The tri-campus Task Force on New Honorific Namings is seeking input from the university community as it works to develop policies and procedures for new honorific namings of facilities and prominent spaces at the University of Michigan.
Working with the Research & Evaluation team at the UM-ADVANCE Program, the task force has developed a short online survey to gather feedback. The survey will take five to 10 minutes to complete. The survey is anonymous, and no identifying information, like names or email addresses, will be collected.
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The survey was shared by email with the university community last week and will remain open through April 3.
The task force was convened by the Inclusive History Project, and it includes 15 members drawn from the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses and Michigan Medicine. Kristin Hass, professor of American culture in LSA and faculty coordinator of the Humanities Collaboratory, co-chairs the Honorific Naming Task Force with IHP co-chair Earl Lewis.
Lewis is the Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies and Public Policy; professor of history, and of Afroamerican and African studies in LSA; professor of public policy in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; and director of the Center for Social Solutions.
The task force co-chairs encourage people from across the university community to share their feedback through the survey.
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“We are undertaking this survey to hear what a broad array of faculty, staff, students and alumni think about the relationship of new honorific namings to the mission and values of the university,” Lewis said.
Hass added, “The task force feels that this is a crucial part of our process, and we look forward to hearing the insights that people across our campuses share through the survey.”
The task force plans to recommend revised policies and procedures for new honorific namings at the university to the Office of the President by the end of the academic year.
