Office of Holistic Excellence

The Office of Holistic Excellence was developed to promote scholarly, creative, and practical  solutions to persistent challenges, particularly those related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Its goal is to support and encourage diversity of knowledge and thought, both of which are linked with open-mindedness. It also seeks to build empathy, curiosity, and mental fortitude as these allow us to engage with one another more positively and effectively across campus and beyond. The Office does not replace or eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Instead, it is designed to address DEI challenges more broadly and comprehensively. In addition, it focuses on transformative teaching and learning in an environment of civil discourse, reasoned argument, and truth seeking.

A recent LearningWell magazine article, What’s Your Story, helps to explain the vision for this office and how it aligns with DEI initiatives.

Mission Statement

  • Build an adaptive and holistic mindset among faculty, staff, and students.
  • Value the exploration of important topics that may be challenging or uncomfortable.
  • Facilitate a robust and inclusive diversity of thought and perspective on campus.
  • Capture views that may be marginalized, missing, or unheard.
  • Increase awareness of our human tendency toward bias and misconception.
  • Nurture and enrich an inclusive and equitable campus community.

OHE Co-Directors

Rima Berry-Hung

 

 

Rima Berry-Hung

Director of Human Resources

 

 

 

 

Shareia Carter

 

 

Shareia Carter

Director, Center for Social Justice and Inclusion

 

 

 

 

Marie Waung

 

 

Marie Waung

CASL Associate Dean

 

 

 

Focus Areas

Holistic Excellence Initiatives

  • Digital Storytelling Hub: A Mosaic of Voices.
  • Annual Campus Themes with Workshops, Activities, and Events.
  • Goals: an inclusive campus community; transformative teaching/learning; support of research linked with holistic excellence and DEI.

Enhancing the Mission

  • Consider and assess existing activities on campus and their relationship with the OHE.

Internal and External Partnerships

  • Develop a process and criteria for vetting partnership requests; develop and share a list of partners and specifics of what the partnership entails. Include offices such as HR, ECRT, and M-Healthy.

Academic Year Objectives

Office of Holistic Excellence

Administration Building
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, MI 48128
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