Arizona State University West is committed to a promotion of a campus that values diversity of views, cultures and experiences critical to the academic mission of higher education. To achieve these goals, a number of University services exist to provide members of the community with the resources they need to protect their rights and needs. The Campus Environment Team works closely with these services, and can refer or counsel individuals in requesting support from these resources.
Some of these services and units include:
"An ombudsperson can help faculty, academic and service professionals, administrative and classified staff, students or members of the public deal with problems they might have with the University system. We provide an informal means of problem resoultion should you have a University-related dispute. Ombudspersons are not empowered to change a decision, but through clarification of matters, information may emrge to assist in the resolution of the dispute."Ombudspersons and their telephone numbers are listed in the campus directory, in the current ASU Committee Roster, and in the Schedule of Classes. In addition, University Ombudsperson Committee brochures are available throughout the campus.
"ASU West recognizes the importance of providing avenues to assist employees in resolving issues that may affect job performance or personal well-being."To this end, services available from Human Resources include resources such as
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Office
"Discrimination is prohibited on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, special disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran status. Equal employment opportunity includes but is not limited to: recruitment, hiring, promotion, termination, compensation, benefits, transfers, university-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, and social and recreational programs."
Campus Environment Team home page
Diversity enriches knowledge and understanding of the world; strengthens educational programs; and offers a richer cultural, ethnic, and intellectual environment for learning.
Multicultural Student Services
MSS is a West campus Student Affairs department whose mission is to "provide quality services and developmental programming that promotes academic success for multicultural and international students."
A Fletcher Library (West campus) initiative pulling together a variety of diversity resources.
ASU's The Intergroup Relations Center enhances the University's primary directives of teaching and learning, through the application of social justice approaches to diversity and intergroup relations programming and scholarship in partnership with campus and external communities.
ASU and national programs supporting diversity in the Division of Graduate Studies.