Dear Colleagues,

As you know, we recently welcomed two of our final four candidates for the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to make public presentations to the campus community. I am happy to share with you that we now have scheduled the presentations of two more of the finalists.

Wanda Heading-Grant, Vice President for Human Resources, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, University of Vermont, will be speaking on Wednesday, December 12, at 4 p.m. in the Knight Auditorium of the Spurlock Museum. If you are not able to attend in person, the presentation will also be streamed live at https://go.illinois.edu/ViceChancellorStream. A valid campus netid and password will be required to access the stream. You will be able to offer feedback online at: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/7199445. Comments will be accepted until 5 p.m. Tuesday, December 18.

Franklin Tuitt, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor and Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, & Professor of Higher Education, University of Denver, will be speaking on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at 4 p.m. in the Knight Auditorium of the Spurlock Museum. If you are not able to attend in person, the presentation also will be streamed live at https://go.illinois.edu/ViceChancellorStream. A valid campus netid and password will be required to access the stream. You will be able to offer feedback online at: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/6766975. Comments will be accepted until 5 p.m. Monday, December 24.

If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in the program, please contact Laura Bleakney (llbarta@uillinois.edu or 300-2729). Early requests are encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. 

Sincerely,

Robert J. Jones
Chancellor