What's next for Inclusive Excellence in UVAFinance

Contributed by Patty Marbury

The beginning of 2021 will see the start of some exciting things for Inclusive Excellence in UVAFinance:

1. DEI Education: We have selected several online courses for managers and employees. To allow for greater engagement, the courses will be offered in the context of group meetings with breaks for discussions.

2. Sprint discussions: We are working on a schedule of several months of topics, to allow for participants to read, listen to podcasts, research, or watch videos about the topic. This schedule will be tentative to allow for changes due to relevant current events. Watch for the schedule to come out just after the New Year!

3. Book discussion: In addition to the sprint discussions, we will continue to host book (or movie or podcast) discussions every other month. The next book discussion is scheduled for January 28, 1:30-3:00 pm. We will be discussing the novel, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. A zoom meeting invitation will be coming shortly. UVAFinance will purchase five copies of the book (to be added later to our library), so please let me know (pam5w@virginia.edu) if you would like to reserve one.

4. Guidelines for HR practices within UVAFinance: We are working on providing consistent languages for job postings, as well as guidelines for search committee selection, interviewing, and recruiting.

The UVAFinance IE Advisory group includes Patty Marbury, Melody Bianchetto, Jen Bari, Jack King, Steve Kimata, ToShun Campbell, Raegan Harouff Gaye, Anne Marie Cumiskey, Mohammed AlKaisy, and LaVerne Harris. Please reach out to any member of the group with questions.