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M E M O R A N D U M



ATTACHMENT
April 3, 2003

M E M O R A N D U M

                       
TO:  The Board of Visitors: 
Thomas J. Bliley, Jr   Don R. Pippin  
William G. Crutchfield Jr.   Terence P. Ross  
Susan Y. Dorsey   Thomas A. Saunders, III  
Thomas F. Farrell, II   Warren M. Thompson  
Charles L. Glazer   E. Darracott Vaughan, Jr.  
William H. Goodwin, Jr.   Georgia M. Willis  
Mark J. Kington   John O. Wynne  
Lewis F. Payne, Jr.   Herbert T. Lovelace, Jr.  
John R. M. Rodney  
FROM:   Gordon F. Rainey, Jr.  
SUBJECT:  Special Committee on Diversity 

On the recommendation of the Special Committee on Governance, I am hereby creating a Special Committee on Diversity.

In coordination with the President's Commission on Diversity, I am asking the Special Committee generally to review diversity initiatives at the University. More specifically, the Special Committee is charged with an evaluation of efforts to promote diversity among students, faculty and administrators as well as with residents of the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. The Special Committee will meet with representatives of these groups, and others it deems appropriate, and will report at the Board's planning retreat in July on at least the following matters:

  • The scope of efforts to promote diversity among members of the student body, faculty of all schools, staff and administrators;

  • The scope of efforts to promote diversity in external relations of the University, including with surrounding communities and all aspects of procurement of goods and services;

  • Efforts to promote understanding among all elements of the University community; and

  • The appropriate role of the Board in continuing oversight of diversity issues.


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The Special Committee will be chaired by Warren Thompson and will consist of 5 members. The other members will be appointed later this month when Board committee assignments are made.

GFR,JR:tj

     
cc:  Mr. John T. Casteen, III  
Mr. Leonard W. Sandridge, Jr.  
Mr. Alexander G. Gilliam, Jr.