Diversity Certificate Program

The Employee Development Program is launching a new certificate program designed to develop and recognize commitment to the diversity initiative. This certificate program will consist of a combination of training and/or community service in each of the areas covered by the diversity values statement.

1. Diversity Certificate Requirements
    
   1. There is no time frame limit for earning a certificate, but it is a prerequisite for earning individual awards, which are annual.
       
   2. Required hours of training, self-study, and/or community service:
       

      Minimums	Topics
      4 hours	Our Campus
      1 hour	Race, ethnicity, and/or national origin
      1 hour	Age
      1 hour	Gender
      1 hour	Socioeconomic background
      1 hour	Religion
      1 hour	Sexual orientation (please note that Sexual Harassment training does NOT meet this requirement)
      1 hour	Disability

      A minimum of 20 combined hours of training, community service, and/or self-study is required with a minimum of 2 hours of community service, a minimum of 4 subject areas of classroom training, and the 4-hour Our Campus session. How you combine those is up to you, but the minimums must be met and each topic covered. Although only one hour per subject area is required, most classroom training sessions are a minimum of 2 hours, which gives you some flexibility in how you want to meet your 20 hours If community service or self-study is used to meet the religion requirement, it must include exposure to a religion other than your own.

      Examples:

      4 hours	Our Campus
      2 hours	Race, ethnicity, and/or national origin classroom training
      2 hours	Volunteer time as a conversation partner for non-native English speaker(s)
      2 hours	Classroom training on Age in the Workplace
      2 hours	Classroom training on Gender
      2 hours	Classroom training on Socioeconomic background
      1 hour	Interviewing a Rabbi
      3 hours	Self-study on Sexual Orientation
      2 hours	Classroom time on disabilities
      4 hours	Our Campus
      3 hours	Religion: A Dimension of Diversity (September 7, 2005, Arkansas Union)
      2 hours	Community Service working with RSO PRIDE handing out literature on National Coming Out Day, October 11--Sexual Orientation Requirement
      1 hour	Interviewing staff members of Sources about clients with disabilities
      2 hours	Age and Ability Training Session (1 hour each for exposure to Age and Disability topics) in October.
      2 hours	Socioeconomic Status Training on October 31
      2 hours	Gender and Sexual Orientation Training Session in November (1 hour each for exposure to Gender and Sexual Orientation topics).
      2 hours	Departmental training on multiculturalism (general diversity training)
      2 hours	Off-campus Diversity Conference on Ethnicity

2. Documentation
    
   1. Portfolio All participants in the diversity certificate program will provide a portfolio documenting their completion of the requirements. The portfolio will document participation in the training efforts covering each of the diversity topics listed. For each activity addressing issues of diversity, the applicant will provide signatures, certificates, or other proof of their participation in the activity. For any self-study or generalized diversity training, the participant will write a summary of what they learned as well as a justification for the topic area(s) covered by those activities. Beyond these requirements, participants will have a large degree of creative freedom in creating and presenting their portfolio.
       
   2. Personal Impact Statement Each person applying for a certificate of diversity commitment will provide a written personal impact statement that specifies his or her plan to personally impact inclusiveness on campus. Personal Impact Statements will specify behaviors that the participant will do, a time table, and what they hope the result or impact will be on diversity and the community of inclusiveness on campus.
       
3. Incentives for the Certificate Program
    
   1. Lapel Pin
   2. Certificate
   3. Recognition on Human Resources' Diversity Website, and a letter to the recipient's supervisor or department head.
   4. Eligibility for the awards program
       
4. Resources (this list is not exhaustive but serves as examples)
    
   1. Employee Development Program
   2. Human Resources Resource and Referral Library
   3. Human Resources Diversity Website
   4. EEOC
   5. Element K
   6. Employee Development Program training sessions--open campus sessions and/or departmental sessions.
   7. University of Arkansas Registered Student Organizations (RSO's)
   8. Other documentable training
   9. Nonprofit organizations