[Che-student-staff-list] FW: "a time to reflect and start the conversation"

[Varma, Arvind]

Pl read the important message below – thank you.

Arvind Varma
R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor
Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University


From: Engfaculty-list [mailto:engfaculty-list-bounces at ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Jamieson, Leah H.
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 8:06 AM
To: Engfaculty-list at ecn.purdue.edu; Engap-list at ecn.purdue.edu; Engcs-list at ecn.purdue.edu
Subject: "a time to reflect and start the conversation"

College of Engineering Colleagues -

Diversity is a core value of Purdue’s College of Engineering. Recent events around the country and at Purdue remind us - as some of our students, faculty, and staff are reminded every day - that we have much work to do to create a place that is genuinely diverse, welcoming, and inclusive.

There will be no simple solution, there is no easy answer. I know, though, that it will take the entire community to make this a better place. For that reason, I am gong to borrow words from a message that ECE Professor Mimi Boutin sent to the ECE faculty. Their simplicity speaks volumes:

"I would like to encourage each one of you to take a moment to read this collection of students' experiences with racism on campus, and to reflect on these:

https://shareyournarrativeblog.wordpress.com<https://shareyournarrativeblog.wordpress.com/>

Let's start the conversation.”

We can and will add structure, discussions, programs, plans - but right now let us listen to our students' stories and let those stories give new empathy and renewed urgency to the conversation - because creating a respectful, welcoming climate is something that must belong to all of us.

leah

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Leah H. Jamieson
The John A. Edwardson Dean, College of Engineering
Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Neil Armstrong Hall
+1 765 494 5346
701 West Stadium Avenue
+1 765 494 9321 (fax)
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN  47907-2045
lhj at purdue.edu<mailto:lhj at purdue.edu>
https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr<http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~lhj>

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