In 1979 President James Laney chartered the President's Commission on the Status of Minorities to support and enhance the commitment of the university to build a stronger, more diverse university community and to improve the quality of life for minority faculty, staff, and students. Membership Membership on the Commission is open to all. The Office of the President appoints members from a list of nominees submitted by the Commission. To volunteer for service, please contact the EEO Office or the current Commission chair. The Commission meets on the 4th Monday of each month, August-May, in the President's Board Room of the Administration Building.
Meetings are open to the university community.
To request an opportunity to present an issue or to add an agenda item, please contact a Commission representative or the EEO Office. Committees Standing committees include faculty concerns, staff concerns, and student concerns, as well as a faculty and staff travel award committee and an awards committee. Ad hoc special topic committees are formed when needed. Committee members need not be appointed members of the commission. The commission administers a faculty and staff travel fund designed to foster the professional development of minority faculty and staff.