Stanislaus State Athletics

California State University, Stanislaus is a collegiate community that serves a diverse population of students, faculty, staff, and administration. These facets of diversity encompass but are not limited to: race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, creed, religion, age, social class, socio-economic status, physical and cognitive differences, political views, and veteran status. The University is intent on engaging with all of its community members in meaningful ways that support the values and strengths that each individual brings to this campus and building a community inclusive of everyone, more than recognition, tolerance, acceptance, and celebration are required. Stanislaus State also strives to teach, incorporate, mediate, and promote issues of diversity that go beyond the surface.

The ways in which the University actively embodies diversity include:

• Offering courses that are centered on or incorporate material for our diverse student, faculty, and staff populations, as well as educating us about one another.
• Recruiting and hiring administrators, faculty, staff and students to create a diverse campus community through employment practices and faculty/staff development opportunities.
• Recruiting and hiring faculty who are passionate about and committed to (l) sharing, as appropriate, course materials reflective of underrepresented histories and cultural issues; (2) participating in discussions related to these matters in the classroom on a regular, rather than occasional, basis; (3) honoring the complex diversity of this region; and/or (4) engaging colleagues and students in teaching and learning that promotes dialogue, critical reflection, and action focused on human dignity and worth.
• Encouraging, organizing, funding, and promoting workshops, trainings, clubs, lectures, forums, orientations, and other events that allow our community of students, administrators, staff, and faculty to come together to learn about and support one another and discuss experiences, understandings, and values en masse.
• Assembling services, activities, and committees that continually gauge the ways in which diversity is honored and promoted on campus and in neighboring communities.
• Offering targeted methods of outreach toward the recruitment, retention, and graduation of a diverse student body.
• Understanding that creating an inclusive community is an ongoing project, thus always requiring reassessment.

Through these various strategies, California State University, Stanislaus seeks to do more than merely acknowledge its invaluable members and local constituents. We wish also consistently to demonstrate equity in status, rights, and opportunities through the establishment of purposeful conversations that inspire our students to reach out to each other and beyond. This thread of respect should also resonate through the attitudes of campus administrators, students, staff, and faculty. The University believes this type of environment will continue to attract and to retain a socially-just image of what we represent and who we are.

 

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Head Coach, Wayman Strickland, is a part of the President's Commission on Diversity & Inclusion committee. This committee meets on the first Wednesday of every month to discuss the goals and mission to achieve a welcoming environment for all of the Stanislaus State community and campus.  

The President's Commission on Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) has been established to:

Develop a comprehensive three-to-five-year Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan with a specified timeline for milestone achievement of measurable outcomes and visible results. The process for the development of the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan shall include the following elements:

• Affirm the University's Diversity Statement, and align the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan with the University Strategic Plan.
• Develop a campus-wide implementation plan that includes activities, education, communication, feedback, and ongoing involvement including:
  • creating and fostering a diverse and inclusive campus climate supportive of students, faculty, staff, and administrators;
  • assessing and ensuring that the campus' curriculum and programs acknowledge and support diversity and inclusion;
  • assessing, recruiting, and retaining a diverse population of students, faculty, staff, and administrators; and
  • assessing and supporting diverse external and community advisory boards and other partnerships.
• Secure campus-wide affirmation for the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, monitor its implementation and begin progress reporting.

 

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The Warrior Cross Cultural Center

The Warrior Cross Cultural Center (WCCC) was established through a collective vision of students who advocated for a space where critical dialogue and action take place to dismantle racial, social and cultural systems of oppression. We work to foster critical consciousness by developing intentional programs aimed at liberating the voices of marginalized students and the campus community. The Warrior Cross Cultural Center empowers transformative learning by using a student-centered approach that promotes and validates intersectional identities and experiences. This kind of work is foundational to the practice of Student Affairs, helping students to succeed in becoming global citizens. For more, click the title above. 
 

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Male Success Initiative

The Male Success Initiative (MSI) at Stanislaus State will foster student growth and academic success by nurturing spaces where men of color and self-identified men feel safe to be purposefully vulnerable, live in their authentic truths, and be empowered to be agents of social change. MSI will inspire transformative learning through intentional programs, meaningful dialogues, & community building that will advocate for the dismantling of toxic heteronormative traits. The core of our work will revolve around reconstructing and healing from negative ideologies by promoting self-reflection, critical thinking, and empathy.

The Male Success Initiative will proactively equip students with resources and skills to thrive in their educational journey. We aim to engage our participants by organizing a series of programs and services dedicated to addressing systemic inequities, academic achievement gaps, and persistence to graduation. For more, click the title above. 

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CCAA Diversity & Inclusion Committee

In June 2020, the CCAA created a committee in response to nationwide movements to combat systematic racism. The committee will examine ways that our conference can not only talk about issues that cause division, but have direct impact on the future of our institutions and our communities in direct and actionable ways. Track & FIeld head coach, Troy Johnson, is a part of this committee and has brought back several important talks and ways we can make a change as a conference. 

Each of the conference's 12 member-institutions has one voting representative on the committee, joining Bolter and Gross as well as the CCAA staff, who serve as ex-officio committee members.

 

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NCAA Office of Inclusion

The NCAA office of inclusion advances diversity, equity and inclusion in college athletics for over 1,100 member schools and athletics conferences. The office supports student-athletes and individuals who teach and lead across the core areas of disability, international, LGBTQ, race/ethnicity and women.

The office of inclusion facilitates programming, provides educational resources, and advocates for diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments that enhance the student-athlete experience and provide opportunities for coaches and administrators. The office offers signature events like the annual NCAA Inclusion Forum that support the membership's efforts to achieve and maintain inclusive excellence.
   

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Stanislaus State Athletics Inclusion Committee
 

Alissa Aragon Assistant Athletics Director Student-Athlete Development/SWA	Dr. Arya Alami Faculty Athletic Representative	Amanda Flores Academic Advisor
Polet Hernandez Perez Warrior Cross Cultural Center	Carly Efseaff Student, Women's Track & Field	Julian Johnson Student, Men's Track & Field