Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

BMCC celebrates and serves the diverse communities of eastern Oregon and beyond. We are committed to fostering a college culture of inclusion, tolerance, and life-long learning in order to ensure that students, faculty, staff and community members feel welcome and are able to succeed at BMCC.

Equity Statement

BMCC strives to provide an equitable environment for students, faculty, and staff. We regularly examine college practices, look for achievement gaps and barriers to success, and aim to provide everyone with the resources needed for success.

Hispanic Serving Institution

BMCC is proud to be a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution. A Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) is defined in federal law as an accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institution of higher education with 25% or more total undergraduate Hispanic or Latino full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment.

Campus and Community Engagement

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

Purpose: The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee develops, reviews, and evaluates plans to create a more inclusive environment, celebrating and promoting understanding and respect of diverse people. The Committee helps facilitate campus-wide dialogue regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion and provides direction for compliance with Oregon HB 2864 and the HECC Equity Lens.

HB 2864—Oregon defines Cultural Competency as “an understanding of how institutions and individuals can respond respectfully and effectively to people from all cultures, economic statuses, language backgrounds, races, ethnic backgrounds, disabilities, religions, genders, gender identifications, sexual orientations, veteran statuses, and other characteristics in a manner that recognizes, affirms and values the worth, and preserves the dignity, of individuals, families and communities.”

HECC Equity Lens

Contact the Committee

Current Chairs of the Committee:
Ashlei Emmons (aemmons@bluecc.edu)
and
Roman Olivera (rolivera@bluecc.edu)

We invite engagement and feedback from students, and anyone who would like to move BMCC towards a more equitable learning environment. Contact the DEI Committee at Diversity@bluecc.edu!

Want to learn more? Visit our Governance

Scope of Work, Areas of Key Decision-Making, and Goals

Shared definitions. Facilitate adoption and understanding of campus-wide shared definitions of diversity, equity, inclusion, and cultural competence.
Programs. Coordinate the assessment of needs and opportunities for DEI and culturally competent campus programs. Facilitate the development and evaluation of plans for DEI/cultural competency programs.
Curriculum. Coordinate the assessment of needs and opportunities for DEI and cultural competency components of academic programs and classroom experiences. Facilitate the development and evaluation of plans for DEI/cultural competency components of academic programs and classroom experiences.
Human resources. Develop and evaluate a plan for the recruitment and retention of under-represented students, faculty, and staff.
Celebration. Develop and evaluate a plan for recognizing actions of students, faculty, and staff that promote and exemplify the principles of DEI and cultural competency.

Service on the Committee

Faculty, classified, and exempt tech representatives serve through active participation for a minimum of two years; students serve for one-year, and may serve longer if available.
The chair serves a two-year term and may be re-elected.
If an appointed Committee member is unable to participate for an extended time, the Committee will invite another member of the representative group to stand in for them for the duration of the absence.
Anyone (staff, faculty, students, community members) is welcome to join our meetings and contact the committee to provide input.

Meeting Information

The 2nd Friday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the Boardroom
Zoom link: https://bluecc.zoom.us/j/98543531496

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