{"id":1841,"date":"2016-08-08T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T14:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2016-08-26T09:03:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T13:03:35","slug":"notes-from-department-head-cal-ribbens-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/2016\/08\/08\/notes-from-department-head-cal-ribbens-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Department Head Cal Ribbens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The case for gathering and nurturing a diverse academic community is clear.\u00a0 Preparing computer scientists to create solutions for the whole world requires a community of computer scientists that reflects the whole world.\u00a0 Virginia Tech\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/inclusive.vt.edu\/vtpoc0.html\">Principles of Community<\/a>\u201d states it well: \u00a0\u201cwe affirm the value of human diversity because it enriches our lives and the University,\u201d and we seek \u201c\u2026 to create a community that nurtures learning and growth for all of its members.\u201d\u00a0 Besides being the right thing to do, time and time again I have seen the benefits of improved access and inclusion for everyone.\u00a0 When we bring together people from different cultures, backgrounds, viewpoints, and ways of thinking, we get better results \u2013 better teaching and learning, better creating, better problem solving.\u00a0 And it\u2019s just more fun to come to work when you are part of such a team.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Computer Science is committed to diversity and inclusion.\u00a0 Particularly in the last eight years under the leadership of Dr. Barbara Ryder, this commitment has increasingly become part of our department\u2019s culture.\u00a0 In many ways, we are just getting started, and I intend to build on this commitment and momentum during my term as department head.\u00a0 Please let us know if you have suggestions for ways to improve diversity in our department and our field, or to see how you can help.\u00a0 And check out the newly revamped section of our <a href=\"http:\/\/hosting.cs.vt.edu\/diversity\/\">website on diversity<\/a>, and news of the newly established <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/2016\/08\/08\/new-endowed-fund-to-support-diversity-in-computer-science\/?preview_id=1844&amp;preview_nonce=dac8bd99bb&amp;post_format=standard&amp;preview=true\">Barbara Ryder Fund for Diversity in Computer Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1283\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/Dr.-Ribbens-115x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ribbens\" width=\"115\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The case for gathering and nurturing a diverse academic community is clear.\u00a0 Preparing computer scientists to create solutions for the whole world requires a community of computer scientists that reflects the whole world.\u00a0 Virginia Tech\u2019s \u201cPrinciples of Community\u201d states it well: \u00a0\u201cwe affirm the value of human diversity because it enriches our lives and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1841"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1870,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions\/1870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}