{"id":90,"date":"2015-08-25T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T14:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2025-09-16T17:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:31:56","slug":"university-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/university-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"University Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Statement<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Equity and Inclusion University Committee<\/strong> is a subcommittee of the University Council. The University Council was formed in 2016 after a multiyear exploration of shared governance practices at Augsburg and leads Augsburg\u2019s internal deliberation of university-wide decisions, taking up\u2014as advisory to the president\u2014institutional considerations beyond the scope of faculty governance or any particular administrative unit. The Equity and Inclusion University Committee exists to advance the University\u2019s mission with specific attention to furthering the promise of \u201can engaged community committed to intentional diversity in its life and work.\u201d The Committee serves to cultivate a university environment that practices full inclusion.<\/p>\n<h2>Members 2025-2026<\/h2>\n<p><strong>SARAH ADDICKS<br \/>\n<\/strong>Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology<\/p>\n<p><strong>ERIC BUFFALOHEAD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Professor, American Indian Studies<\/p>\n<p><strong>JENNIFER BUTLER<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector, Multicultural Life<\/p>\n<p><strong>CASSIE CHARLES<br \/>\n<\/strong>Disability Specialist, CLASS Disability Resources Office<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEMIE COLLIER<br \/>\n<\/strong>Head Coach, Women&#8217;s Lacrosse<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHRISTOPHER DIXON<br \/>\n<\/strong>Assistant Athletic Director for Diversity, Athletics<br \/>\nHead Coach, Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s Track and Field<\/p>\n<p><strong>MICHAEL GREWE<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Provost<br \/>\nDean of Students<\/p>\n<p><strong>VERN KLOBASSA<\/strong><br \/>\nBatalden Assistant Dean of Student Success and Belonging<\/p>\n<p><strong>CATHERINE MAUN<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Director, Financial Aid<\/p>\n<p><strong>JEREMY MYERS<\/strong><br \/>\nExecutive Director, Christensen Center for Vocation<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Religion<\/p>\n<p><strong>EVELYN ORTIZ-MARTINEZ &#8217;28<\/strong><br \/>\nSecretary, Day Student Government<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOANNE K. REECK <em>(Committee Chair)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nVice President for Equity and Inclusion<br \/>\nADA\/504 Compliance Officer<\/p>\n<p><strong>KELSEY RICHARDSON BLACKWELL<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector, Academic Advising<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement The Equity and Inclusion University Committee is a subcommittee of the University Council. The University Council was formed in 2016 after a multiyear exploration of shared governance practices at Augsburg and leads Augsburg\u2019s internal deliberation of university-wide decisions, taking up\u2014as advisory to the president\u2014institutional considerations beyond the scope of faculty governance or any particular &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/university-committee\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;University Committee&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":145,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2675,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/2675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}