Equity and Diversity Office

The equity and diversity office at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) monitors and advocates for TMCC's commitment to equity and affirmative action; for compliance with non-discrimination laws, rules, regulations, guidelines and policies; and for TMCC's efforts to sustain a diverse, inclusive community. The office is committed to achieving a positive, continuing and vigorous non-discrimination and compliance program by developing, planning, implementing and directing a college-wide affirmative action plan and promoting equity and diversity initiatives.

In order to achieve this program, the Equity and Diversity Office pledges to address, work with and uphold the following goals and commitments:

• To build and maintain a non-discriminatory environment in all facets of TMCC's programs as they relate to all members at TMCC including faculty, staff and students;
• To develop a diverse workforce, through outreach and affirmative action efforts, that reflects a demographic distribution in the service area, with regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability,veteran status and age;
• To coordinate with and assist TMCC's Human Resources Office in developing policies and procedures that will ensure diversified recruitment for the hiring of faculty, staff and professionals;
• To ensure that all recruitment, hiring and personnel transactions are conducted in conformity with federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations as they apply to the following: equal employment opportunity; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Nevada Revised Statues (NRS); Nevada Administrative Code (NAC); Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); the Nevada Faculty Alliance (NFA) and other applicable authorities;
• To work with TMCC's faculty and staff to facilitate the integration of diversity content into the curricula;
• To provide leadership and direction in advocating, facilitating, supporting and coordinating the development and delivery of college-wide programs that encompass academic and non-academic initiatives and co-curricular programs on issues of access, equity and diversity initiatives;
• To provide support to TMCC's enrollment management, recruitment and retention support efforts;
• To provide direction in establishing and maintaining a clearinghouse of information and resources on issues of access, equity and diversity and services to faculty, staff and students;
• To conduct equal employment opportunity training, including the prevention of sexual harassment, for the purpose of creating a full and meaningful understanding of applicable laws and that discrimination at any level will not be tolerated;
• To fully and objectively investigate complaints of discrimination filed by aggrieved faculty and staff;
• To represent TMCC in the community at large in promoting and disseminating TMCC's commitment to equal opportunity, equity and diversity at all levels of operations.

TMCC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.