Diversity
We acknowledge the universality of implicit biases about various personal characteristics and are committed to preventing their influence on our school culture.
Diversity Statement
UCi Summer Session is committed to a culture of integrity, respect, equity, diversity, and inclusion for all. We acknowledge the universality of implicit biases about various personal characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender/sexuality, socioeconomic status, religion, ability) and are committed to preventing their influence on our school culture.
We, therefore, encourage collective reflection, self-awareness, and openness to change that advances inclusive excellence, and we support open and honest dialogue about our learning and working environments. As a School, we focus our efforts on producing members of the nursing profession who are knowledgeable, culturally sensitive, prepared to engage high-quality nursing practice and scholarship sensitive to diverse populations; and who will provide safe, effective, and nonjudgmental care to all.
Values
- We acknowledge that we live and work on appropriated, unceded lands of the Kizh and Tongva people. 1
- We are committed to a workplace culture of excellence in integrity and respect.
- We promote diversity, inclusivity, and equity in all that we do, and we do not accept the
superiority of anyone based on any inherent characteristic. - We commit to sustained investment in aligning our policies and practices with our
values. - We promote equitable conditions and safeguard diversity regardless of race, ethnicity,
gender, income, ability, or any other characteristic. - We hold ourselves and our colleagues to the highest standards of character and ethical
conduct. - We encourage the comprehensive exchange of ideas and critiques as are warranted in
an academic environment. - We respect and encourage honest dialogue among our affiliates and support the
creation of brave spaces in which we actively work to prevent acts of censorship,
silencing, and retaliation. - We support an environment where constructive feedback is expected, appreciated, and
both delivered and received respectfully. - We hold all members of our School accountable for their contributions to, and
influences on, our professional/academic environment and expect honesty and
transparency from each other and our organization. - We respect individuals’ identities and personal beliefs, and do not judge any
contribution to our profession’s work by anything other than its scientific significance to the field.
1 See https://native-land.ca/
Ally & Awareness Resources
- AB540 Undocumented Student Ally Training
- ACTIVE Workshops
- ADVANCE Program for Equity & Diversity
- Diversity in Medicine
- Green Dot Bystander Intervention Program
- Inclusive Excellence Certificate Program
- Managing Distress in the University Community
- Safe Zone Training
- Veteran Services Center
- ZotAbility Ally Training
Services & Departments
- UCI CARE
- UCI Center for Black Cultures, Resources and Research
- UCI Counseling
- UCI Cross-Cultural Center
- UCI Disability Services Center
- UCI Diverse Educational Community & Doctoral Experience (DECADE)
- UCI DREAM Center
- UCI LGBT Resource Center
- UCI Veteran Services
- UCI Womxn’s Center (W-HUB)