Employment Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I)

• Partner with Chief Diversity Officer to renew and enhance DE&I training for hiring managers and to explore resources, tools, and support systems for employees of diverse backgrounds and allies to promote self-empowerment, peer support, and information;
• Promote the University’s award-winning Minority Professional Development Fellowship Program (formerly known as the Minority Professional Development Internship Program) by sharing the participant stories.
• Review compensation and pay structures for minority fellowship positions; advocate for and update salaries as needed.
• Enhance community outreach efforts to increase pipeline of minority applicants;
• Explore recruitment partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions.

The Minority Professional Development Fellowship Program is open to all qualified and interested parties.  The program offers full-time employment, University benefits, and professional development opportunities.  Fellowships are funded for one year with the option of extending an additional year. 

The goals of the program:

• Offer basic managerial training consistent with University policies, procedures, and business practices.
  
  
• Identify placement opportunities in academic departments and business units throughout the University for a period of three months to one year, with the potential to rotate to other departments or units depending on project length or business need.
  
  
• Provide opportunities to build upon knowledge, skills, and abilities and increase chances to qualify for permanent employment opportunities at Duquesne or at other organizations.

We take pride in sharing with you our Diversity Advocate Program, a group of faculty members throughout the University appointed to full-time faculty searches here at Duquesne. In collaboration with the Chief Diversity Officer and the Office of the Provost, Human Resources provides the members of this program with the proper training, skills, and abilities to help with our faculty searches. The goal of the Diversity Advocate Program is to ensure that the faculty search process is held to the same standard and that we are consistent with the approach each time.