Rhetaugh G. Dumas Award Nomination

The Rhetaugh G. Dumas Progress in Diversifying Award

Rhetaugh Dumas was an esteemed leader with vision, insight, and wise counsel who had a major impact in the advancement of nursing, health care, and academic programs at U-M. Vice Provost Emerita Dumas was the first African-American woman to hold the position of a Dean at the University of Michigan when she was appointed in 1981. She remained Dean of Nursing until 1994, when she was named the inaugural vice provost for health affairs and the Lucille Cole Professor of Nursing. Prior to those appointments, she was the first woman and first nurse to serve as a deputy director of the National Institute of Mental Health. Dumas was Deputy Director, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (1979-1981) and before that, Chief, Psychiatric Nursing Education Branch of the Division of Manpower and Training Programs (1972-1976). She was also a founding member, a Charter Fellow, and a former president of the American Academy of Nursing. Dumas served the University of Michigan for over 20 years with vision and a commitment to excellence.

The rationale for the Rhetaugh G. Dumas Award is that achievement of a diverse faculty requires an institutional commitment to change that transcends the impact of individual actors. The Academic Women's Caucus seeks nominations of units that have demonstrated the vision, commitment and dedication to achieve a truly diverse faculty.

Academic Women's Caucus is pleased to accept nominations for the Rhetaugh G. Dumas Progress in Diversifying award. Selection will be based on the academic unit's goals to increase the equity and inclusion of new and existing diverse faculty by race and gender, potential impact of those goals, and progress towards reaching those goals.

Self-nominations from academic units for 2024-2025 are due October 23, 2024. Nominations from all three University of Michigan campuses- Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn, are encouraged.

A Unit Leader is required to attend the Award Ceremony that will happen in Winter Term 2025 on February 13, 2025.

Questions? Contact Dr. Liz DeBetta at ldebetta@umich.edu

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Part I:

Please describe the metrics being utilized by your unit to assess progress in increasing inclusion, equity, and diversity among all ranks of faculty (Junior, Untenured, Tenured Associate, Tenured Full).

Part II:

In 1,000 words or less, please describe the “best practices” developed and implemented over the last 5 years to promote diversity, equity and inclusion; successful recruitment; increase retention & promotion; and enhance faculty development & mentoring practices. Include a description of how the metrics described in Part 1 tell a story about progress made in your unit to diversify faculty along racial, ethnic and gender lines, and how that diversification affected your academic unit. Please attach a file in response.

Please share any additional information that is not included in Part I or Part II that may be helpful to the review committee.