President's Action Committee
on Inclusive Excellence (PACIE)
In November 2005, President Ronald A. Crutcher formed the President's Advisory Committee on Inclusive Excellence (PACIE) to oversee the process of achieving educational excellence through diversity and of developing a truly multicultural community as proposed in Wheaton's strategic plan. After more than a year of research and learning as an advisory group, PACIE reconvened in 2007 as the President's Action Committee for Inclusive Excellence. It implemented recommendations to engage the community and undertake strategic initiatives necessary to achieve our goal of inclusive excellence in a multicultural community.
PACIE invites members of the Wheaton community to submit proposals for Study Circles for Fall 2008. The goal is to create opportunities for productive, open-ended conversations around important themes in diversity. PACIE Call for Study Circles: Information and guidelines available for download (pdf)
PACIE's role is to work with members of the Wheaton community to:
- Create benchmarks by developing a diversity index based on current quantitative data and by attempting to understand current culture through study circles,
- Define outcomes (behavioral and learning) for what inclusive excellence and the creation of a multicultural community would look like at Wheaton,
- Oversee and coordinate implementation of recommendations and results,
- Evaluate outcomes, monitor progress, and
- Report annual progress to the president and the college.
Committee Members
Audrey Adam, Institutional Research
Loretta C. Baldwin, Office of the President
Claudia Bell, Student Life
Ronald A. Crutcher, ex officio
James Freeman, Economics
Sharon Howard '87, Alumnae/i Relations and Annual Giving
Barbara Lema, Human Resources
Trishia S. Lichauco '85, Office of the President, co-chair
Amy Markham, Office of Admission
Vereene Parnell, Office of Service, Spirituality and Social Responsibility
Derek Price, Psychology, co-chair
Alex Vasquez, Office of the Dean of Students
PACIE Reports:
PACIE Year End Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
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