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Action Plan
Recommendations Action Plan Next Steps Person Responsible Implementation Date

Recommendation 1:
Senior level point of contact.

Joe Cooper, Dean of Students

Theresa Rader, Director IEO

 Completed Theresa Rader, Director IEO Ongoing

Recommendation 2:
Department points of contact.

Name the following individuals, with cultural perspective, to be the lead point of contact for NA students

  • Financial Aid- Shauna Savage
  • Residence Life- Troy Franklin
  • Admissions- Angela Hoffman-Cooper
  • Student Health and Counseling- Joe Cooper
  • Advising-Sarah North-Wolfe
  • LEAD Committee-TBD
  • AISES Club Advisor- Kristen Wanke
  • Career Services- Aaron Frale
 Completed

Nosa Egiebor, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor

Theresa Rader, Director IEO

 Ongoing

Recommendation 3:
Data collection and dissemination.

 Assess data on Native American student success and services utilized. Ongoing

Joe Cooper, Dean of Students

Theresa Rader, Director IEO

Melissa Kump, Director of Institutional Research

 Ongoing

Recommendation 4:
Professional development.

  22-23 faculty and staff professional development in area of diversity, inclusion and equity.  

Fall 2023 training required for faculty and staff include unconscious bias.   Explore and publicize additional resources through University of Montana affiliation, Butte Native Wellness Center, and additional sources.

Collaborate with the campus DEI committee.

Theresa Rader, Director IEO

Vanessa Van Dyk, Dir. of HR

Amanda Badovinac, Ex. Dr. PR & communications

 Ongoing

Recommendation 5:
Dissemination of professional development.

 The Dir. of Human Resources and LEAD will work on integrating materials into the new employee training.

This continues to be a work in progress but instead of sperate materials we will be using the IEFA modules.

Highlight offerings in campus weekly updates.

LEAD Committee

Vanessa Van Dyk, Dir. of HR

Amanda Badovinac, Ex. Dr. PR & communications

 Ongoing