Multicultural Community and College Life Committee

On an ongoing basis, MCCL collects updates from all corners of the campus on our progress and challenges in response to the 2005 DCC Report. See the Community Updates page.

Membership:

• 4 Faculty
• 2 Administrators
• 3 Non-faculty Staff
• 3 Students

Qualifications:

a) Faculty: From different divisions

b) Administrators: Dean of the College, Associate Dean of the College

c) Non-faculty Staff chosen as directed by Staff Council

d) Students chosen as directed by SGA

Faculty Selection:
One member elected by ballot by the Faculty each year.

Faculty Term:
3 years

Faculty Chair:
Chosen by continuing and incoming committee members each April.

Responsibilities and Authority:

1. This Committee shall determine its agenda by choosing among issues brought to it by students, faculty, and staff.
2. Advise the Dean of the College on activities and policies fostering an inclusive community that respects group and individual differences, and that serves the intellectual, educational, and social needs of its members. 
3. Advise and oversee committees addressing all aspects of College life under the jurisdiction of the Dean of the College, including those that relate to the development of a more culturally diverse community life, and/or involving issues of student co-curricular and residential life.
4. Review, monitor, and propose College policies to assure that all practices at Mount Holyoke are unbiased and to provide ongoing anti-bias education throughout the institution.
5. Create permanent subcommittees, and temporary task forces and ad hoc committees when needed, and appoint Faculty, when needed, to serve as members or chairs of such entities. 
6. Receive, review, and act on reports from all subcommittees, ad hoc committees, and task forces under its jurisdiction.
7. Maintain a list of current subcommittees, task forces, and ad hoc committees under its jurisdiction, and publish that list for the College community.
8. Meet regularly with the Trustee Committee on Student Affairs.
9. Solicit from the College community suggestions and concerns relevant to the Committee's charge.

Operations:
The Committee shall meet regularly throughout the academic year; set up subcommittees, ad hoc committees, and task forces as appropriate; and act on reports and recommendations from all entities under its jurisdiction. One of these entities shall be a subcommittee on the inclusiveness program.

Reporting:
the Committee shall submit to the Faculty an annual written report on the issues addressed and the advice given to be distributed with the agenda of the May Faculty Meeting.