Contribution to Diversity Statement: a guide for rit candidates

Contribution to Diversity Statement: A guide for RIT candidates
The statement should provide the candidate’s ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences. These abilities can be in reference to RIT's core values, honor code, and statement of diversity.

The diversity statement should provide the search committee with an understanding of the candidate’s capabilities as it relates to diversity and the support of underrepresented populations. The statement should allow the committee to assess this qualification on the candidate of how they can make this contribution to RIT.

These candidate’s capabilities could be expressed by providing the following:

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  experiences working with or interacting with multi-cultural populations
  
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  brief thoughts on diversity issues and opportunities
  
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  how they would support the university’s diversity goals
  
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  how they have infused diversity into teaching, pedagogy, research, and/ or scholarship
  
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  service they have done that involved diversity
  
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  how they have previously helped provide mentor to diverse student populations
  
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  how they propose to help provide mentoring to diverse student populations
  
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  how they can best prepare our students for careers in a global society
  
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  how they can best collaborate with the pluralism at RIT
  

The list above is not necessary an exhaustive list, but ideas to consider.

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