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DIVERSITY PRESENT ATION SCHOOL OF DENT AL MEDICINE (SDM) JOSEPHINE LEV AN COORDINA TOR FOR EQUITY , DIVERSITY & INCLUSION SPENCER BUSIA ASSIST ANT DEAN FOR FINANCE & ADMINISTRA TION

SDM DIVERSITY WORK PLAN AT THE SDM WE V ALUE DIVERSITY AND THIS PLAN SERVES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW, EV ALUATE, DISCUSS, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENHANCE THE SCHOOL ’S COMMITMENT TO A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONALAND WORK SP ACE. EV ALUATED 11 ASPECTS OF OUR EXISTING WORK PLAN: • ACCOMPLISHED • MADE PROGRESS AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO BUILD AND EXP AND • NOT COMPLETED BUT IT IS STILL RELEV ANT AND WORTH PURSUING • NOT ST ARTED BUT IT IS STILL RELEV ANT AND WORTH PURSUING 2

ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIVERSITY WORK PLAN 1. SDM DIVERSITY WORK PLAN ALIGNS WITH THE UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY PLAN. 2. MENTORING PROGRAM BETWEEN FACUL TY OF COLOR AND MINORITY STUDENTS. 3. IMPROVE ON PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZA TIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 4. DEVELOP PIPELINES IN COLLOBORATION WITH UNDERREPRESENTED PROGRAMS. 5. APPOINTMENT OF SDM EQUITY , DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COORDINA TOR. 6. RE-EST ABLISHMENT OF THE SDM DIVERSITY COMMITTEE. 7. COLLABORA TE ON PIPELINE EFFORTS WITH THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (SOM). 8. FORM P ARTNERSHIPS TO INCREASE RECRUITMENT OF MINORITY STUDENTS. 9. HEAL TH PROFESSION FAIRS THA T T ARGET MINORITY POPULA TIONS. 10. PROVIDE DENT AL SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED, UNDERREPRESENTED AREAS. 11. STRENGTHEN URM PROGRAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL AND GRADUA TE STUDENTS. 3

SDM DIVERSITY WORK PLAN ALIGNS WITH THE UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY PLAN • STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY (SBU) CREA TED A DIVERSITY PLAN TO CENTRALIZE THE IMPLEMENT A TION AND DOCUMENT A TION OF DIVERSITY EFFORTS A T SBU. • THE PLAN IS A WORKING TIMELINE WHICH IS RE-EV ALUA TED EACH SEMESTER. • CELEBRA TING STUDENTS, RESIDENTS, FACUL TY AND ST AFF FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS IS AN ESSENTIAL P ART OF THE PLAN. • THE SDM AND THE HEAL TH SCIENCES SCHOOLS (I.E. HEAL TH TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT , MEDICINE, NURSING & SOCIAL WELFARE) ARE P ART OF THE PLAN. • THE SDM PLANS TO MEET THE DIVERSITY NEEDS INCLUDING PROVIDE P A TIENT CARE SERVICES TO UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDESERVED COMMUNITIES . 4

MENTORING PROGRAM BETWEEN FACUL TY OF COLOR AND MINORITY STUDENTS • SDM WILL RE-EV ALUA TE EXISTING MENTORING PROGRAM INITIA TIVES. • IMPLEMENT NEWL Y RESTRUCTURED MENTORING PROGRAMS BASED ON SCHOOL AND PUBLIC COMMUNITY. IMPROVE ON PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZA TIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM • WORK WITH THE OTHER HS SCHOOLS ON THE EXISTING POD PROGRAMS. • ST AFF FORUM TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORING PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY. • THE SDM EDI COORDINA TOR WILL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSEL Y WITH THE OTHER HS SCHOOLS. 5

DEVELOP PIPELINES IN COLLABORA TION WITH UNDERGRADUA TE PROGRAMS • SDM PROVIDES HIGH SCHOOL PIPELINE PROGRAMS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTY . • SDM IS ENHANCING HIGH SCHOOL PIPELINE PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. • SDM IS DEVELOPING A COLLEGE DENT AL PIPELINE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. 6

APPOINTMENT OF SDM EQUITY , DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COORDINA TOR • THE SDM HAS CREA TED EQUITY , DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COORDINA TOR POSITION. THE SDM EDI COORDINA TOR IS CHARGED TO RE-EST ABLISH THE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE, AND IS CURRENTL Y MEETING WITH THE STRA TEGIC PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE. RE-EST ABLISHMENT OF THE SDM DIVERSITY COMMITTEE • THE SDM WILL CONTINUE TO INVOL VE ST AFF , FACUL TY , STUDENTS ON DIVERSITY INITIA TIVES A T THE SCHOOL. • THE SDM EDI COORDINA TOR SERVES ON THE UNIVERSITY-WIDE AND HSC DIVERSITY COMMITTEES. 7

COLLABORA TE ON PIPELINE EFFORTS WITH THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (SOM) • AL SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOLA RS’ PROGRAM (DSSSP) IS AN DISCOVER DENT EXTENSIVE 5-DA Y TUITION-BASED COURSE FOR PRE-DENT AL STUDENTS. THREE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE A WARDED (ONE FOR DIVERSITY). • THE SDM IS DEVELOPING A NEW URM PIPELINE PROGRAM IN COLLABORA TION WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL P ARTNERSHIPS. FORM P ARTNERSHIPS TO INCREASE RECRUITMENT OF MINORITY STUDENTS • VISITS AND TOURS: CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL, ROOSEVEL T HIGH SCHOOL, WY ANDANCH, LIL T A CAMPUS VISITS (BRENTWOOD, ISLIP AND LONGWOOD), HOPE PROGRAM. • FAIRS: NA TIONAL ADEA GO DENT AL RECRUITMENT FAIR, STUDENT ORGANIZA TIONS, ADEA CHAPTER, AND RESEARCH MENTORSHIP . 8

HEAL TH PROFESSION FAIRS THA T T ARGET MINORITY POPULA TIONS • WE ARE WORKING ON IDENTIFYING PROFESSIONAL FAIRS IN THESE AREAS (UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES). • DEVELOPING COLLABORA TIONS WITH OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERSTO BROADEN THE USE OF THE DENT AL MOBILE V AN AND INCREASE THE DENT AL OUTREACH. PROVIDE DENT AL SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED, UNDERREPRESENTED AREAS THE SDM PROVIDES DENT AL SERVICES TO LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERANATIONAL URM CLINIC SITES. 9

STRENGTHEN URM PROGRAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL AND GRADUA TE STUDENTS • OPPORTUNITIES TO RECRUIT UNDERSERVED UNDERREPRESENTED POPULA TION ON STONY BROOK CAMPUS. • WORK CLOSEL Y WITH THE CIE AND EOP TO PROVIDE TURNER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS TO DENT AL STUDENTS. 10

SUCCESSES • EXPOSURE AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE DENT AL ASSISTANT PROGRAM LEADS TO ENROLLMENT AS DDS STUDENTS. • EXPOSURE AND OPPORTUNITY IN DSSSP LEADS TO ENROLLMENT AS DDS STUDENTS. • INCREASE IN DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS AND A WARDS. • APPOINTMENT OF THE SDM EDI COORDINA TOR IN DIFFICUL T BUDGET TIMES. • IMPROVEMENTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR DIVERSITY FOOTPRINTS. • SDM ST AFF FORUM TO GIVE VOICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERSE ST AFF POPULA TION. 11

OPPORTUNITIES • AN ACTIVE UNIVERSITY-WIDE DIVERSITY PLAN. • TO INCORPORA TE DIVERSITY IN THE SDM STRA TEGIC PLAN. • UINIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORA TIONS. • ACCESS TO DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS IN THE TRI-ST A TE AREA. • WORKING WITH THE SBU ADVANCEMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. • INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AMONG LEADERSHIP , ST AFF , FACUL TY & STUDENTS. • THE SDM ALUMNI BOARD TO ENGAGE IN DIVERSITY INITIA TIVES. 12

CHALLENGES • LOCA TION IS DIST ANT FROM THE HEAL TH SCIENCES AND MAIN CAMPUS. . • HIGH COST OF LIVING ON LONG ISLAND. • INCREASING HIGHER EDUCA TION COST. • HIGHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCA TION DEBT. • SUNY PROVIDES LITTLE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. • RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS. • URM FACUL TY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. 13

SDM QUESTIONS • HOW DO YOU RECRUIT UNDERSERVED/UNDERPRESENTED STUDENTS/ FACUL TY? • HOW DO YOU RET AIN UNDERSERVED/UNDERPRESENTED STUDENTS/FACUL TY? • DEVELOPING FUNDS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR URM STUDENTS? • HOW TO CONNECT WITH STEM AND WISE STUDENTS? • WHA T PIPELINE PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED IN YOUR UNIVERSITY? 14