June 13, 2010Radio Liberación! Sunday June 13, 2010 on WEFT 90.1 FM Champaign, IL Update on the UIUC Unofficial Mascot .MP3 File is here This includes:
Here is a list of the recent FOIA Requested by undergraduate, Jerry George Vachaparambil of Elmhurst, Illinois: pdf files available hereDate: Friday, March 05, 2010 4:45 PM Targeted: UI President Interim Stanley O. Ikenberry and Urbana Chancellor Interim Robert Easter Search Terms: ‘Romano’, ‘Gonzales’, ‘Easter’, ‘Jerry’, ‘Ikenberry’, ‘VCSA’, ‘Mascot’, ‘the Chief’, ‘Student Affairs’, ‘OIIR’, “Inclusion’, ‘Racist’, ‘Indian’, ‘Ethics’, ‘Scandal’, and ‘Warrior’ be provided to me. I would like to obtain copies of these records.
Date: ? From: jerrygvk@vachas.com On Behalf Of Jerry George Vachaparambil Subject: FOIA Request (2827) Targeted: Debbie Reese, Assistant Director for the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations Ross Wantland, Associate Director of American Indian Studies John McKinn, Director of the Native American House Irvin Harrison, and Associate Vice Chancellor Anna Gonzales Search Terms: ‘Jerry’, 'Romano', Mascot’, 'Fanatic', 'radical', ‘the Chief’, 'Diversity', ‘Racist’, ‘Indian’, 'In Whose Honor', 'Dozier', ‘Ethics’, 'Review', 'Protest', 'Rally', 'iresist', 'warrior', 'kauffman', 'Antonio' and ‘Scandal’, between the dates 02/01/10 and 05/11/10
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 From: jerrygvk@vachas.com On Behalf Of Jerry George Vachaparambil Subject: FOIA Request (2828) Targeted: Assistant Director of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations Ross Wantland, Director of American Indian Studies Robert Warrior, Associate Director of American Indian Studies John McKinn, Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies Debbie Reese, Director of the Native American House Irvin Harrison, and Associate Vice Chancellor Anna Gonzales Search Terms: regarding or mentioning the following phrases the terms ‘Mascot’, 'Fanatic', 'radical', ‘the Chief’, 'Jesus', 'Diversity', ‘Racist’, ‘Indian’, 'In Whose Honor', 'Dozier', ‘Ethics’, 'Review', 'Protest', 'Rally', 'iresist', 'Antonio' and ‘Scandal’, between the dates of 12/05/08 to 05/07/2010 be provided to me.” The original request is attached
Date: May 13, 2010 From: jerrygvk@vachas.com On Behalf Of Jerry George Vachaparambil Subject: FOIA Request (2838) Targeted: Sheila Adele Lozano, John McKinn, Irvin D Harrison, Robert A. Easter, Renee Romano, Leslie K. Morrow, David W. Chih, Administrative Aide for Student Affairs Tammy Carswell, Director of the African American Cultural Center Nameka Bates, Assistant Director of the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations Ross Wantland, Director of the Women's Resource Center Patricia L. Morey, Program Coordinator for the Women’s Resource Center Rachel Storm, and Associate Vice Chancellor Anna Gonzales Search Terms: 'OIIR Survey', 'budget cuts', 'amalgamation', 'ignorant', 'pro-chief', 'include all students','racist', 'sexist', 'bigot', 'don't use school email', 'stop the resolution', 'block resoltion', 'Survey Results', 'Senator', 'hired army', 'Student Senate', 'ISS Resolution', 'rally', 'uc-imc','call me rather than email me', 'on the phone or in person rather than email', 'Chief', 'fanatic', 'text', 'mascot', and 'survey' between the dates of 2/08/09 to 05/11/2010 be provided to me.”
Date: Friday, May 24, 2010 From: jerrygvk@vachas.com Targeted: David W. Chih, Anna Gonzalez, Debbie Reese, Robert Warrior, Irvin Harrison, John McKinn, Ashley Tsosie-Mahieu, Ross Wantland, Search Terms: Chief Illiniwek, racists, fanatics, Mascot Issue, Next Dance between February 2010 and May 2010
FOIA FAQs - Illinios State Government Document REPORT OF A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Champaign, IL October 11-14, 2009 For The Higher Learning Commission A Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Issued January 12, 2010
DIVERSITY AND CAMPUS CLIMATE Page 37
The University has done much to address diversity and campus climate. Many of the efforts are outlined in documents such as the Project 2012 Transforming Illinois: Reenvisioning Diversity and Inclusion and some of the actions taken are included in the report to the HLC in response to the April 2004 focused visit. Further, the Self-study reports significant increases in underrepresented students (5.6%), faculty of color (91.3%) and academic professionals (42.9%). Positions, such as the Associate Vice President for Student Affair/Intercultural Relations, have been added to enhance diversity efforts. The Division of Student Affairs, in particular, has taken significant efforts to address campus climate. For example, in January 2009 the Student Affairs Diversity Training and Programs Committee was convened. The Committee was charged with determining the need for a training program and identifying targets for diversity education; identifying best practices; developing programs and modules to be piloted in 2009-2010; and developing methods for assessment of the programs. The final report was submitted in June 20, 2009. Some of the recommendations are currently being implemented. A significant step was taken by the Chancellor’s Office in providing tenure-track positions to the ethnic studies programs, which will soon achieve departmental status. In spite of all these efforts some challenges remain. The number of African American students has leveled off. Additional efforts will need to be instituted to increase the number of African Americans students enrolling in the University. Additionally, some students, faculty and staff feel that the University is not being aggressive enough in addressing diversity issues. The issue with the Chief is used as an example of the institution taking too long to address important issues and not taking advantage of opportunities to promote constructive dialogue.
Advancement Section University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Issued January 12, 2010 (Page 38)
It appears to the members of the team that many of the efforts put forth by the University are not being recognized by some students, faculty and staff. It is recommended that he administration institute additional communication efforts to reach the groups raising concerns. One recommendation is that administrative staff members seek out and meet with small groups of affected students and staff and work at gaining their trust, advice, and recommendations. It is also recommended that they take advantage of the many alumni of color who love the University to help carry the message. The University should be commended for its efforts in implementing new initiatives toincrease diversity and improve the institutional climate for under-represented individuals and now needs to communicate and coordinate those efforts to those most impacted.
C. Adequacy of Progress in Addressing Previously Identified Challenges Pages 9 & 10 The 1999 HLC team expressed concerns over the campus climate for diversity and inclusion in general, the controversy over Chief Illiniwek in particular, and the recruitment and retention of under-represented faculty and staff members. The team acknowledges significant progress concerning the recruitment and retention of under-represented faculty and staff members. HLC focused visit teams in 2002 and 2004 continued to express very Assurance Section University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign/1872 10 January 12, 2010 strong concern over the divisiveness and damage to the campus of the Chief Illiniwek issue. Although the Chief was “retired” in 2007(as noted concerning Criterion 1 and in the Advancement Report), there is a need for greater institutional attention, innovative approaches, and bold action concerning the campus climate for diversity and inclusion. Failure to address this issue undermines other institutional efforts that target improving diversity. In addition, differential treatment and responses to diversity issues involving underrepresented groups by university administration perpetuate the hostile environment for under-represented students, faculty, and staff and undermine other efforts to improve diversity. UIUC needs to focus greater institutional attention and action to improve the campus climate for diversity and inclusion.
I. OVERALL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION UIUC (page 34)
Public perception of the institution has been damaged by the 2009 admissions scandaland the resulting administrative transitions and replacements. Continued mishandling ofthe issue of the diversity and lack of replacement of the University mascot has fostereda climate of mistrust of university administration. Issues of low graduate student salaries, representation of Academic Professionals in governance, the huge negative impact of deferred maintenance on campus facilities, and immature assessment environment are other examples of lapses in administrative leadership that have significant negative impact on the institution and create significant challenges for its future development.
April 21, 2010
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