观的理解.

跨宗教服务: ODEI和公平与归属感副教务长每年举办一次跨宗教服务，以培养社区意识和归属感. This year, the 跨信仰服务 will take place on 家长’s Weekend.

跨宗教社区晚宴: ODEI为所有员工举办了几个学期的社区晚宴，将威尼斯平台官网在线的教职员工聚集在一起，并提供了一个讨论的空间.

View the Westminster Faith Community Resource Guide

威尼斯平台官网在线's Diversity, 股本和包容 Statement

Approved by the Board of Trustees, August 2020

We are a community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts, 因此, 我们欢迎不同的观点和经验的贡献，以加强教育经验. Our community is fully committed to breaking down the walls of division, 拒绝排斥行为, 挑战不公正, 偏见, 和民族优越感. We seek to promote the presence and expressions of all groups, including those historically and/or currently marginalized. 我们认识到，这份清单正在演变，创造对话机会和行动机制将创造一个包容性的, 开放, 无障碍社区. 通过地方和全球的社会变革，行动和问责制可以创造一个更美好的世界. We strive to cultivate the skills needed to become competent, productive leaders and allies in a pluralistic and diverse world.

本着这种精神, 我们会积极吸引, 招募, 留住多样化的学生, 教师, and 工作人员 by dedicating ourselves to

面对特权和边缘化问题，提出具有挑战性的问题并制定解决方案，以确保代表性不足的群体有平等的机会和机会;
Increasing resources, spaces, and opportunities where all perspectives are valued;
Incorporating diversity as a core of our curriculum and programming;
投入资源建立, 维护, 并正式评估机构政策和做法，以确保我们满足我们的多样性, 股本, 包容目标;
以各种形式展现包容性，包括积极与周边社区合作;
Ensuring that all community members, including those with seen and unseen differences, have access to all aspects of the McDaniel experience;
Visibly addressing instances of racism, 性别歧视, 恐同症, 阶级歧视, 残疾歧视, audism, 对老年人的歧视, and other forms of 偏见 and discrimination;
致力于让学生和社区成员为毕业后生活和工作的世界做好准备.

黑人的命很重要 Resolved by the Board of Trustees, May 2021

Be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of 威尼斯平台官网在线 that Black lives matter, that our College fully supports 股本 for and the 包容 of Black lives, and that on campus and in campus publications, 我们学院必须支持和推广黑人 Lives Matter 作为我们反种族主义使命和第一原则的一部分.

Meet the Director of Diversity, 股本, 和包容 Felicia Ellzy, m.s.Ed.

Felicia Ellzy将她对支持学生的热情带入了她作为多元化总监的角色, 股本, 和威尼斯平台官网在线的包容. “I was born to educate and love,” she says. 她的学位是B.A. 和M.Ed. from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Her professional career includes experience as a family counselor, a director of curriculum and instruction, 宾夕法尼亚州的一名教育家.

你有什么背景?? Where were you before you came to McDaniel?

我骨子里是个教育工作者. Throughout the entirety of my professional career, 我为学生服务过, 工作人员, 利益相关者与不同人群合作，营造友好和富有成效的环境. 在威尼斯平台官网在线的校园里, as the director of the Office of Diversity, 股本, 和包容, 我利用这些以知识为基础的实践来进一步帮助学生驾驭他们的大学生涯.

Why did you choose McDaniel as a place to work? What inspired you most to become part of the Hill?

我选择威尼斯平台官网在线是因为这个机构的价值观以及亲密的氛围. Dr. 理查德•史密斯, associate provost for 股本 and belonging, is among the reasons I joined McDaniel; he provides a safe and welcoming environment for his colleagues to express creativity and strength.

What do you hope students take away from their time at McDaniel?

I hope all McDaniel students become active citizens and lifelong learners. I hope students reflect on McDaniel and see it as their home away from home. 十博体育官网在线平台 should view McDaniel as a place they are eager to visit and share all the time, 人才, and treasure they’ve gathered along their journey.