1990–1991 / Chair, Sandy DeRousse

During the fall of 1990 Associate Vice Chancellor Ronald Tobin asked Sandy DeRousse to create and chair the Office of Academic Programs' Diversity Committee. With representation from each department under Academic Programs, the first committee meeting was held February 7, 1991. The committee was commissioned to act as a resource to AVC Tobin and to the department heads on diversity issues and to provide information and create awareness for the staff of the departments.

In August, 1991, the Committee submitted a report, "The Quality of Diversity," to AVC, Dr. Ronald Tobin. The report was forwarded to all Office of Academic Programs (OAP) staff, campus administrators and then Chancellor Barbara Uehling. The report dealt with issues of Accountability, Environment, Recruitment and Selection, and Training and Awareness.

1991–1992 / Chair, Sandy DeRousse

• A meeting of the Committee and the unit heads was held with Richard Jenkins, Office of Student Life, to discuss his
• perspectives on diversity.

• Hymon Johnson spoke on "Enhancing Working Relationships Across Cultures," a presentation to the OAP staff, held in
• the MultiCultural Center.

• Barbara Ortiz spoke on "Translating Principles into Action Plans," a presentation to OAP staff, held at the Hollister
• Building.

• Ken Hinton facilitated a video and a discussion, "In Search of the Eye of the Hurricane," with participation by OAP staff,
• held at UCEN.

• (For all events, questionnaires were handed out to staff asking for feedback)

1992–1993 / Chair, Bill Koseluk

• The Committee created a more condensed version of "The Quality of Diversity," highlighting the four areas of the report.
• There was distribution to all OAP staff.

• "A Panel Discussion on Diversity" was moderated by Dr. Tobin. Panelists were Jose Escobedo, Willie Brown, Zaveeni Khan
• Marcus and Beverly Lewis. The Panel was held in Studios A & B of Kerr Hall and broadcast to Ventura Center. (Videotapes
• of the event were sent to panelists.)

• A December 16 Pot Luck called "Celebrating Diversity with Academic Programs" was held at the Hollister Building. In the
• spirit of diversity, staff brought in food from their native countries.

• "Elements of Diversity Hiring In the Student Workforce" was a presentation to the Committee by the staff of OAP, who
• are responsible for hiring students. The event was held in the Chancellor's Conference room.

1993–1994 / Chair, Bill Koseluk

• Onolee Zwicke from Human Resources attended the Committee meeting to discuss a three-year grant proposal on
• Leadership in Diversity. The group also discussed creating a possible OAP environmental survey for distribution to
• OAP staff.

• Throughout the year the Committee worked on creating a survey to assess the then current environment of
• OAP. Meetings were spent debating the appropriateness of this survey. The survey did not go forward to
• Associate Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ronald Tobin.

1994–1995 / Chair, Ken Hinton

• The Committee continued to work on the environmental questionnaire.

• Discussion and creation of upward evaluations continued.

• Jackie Oliveira from Human Resources (HR) attended the meeting to discuss a Leadership in Diversity
• Plan. She also discussed an assessment for Diversity Awareness and Respectful Behavior.

1995–1996 / Chair, Ken Hinton

• The OAP Diversity Committee recommended sponsoring a televised Affirmative Action (AA) Forum on the implications of
• the Regents decision on AA.

• To coordinate efforts with the Academic Senate Affirmative Action Committee, Ken Hinton was asked to serve as liaison.

• AVC Tobin asked the committee to review the 12/13/95 campus document, "Toward the Year 2005," and to respond to
• Executive Vice Chancellor (EVC) Crawford's request for comments. The response is cited by AVC Tobin in the cover memo
• to the EVC as "thoughtful and eloquent and it represents the point of view of UCSB staff beyond Academic Programs."

• A draft of an upward evaluation was presented to AVC Tobin. However, the committee decided not to pursue the upward
• evaluation beyond this point.

1996–1997 / Chair, Brice Taylor

• The Committee considered initiating an interactive diversity oriented newsletter, to explore informative aspects of
• diversity and open up a dialogue between Committee members and staff from our departmental units. The effort was
• put on hold, pending copyright, production and other logistical concerns.

• The Committee planned and hosted an international holiday party honoring cultural festivities around the world. This
• was in conjunction with local Christmas celebrations.

1997–1998 / Chair, Brice Taylor

• The Committee planned and hosted our second international holiday party honoring cultural festivities around the world.

1998–1999 / Chair, Brice Taylor

• The Committee planned and hosted our third international holiday party honoring cultural festivities around the world.

1999–2000 / Chair, Brice Taylor

• The Committee revised its mission statement to the current version. The new Diversity Committee Mission Statement
• read: To provide profound and exemplary direction and implementation of expression, development and appreciation
• of diversity in every function and aspect of university influence.

• The Committee hosted a panel discussion entitled: "Affirmative Action and Appreciation of Diversity." The panel
• consisted of Sharon Farmer, Chair of Senate Affirmative Action Committee; Ray Huerta, Director of Affirmative Action;
• and Melissa Crawford, UNEX Legal Assistantship Program Director. Each panelist gave informative insights into
• affirmative action, then addressed appreciation of diversity in response to questions from forum participants.

• The Committee planned and hosted our international holiday party honoring cultural traditions of India. This was in
• conjunction with local Christmas celebrations.

• The Committee co-sponsored the February 9, 2000, Barbara Smith presentation at the Women's Center and recorded it
• for internet (videostream) viewing.

• The committee was currently in the process of establishing a website.

• The OAP Diversity Committee presented a Spring event on May 8, 2000, entitled, "Abilities- An Afternoon of Insight."
• There was a three-person panel comprised of Dale Krick, Disabilities Manager; Linda Raney, ADA Coordinator; and Hugh
• Marsh, Lecturer, College of Engineering and Writing Program. The event included discussions by the panelists and
• questions and answers from the audience. There were 60 people in attendance including OAP department heads and staff
• and members of the UCSB community.

2000–2001 / Chair, Brice Taylor

1. The Diversity Committee planned and hosted its fourth international themed holiday party honoring French culture, in conjunction with local holiday celebrations.

2. The Diversity Committee website has its first gallery of photos displayed, showing OAP Staff enjoying the holiday festivities in Studio A.

3. OAP representative Sandy DeRousse retired and was named the first honorary Diversity Committee member in February. Carol Parsons became the new OAP representative.

4. The Committee hosted an educational event from the experience of Artist Activist, Manuel Unzueta. The presentation was entitled "An Artist's Journey into Diversity." Manuel narrated a slide show featuring his art, and exhibited some of his pieces. The event was inspiring and informative. Some of his artwork is now displayed in OAP and other departments reporting to OAP.

2001–2003 / Co-Chairs, Mary Lou Ramos & Tony Schrick