Diversity Profile
- The University of La Verne is committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and candidates for employment. There shall be no discrimination against any person based upon race, religious creed, color, age (40 or older), national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability (see footnote #1), medical condition (see footnote #2), marital status, sex, actual or perceived sexual orientation, or against disabled veterans of the Vietnam era. This policy encompasses personnel actions including but not limited to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, training, compensation and terms and conditions of employment.
- All managers, supervisors, and employees are expected to fully comply with the Equal Employment Opportunity Program. Any individual may communicate any questions or concerns to the Chief Human Resources Officer.
Footnotes:
- Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, anatomical loss, or any mental or psychological disorder that substantially limits one or more life activities, or a record of such an impairment, or a person who is regarded as having such an impairment. Includes sight, speech, hearing impairments, HIV, AIDS, and AIDS related complex, and any other physical or mental impairment requiring special education or related service.
- Any health impairment associated with a diagnosis of cancer, for which a person has been rehabilitated or cured; and genetic characteristics.
The Office of Human Resources, Contact Information
Jody Bomba
Chief Human Resources Officer
University of La Verne
1950 Third Street
La Verne, CA 91750
(909) 448-4076
- Diversity is an active and intentional commitment to support and embrace difference and multiplicity for the sake of expanding knowledge, educating capable citizens, developing the whole person, and serving our local and global communities. Promoting and sustaining diversity is a commitment to educational quality, social justice, and the creation of positive, respectful communities. Diversity means more than just acknowledging and/or tolerating difference. Diversity is a set of conscious practices that involve:
- Understanding and appreciating the interdependence of humanity, cultures, and the natural environment.
- Practicing mutual respect for qualities and experiences that are different from our own.
- Understanding that diversity includes not only ways of being but also ways of knowing;
- Recognizing that personal, cultural and institutionalized discrimination creates and sustains privileges for some while creating and sustaining disadvantages for others;
- Addressing practices that perpetuate discrimination and unfair treatment while also instituting other practices that support diversity and diverse people.
- Building alliances across differences so that we can work together to eradicate all forms of discrimination.
Joy L. Lei
Chief Diversity and Inclusivity Officer
Office of Diversity and Inclusivity
University of La Verne
1950 Third Street
La Verne, CA 91750
(909) 448-4513
- Coalition for Diversity
- The Coalition for Diversity is a campus-wide special interest group of faculty, staff and students who are passionate about and committed to creating a climate of acceptance and respect for all kinds of diversity at the University of La Verne.
- Chicana/o, Latina/o Staff and Faculty Association (CLSFA)
- The goals of CLSFA are as follows:
- To create an inclusive support mechanism for Latina/o, Chicana/o, Hispanic, Indijena, ally staff and faculty.
- To support students in their academic, spiritual, social and cultural journey.
To serve as a contributing entity and advocate for supporting the University of La Verne in its desire to be a multicultural learning community.
La Verne has a legacy of contributing to the community around us, part of our long-term value system. With The La Verne Experience, community engagement is integrated into the curriculum to provide experiences where students and the community partners learn from time together to create lasting change. Beginning in the fall of 2012, over 500 members of the incoming freshman class engage each year with the community at the Union Rescue Mission, doing beach and mountain clean-up, working with Habitat for Humanity, plus many other projects. Through these community partnerships, students bring the power of La Verne alive.