Our students, staff, and faculty make us who we are. They create the ideas that drive our organization forward and forge collaborations that turn those ideas into reality. Together, our people embody our values and actively create a welcoming and inclusive culture. We aspire to support our students, staff, and faculty so that the CVM continues to be the best place to work and an institution that is profoundly interested in supporting and encouraging professional and personal development in its people.
Goal 1: Champion and celebrate wellbeing.
- Hire a Director of Wellbeing. The CVM recognizes that student, staff, and faculty wellbeing is imperative to our success. We will hire a Director of Wellbeing, who will coordinate support services and develop programs in this area.
- Develop wellness programs. We will create a robust portfolio of programs and facilities that support wellbeing, including classes focused on fitness and meditation, access to healthy food on all parts of our campus, and comfortable places for college and hospital personnel to eat and take breaks.
- Give people a voice. The CVM will have virtual and physical suggestion boxes, through which anyone can offer ideas about how to improve our climate to our Office of Diversity & Inclusion.
- Acknowledge outstanding work. We will develop a student, staff, and faculty acknowledgment program through which we can publicly and regularly thank our team members for outstanding work.
- Expand our counseling services. The demand for on-site counseling is high and we will continue to explore ways to expand what we currently offer to students, staff, faculty, and clients.
Goal 2: Create and maintain a culture of inclusion and welcome.
- Expand the prominence and role of the CVM’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion. By expanding our investment in this vital area, the CVM will be able to better support faculty, staff, and student diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing. Hiring an independent Director of Diversity & Inclusion, a Director of Wellbeing, and appropriate support staff will be essential to our success.
- Train people and build teams. The CVM will grow new opportunities to train students, staff, and faculty in areas such as difficult dialogues, diversity, and conflict management.
- Create a mentoring culture. New staff and faculty will have an orientation, well-identified mentors, welcome brochures to the CVM, and opportunities to interact with colleagues.
- Open our communications. The CVM is committed to open dialogues and will develop town hall meetings, additional inward-facing newsletters, and other methods of sharing information and creating conversations.
Goal 3: Build bridges and promote connections across all areas of the college.
- Create gathering places. The CVM will create an engaging space where students, staff, and faculty can interact, converse, and share healthy meals.
- Stage events that promote togetherness. The CVM’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion, through a dedicated Director of Diversity & Inclusion and a Director of Wellbeing, will develop events that are fun and promote the exchange of ideas. The better we know one another, the more successful we will be.
- Build connections during on-boarding. The CVM will improve our staff and faculty onboarding, so that employees have mentors, are introduced to the college, and are connected to one another through orientations.
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