Dear Colleagues,

Warm greetings from Humboldt State University’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI)!

As a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and as a Minority-Serving Institution (MSI), Humboldt State University is committed to becoming an institution where Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color (BIPOC) students thrive. To realize this vision and the strategic goals that anchor this commitment, HSU works hard to support the success, advancement, and retention of all faculty and staff.

As part of HSU’s continued commitment to support the wellbeing and success of BIPOC students and faculty, we are pleased to announce that HSU has joined the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) as an Institutional Member. The NCFDD is a nationally-recognized, independent organization that provides online career development and mentoring resources for faculty (both tenure-line and non tenure-line), post-docs, and graduate students.

“I am grateful to Dr. Ndura for leading our campus in this transformational engagement with NCFDD. Supporting the success and retention of our BIPOC faculty is paramount to our success as an institution.” Jenn Capps, Provost.

They provide a variety of virtual programs and resources including:

• Weekly Monday Motivator

• Monthly Core Curriculum Webinars

• Monthly Guest Expert Webinars

• Access to Multi-Week Courses

• Access to Dissertation Success Curriculum for graduate students

• Private Discussion Forum for peer-mentoring, problem-solving, & moderated writing challenges

• Monthly accountability buddy matches

• Access to 14-Day Writing Challenges

• Access to the Member Library that includes past webinar materials, referrals, and readings

This HSU institutional membership will be activated on November 1st, 2021.

https://www.facultydiversity.org/institutions/humboldt-state-university.

To claim your free Institutional Membership, complete the following steps:

1) Go to http://www.facultydiversity.org/join

2) Choose your institution from the drop-down menu.

3) Select “Activate my Membership”

4) Complete the registration form using your HSU email address (i.e.@humboldt.edu.edu)

5) Go to your institution email to find a confirmation/welcome email. Click “Activate Account” in

the email.

If you have any questions about the membership, please contact: Dr. Elavie Ndura, Associate Vice President & Campus Diversity Officer via email to elavie.ndura@humboldt.edu.

Please include Jeanne Riecke at jeanne.riecke@humboldt.edu in all communications.

If you have any technical questions, please email NCFDD at Membership@FacultyDiversity.org.

In peace and solidarity,

Dr. Elavie Ndura

Associate Vice President & Campus Diversity Officer