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- Mailing Address
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921 S 8th St
Pocatello, Idaho 83209 - Phone
- (208) 282-4636
- Email address
- admiss@isu.edu
- Website
- https://isu.edu/
- School Information
- Idaho State University, a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution founded in 1901, educates approximately 14,000 students per year in more than 280 programs. It is Idaho's lead institution in health professions and medical education. Its seven colleges engage in a broad range of innovative research, teaching, and learning in the natural and physical sciences, humanities, performing and visual arts, education, engineering, business, pharmacy, and technology. Visit ISU today at www.isu.edu.
- General Information
- It does not appear that Idaho State University requires CRT training of faculty, staff, or students. However, per general education requirements students are required to complete 3 credits in the Cultural Diversity Category. The University also has an Office of Equity and Inclusion and a Diversity Resource Center. The head of campus security has said he will bring bias training to the campus, and several departments offer workshops on privilege, critical race theory, and equity in primary education. The University also holds annual diversity programming. See updates below:
Actions Taken
- Resources
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The school hosted a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education Virtual Mini-Conference.
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Theater and Dance Department co-hosted "Courageous Conversations" with the Journey Theater Project: "JTP challenges traditional power structures and works to disrupt unconscious bias through the use of theatre, dialogue, game and data."
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The Equity and Inclusion Commission in the Office of Equity and Inclusion proposes, implements, and promotes equity and inclusion initiatives.
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ISU's College of Education will host another "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education Conference" on October 28, 2022. The theme will be "Nurturing Belonging Among Diverse People and Spaces." Topics to be discussed include "Diversity is More than Gender and Race, Anti-Racism Education, and Transforming School Climate and Culture."
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On November 3, 2023, ISU's College of Education held its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education Conference. The theme was titled, "United in Action: Taking Steps to Creating Inclusive Learning Spaces."
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ISU provides "Resources for Parents and Educators to learn more about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Classroom Implementation."
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On February 23, 2021, as part of ISU's Black History Month celebrations, speaker James Yizar spoke on the history of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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The goal ISU's 2024 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education Conference (co-sponsored by the College of Education and ISU’s Diversity Resource Center) is to "provide an opportunity for teachers at all levels to come together and share strategies to advance DEI efforts in K-12 schools and at the university level."
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ISU's Department of Student Affairs sponsors the "On Common Ground Monologues Project" (2023-2025) which "celebrate[s] identity and, together, discover opportunities for improving equity and inclusion here at Idaho State University."
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The STEM Diversity and Outreach office at ISU "aims to increase the participation of students in Research who are underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)."
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- Symbolic Actions
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The Diversity Resource Center sponsored a Privilege Walk "designed to provide college students with an opportunity to understand the intricacies of privilege and explore how we enjoy privileges based on being members of social identity groups in the United States. "
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The Department of Anthropology at ISU has a lengthy "BIPOC Lives Matter" statement. The anthropology faculty stands "in solidarity against systemic racism and the resulting injustices and violence towards our BIPOC community, students, and colleagues." In addition, the faculty believes that "racism has no biological reality" and is "socially constructed."
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