We are pleased
to announce that the Academic
Senate for California Community
Colleges and the Foundation
for California Community Colleges
are sponsoring the Regina Stanback-Stroud
Diversity Award. Serving the
most diverse student population
of any higher education system
in the country, the California
Community College System is
largely comprised of demographic
groups that have traditionally
faced barriers to education
and are often underprepared
when they reach the classroom.
It is the challenge and responsibility
of our faculty to demonstrate
the sustained dedication and
support necessary to really
engage and excite these students.
Fortunately, the state has
a cadre of committed faculty
who consistently rise to meet
these challenges.
The Stanback-Stroud Diversity
Award seeks to honor these
champions of our students.
It publicly acknowledges the
individual who performs in
an exceptional manner to advance
intercultural harmony, equity,
and campus diversity by making
exceptional contributions to
the college beyond usual obligations.
Each college may nominate one
faculty member to receive this
prestigious honor, which includes
a cash award of $5,000. Remember,
all faculty, both inside and
outside of the classroom, are
eligible for consideration.
The award recipient will be
honored at the 2010 Spring
Plenary Session on April 16,
2010, in San Francisco.
Ten copies of a flyer promoting
the Stanback-Stroud Diversity
Award have been included in
this packet to distribute among
faculty members at your college.
We greatly appreciate your
help in informing California’s
faculty members of this opportunity
to honor their peers.
Completed applications must
be received in the Academic
Senate Office in Sacramento
by 5:00
p.m. Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Please note that the
recipients of this award will
be asked to submit a current
photo. Please submit one original
application and one copy. Scanned
applications submitted by email
to info@asccc.org with the
appropriate signatures will
be accepted. However, please
call the Senate Office to verify
receipt of the application. No
FAXED proposals will be considered.
Although only one faculty
member will be honored, we
hope each college will honor
its individual nominee.
General
Information
about the Award
In Spring 1998, the Plenary Body adopted a resolution
(3.03 S98) to create a diversity award to recognize
faculty in California community colleges who
work to promote the success of our diverse student
population. The Stanback-Stroud Award was developed
to acknowledge the work of faculty making special
contributions in the area of student success
for diverse students. Each college may nominate
one faculty member to receive this prestigious
honor, which includes this year a cash award
of $5,000. Remember, all faculty, both inside
and outside of the classroom, are eligible for
consideration. The award recipient will be honored
at the 2008 Spring Plenary Session on April 18,
2008, in San Francisco.
Each college academic
senate may forward one
faculty nominee for
the Academic Senate
for California Community
Colleges Diversity Award,
sponsored by the Foundation
for California Community
Colleges. The following
are guidelines to be
used in making the final
selection of up to four
nominees from throughout
the state.
Criteria
The Academic Senate for California Community
Colleges bestows the Regina Stanback-Stroud Diversity
Award upon faculty who work tirelessly to promote
student success by
(a) creating an inclusive and
supportive campus climate
(b) implementing effective teaching and learning
strategies
(c) facilitating student access, retention and
success,
(d) fostering student engagement in campus life.
(Resolution 3.03 S98)
Each college may nominate one faculty member
to receive this prestigious honor, which includes
a cash award of $5000. All faculty, both inside
and outside of the classroom, are eligible for
nomination. One faculty member in California
will be chosen and honored at the 2010 Spring
Plenary Session.
Nomination Guidelines: 1. The candidate must have made specific contributions
to establishing or expanding a campus climate
that is genuinely friendly and supportive of
equity and diversity at all institutional levels.
Such contributions may include but are not
limited to:
•
Contributing significantly to curriculum planning
and implementation that is more responsive to
and inclusive of diverse student needs and interests;
•
Elevating the role of equity and diversity planning
in local accreditation planning and reporting
and SLOs.
•
Demonstrating a consistent pattern of commitment
to the recruitment and retention of individuals,
including students, faculty, and staff, of historically
underrepresented populations.
•
Cultivating and promoting diversity initiatives
through specific activities, programs, or projects
on campus that establish and foster a more inclusive
and equitable working and learning environment.
•
Employing best practices, such as the use of
creative and innovative approaches to integrate
multiculturalism and inclusivity in faculty and
staff development that may be shared across the
state.
•
Using creative and innovative approaches to integrate
multiculturalism into the academic curriculum
or student programs that have proven to be particularly
successful in serving historically underachieving
students.
2. Direct and demonstrated evidence (observable
and/or measurable) of the candidate’s work
is required and may include:
•
Data to show the impact of the candidate on the
retention of students from historically underrepresented
groups as they move toward their goals of transfer,
degrees, certificates or personal and/or professional
growth over time.
•
Primary responsibility for the development and
implementation of programmatic changes that resulted
in all students being more equitably served.
(See the attached Senate’s research guidelines.)
•
Quantitative data supporting the development
or growth of specific activities, programs, and/or
projects that demonstrate success in diverse
student populations.
•
Citing of specific, detailed examples where the
candidate’s efforts have encouraged students
of historically underrepresented and diverse
populations to participate actively in campus
life and activities.
•
Quantitative or qualitative data that demonstrate
improvement in the recruitment, selection and
professional development of a diverse faculty
and college staff.
Nomination documents must include:
1. A statement from the nominator that includes
the justification that describes
•
the nature of the nominee’s work, project,
or activity;
•
the impact of the work, activity, project, or
program on the campus;
•
the specific outcomes of the work, activity,
project, or program (evidence is required);
•
the ways in which the work, activity, project,
or program related to equity and diversity issues
reflect the core values, institutional priorities,
mission statement, and/or strategic planning
directions of the college.
2. A statement from the candidate that addresses
her/his work.
3. Three letters of support from persons familiar
with the nominee’s work that verify the
overall impact of the candidate’s commitment
to equity and diversity. These letters should
come from a variety of sources, including at
least one from a faculty member. The others may
be from students, administrators, classified
staff, local community members and/or the academic
senate president. Failure to include the required
letters of support will disqualify the application.
Regina
Stanback-Stroud
Regina Stanback-Stroud is a Past President of
the Academic Senate for California Community
Colleges (1993-1995). She also served as a local
academic senate president, Area Representative,
and Vice President of the Academic Senate for
California Community Colleges. She has been with
the California Community Colleges for more than
twenty years. She began in the system as a professor
of nursing at then named Rancho Santiago College
(currently named Santa Ana College). She went
on to become the Dean of Workforce and Economic
Development at Mission College in Santa Clara
and the Vice President of Instruction at Skyline
College
True to the principles of the award that bears
her name, Regina Stanback-Stroud, in her many
roles, has initiated and advanced programs and
policies that continue to enhance the ability
of California community colleges to serve a diverse
population.
The California Community Colleges serve the
most diverse student population of any higher
education system in the country. From varied
backgrounds, our students come with rich cultural
traditions and historical experiences. Their
talents and energy represent the raw materials
of our future. In classrooms, counseling offices,
libraries, labs and workshops, faculty from all
over the state have worked to develop responsive
and innovative means to cultivate and nurture
the creative, artistic and intellectual talents
of our students. The Regina Stanback-Stroud Diversity
Award honors these faculty members.
2005
Deanna Herrera-Thomas, College of the
Redwoods, Psychology
Jonathan Brennan, Mission
College, English
Saadia Lagarde Porche,
Citrus College, Counseling
Ruth Dills, Coastline
College, Counselor/EOPS Coordinator More information about 2005
winners
2004 Henry Ealy, Los Angeles
City College Pablo Gonzales, Los Medanos
College
Janet Koenen, Lake Tahoe College Gayle Noble, Coastline
College More
information about 2004 winners
2003
John Berry, Antelope Valley College
Karen Bishop, Porterville College
Denise Dalaimo, Mt. San Jacinto College
Catherine Motoyama, College of San Mateo More information about 2003
winners
2002
Alfred Konuwa, Butte College
Karen Wong, Skyline College
Manoutchehr Eskandare-Qajar, Santa Barbara City
College
Monica Carter, Chaffey College More information about 2002
winners
2001
Sunshine Vidal, Fullerton College
Nancy Malone, Diablo Valley College
Tyra Benoit, Butte College
Ola Washington, Ventura College More
information about 2001 winners
