The Chancellor invites 20 faculty and staff members to serve on the Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Blacks for the 2015-2016 academic year. Clara Awe and Tarri Strickland will serve as co-chairs. The committee functions as an advisory body to monitor the needs of underrepresented groups and make policy recommendations to improve diversity. Members are encouraged to expand participation by engaging more students, staff, and faculty in subcommittee activities. Administrative support will be provided by Kristy Kambanis in the Office of Diversity.

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September 1, 2015
Clara Awe, College of Pharmacy, Co-chair
Tarri Strickland, Urban Health Program, Co-chair
Lori Barcliff Baptista, African American Cultural Center
Nehemiah Bishop, Student, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ivi Bonner, Office of Student Financial Aid
Jeff Brown, African American Academic Network
Todd Byrd, TRIO/Academic Support Program
Brianna Davis, Campus Housing
W. Clarke Douglas, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Jauwan Hall, Student, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Catina Jones, President’s Award Program
Mikita Lee, Student, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ken Morgan, College of Applied Health Sciences
Aginah M. Muhammad, Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs
Lou Ester Petty, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Systems
Jason Kyle Richards, School of Public Health
Danielle J. Simmons, Counseling Center
Gerald A. Smith, College of Engineering
Portia White, School of Public Health
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to invite you to serve on the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Blacks for the 2015-2016
academic year. Clara Awe and Tarri Strickland have agreed to serve as co-chairs. Additionally, Clara Awe will
represent this committee on the Diversity Advisory Committee (DAC).
The Chancellor’s Status Committees function as advisory bodies to the Chancellor, comprising staff, students, and
faculty who collaboratively monitor the needs of underrepresented groups on campus, and proactively make policy
recommendations that can improve the diversity climate on campus. As members of the Chancellor’s Status
Committees you are partners in helping the campus meet its diversity goals.
Our diversity strategic plan, A Mosaic for UIC Transformation, reminds us that our efforts toward achieving
greater equity and inclusion must be “a collective undertaking” and “not the work of a few, but the duty of all.”
In that spirit, I encourage you to expand participation by reaching out to students, staff, and faculty beyond this
committee and engaging them in subcommittee activities.
Administrative oversight of Status Committees is assigned to the Office of Diversity. Kristy Kambanis in the
Office of Diversity will provide support for the administrative and organizational functions of the Status
Committees. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Kambanis at kristyk@uic.edu, or at 312-996-8915.
Your contribution to the campus through this committee is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Michael D. Amiridis
Chancellor
c: Eric Gislason
Tyrone Forman