Inclusion
Inclusive Excellence in Aerospace Engineering Sciences
The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (AES) recognizes that engineering fields, specifically aerospace engineering, have historically been unwelcoming and hostile spaces for many people. AES is steadfast in our commitment to continuously facilitating equitable change in our department and beyond. We are wholly committed to creating and maintaining an environment with increased inclusion, diversity, justice, and equity, where all students, faculty, and staff feel a sense of belonging, are welcomed, and valued.
In 2020, the Smead Aerospace Department created, for the first time, a departmental Inclusive Culture Committee (ICC) that 听is composed of faculty, staff and students. The goal of this committee is to activate AES and drive efforts towards fulfilling the department鈥檚 vision for:
- Building a department culture characterized by a deep sense of belonging based on a strong commitment to respect and care for all members of the CU 麻豆影院 community, especially for those who come from communities that are underrepresented and marginalized at CU 麻豆影院;
- Hiring, leveraging and retaining all of the diversity of faculty, staff, and students who reflect the global society our students will lead; and
- Ensuring a curriculum that fosters intercultural competence and prepares critical thinkers who innovate through embracing multiple perspectives.
As part of these efforts, the AES ICC will create an annual report on the department鈥檚 efforts toward inclusive excellence, that will be made publicly available on this website.
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Response to the Call to Action from our Students
At the end of summer 2020, the Ann & H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences received a letter from graduate students urging faculty and staff to recognize and counteract the role racism has played in the aerospace field and in academia.
We have heard our students鈥 pleas and would like to articulate the priorities that will help us effect positive change. We are grateful to our students for their courage and leadership in asking us all to do better and to be better, and we take these initial steps with the hope that they will become part of an ongoing conversation among students, faculty and staff.
We are committed to a vision for building a department climate characterized by a deep sense of belonging based on a strong commitment to respect and care for all members of the CU 麻豆影院 community, especially for those who come from communities that are underrepresented and marginalized at CU 麻豆影院; hiring, leveraging and retaining all of the diversity of faculty, staff, and students who reflect the global society our students will lead; and ensuring a curriculum that fosters intercultural competence and prepares critical thinkers who innovate through embracing multiple perspectives...