Mission: To promote leadership towards the improvement and sustainability of a diverse and inclusive community of learners valuing the contributions of a multicultural environment while providing guidance and assistance to the President and college leadership on programs, classes, policies and practices promoting excellence, equity, and effective teaching and learning in the Bluegrass district.
Vice President for Office of Multiculturalism and Inclusion serves as a catalyst to:
- Recruit, retain, graduate and/or transfer multicultural students
- Provide ongoing diversity and cultural enrichment for faculty, administrators, staff and students
- Assist multicultural students in their day-to-day access and ongoing concerns of inclusion within the community college setting
- Develop continuous outreach efforts to serve underrepresented populations
- Promote cultural exchange in the college setting
"A college is just a community, a place where sacredness of the person is honored and where diversity is aggressively pursued."--The Carnegie Foundation
Introduction to Multiculturalism and Inclusion (PDF)
BCTC Multiculturalism and Inclusion Staff:
Vice President Charlene Walker Bluegrass Community and Technical College 470 Cooper Drive, 206E Oswald Building Lexington, KY 40506-0235 859/246-6438 or x56438 Fax: 859/246-4676 charlene.walker@kctcs.edu International Student Services Coordinator Wendell Sparks 859/246-6437 or x56437 wendell.sparks@kctcs.edu | Diversity Outreach Coordinator James Chambers 859/246-6781 or x56781 james.chambers@kctcs.edu Hispanic Outreach Coordinator Erin Howard 859/246-6436 or x56436 erin.howard@kctcs.edu
Administrative Assistant Bobbie A. Jackson 859/246-6439 or x56439 Bobbie.Jackson@kctcs.edu |