SUBJECT:

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Nominations

I am pleased to announce the nomination period for the Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Awards. This event is
designed to recognize those individuals, departments and organizational
units who have made outstanding contributions to the diversification of
the career staff work force at UCSD during the affirmative action
reporting period for May 1, 1996 through October 31, 1997.

Nominations will be received at Equal Opportunity/Staff Affirmative
Action office at Torrey Pines Center south, Room 370. All nominations
must be received by Friday, October 31, 1997. Electronic nominations
will be considered provided all nominating material and personal
electronic endorsements from the nominators are received by the deadline.
Please send your nomination to Linda Olvera at lolvera@ucsd.edu.

A committee consisting of a representative from each Vice Chancellor unit
has been appointed to review nominations.

Nomination Criteria:

l. Individuals or groups which have demonstrated competence and
support of the University's equal opportunity and affirmative action
objectives by making significant contributions to UCSD's in one or more
of the following areas:

* VALUING DIVERSITY

Encouraging diversity in the participation of
unit/division/department in activities.

* MANAGING THE DYNAMICS OF DIFFERENCE

Using effective strategies for solving conflict among people
whose cultural backgrounds and values may be different.

* ASSESSING ONE'S CULTURE

Recognizing how your culture including the organizational culture impact
others.

* INSTITUTIONALIZING DIVERSITY

Incorporating knowledge into the organization by integrating
information and skills that enable effective cross-cultural interactions.

* ADAPTING TO DIVERSITY

Making changes to practices and/or behaviors to demonstrate
cross-cultural recognition.

2. Departments which have demonstrated competence and support for
the University's equal opportunity and affirmative action objectives by
making significant contributions in one or
more of the following areas (as defined above):

* VALUING DIVERSITY
* MANAGING THE DYNAMICS OF DIFFERENCE
* ASSESSING ONE'S CULTURE
* INSTITUTIONALIZING DIVERSITY
* ADAPTING TO DIVERSITY

3. Departments that have shown progress in increasing the
representation of women or people of color over a period of time. This
criterion will also consider the number of placement goals that they
have met during this period.

4. Departments that have diversified their work force by
increasing the representation of other protected groups such as people
with disabilities, special disabled veterans, and Vietnam-era veterans.

In order to give all nominations adequate opportunity, length of the
narrative statement should not exceed 300 words. Supplemental materials
such as newspaper articles can be submitted. All materials must be received
by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 3, 1997. All award recipients will be
announced prior to the awards reception on Friday, December 12, 1997.

Paula C. Doss Director of Human Resources for Equal Opportunity/Staff Affirmative Action

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> Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Nomination Form

We the undersigned nominate the following
employee/department/organizational unit for the Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity award:

________________________________________________________________________
Nominee's Name                    Nominee Payroll Title

________________________________________________________________________
Department/Organizational Unit's Name          Vice Chancellor Area

To be considered valid, each nomination must be signed by the Principal
Nominator and two endorsers.

________________________________________________________________________
Principal Nominator                   Department
(please print legibly)

________________________________________________________________________
Signature                        Extension

Endorsers:

1._____________________________________________________________________
Name (please print legibly)                 Department

_______________________________________________________________________
Signature                        Extension

2._____________________________________________________________________
Name (please print legibly)                 Department

_______________________________________________________________________
Signature                        Extension

The deadline for submission of this form and narrative statement is 4:30
p.m. Monday, November 3, 1997. Nomination forms may be submitted at the
following address:

Equal Opportunity/Staff Affirmative Action
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Awards
Torrey Pines Center South
10280 N. Torrey Pines Rd., Room 370, 3rd Floor
Fax: 534-8578 Phone 534-3694