The Vice President authorized actions to be taken to further this goal. The search committees were encouraged to ask job candidates in the interview process for their thoughts on diversity through a suggested standardized set of diversity questions. Workshops on Team Building were created that continue to the present. Create Cross-functional teams. Put people together from different departmental areas to work on a task.
Diversity is to be used in the performance evaluation process.
Initial steps were discussed to begin a partnership with USF s minority vendor initiative. The Office of the Provost was approached about creating a working partnership where diversity can support the academic goals of recruitment and retention for faculty. Profile and set up a system to follow the career and promotional track of all employees. Initiate a mechanism to acknowledge and reward people who embrace diversity and demonstrate leadership in the area of diversity. Form a partnership with other USF diversity workgroups.