Pl read the important message below – thank you. Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University From: Engfaculty-list [mailto:engfaculty-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Jamieson, Leah H. Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 8:06 AM To: Engfaculty-list@ecn.purdue.edu; Engap-list@ecn.purdue.edu; Engcs-list@ecn.purdue.edu Subject: "a time to reflect and start the conversation" College of Engineering Colleagues - Diversity is a core value of Purdue’s College of Engineering. Recent events around the country and at Purdue remind us - as some of our students, faculty, and staff are reminded every day - that we have much work to do to create a place that is genuinely diverse, welcoming, and inclusive. There will be no simple solution, there is no easy answer. I know, though, that it will take the entire community to make this a better place. For that reason, I am gong to borrow words from a message that ECE Professor Mimi Boutin sent to the ECE faculty. Their simplicity speaks volumes: "I would like to encourage each one of you to take a moment to read this collection of students' experiences with racism on campus, and to reflect on these: https://shareyournarrativeblog.wordpress.com<https://shareyournarrativeblog.wordpress.com/> Let's start the conversation.” We can and will add structure, discussions, programs, plans - but right now let us listen to our students' stories and let those stories give new empathy and renewed urgency to the conversation - because creating a respectful, welcoming climate is something that must belong to all of us. leah --- Leah H. Jamieson The John A. Edwardson Dean, College of Engineering Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Neil Armstrong Hall +1 765 494 5346 701 West Stadium Avenue +1 765 494 9321 (fax) Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 lhj@purdue.edu<mailto:lhj@purdue.edu> https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr<http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~lhj>