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Military Connected Faculty and Staff Affinity Group

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Our Mission

MCFSA fosters a climate and culture of unity, equity, and respect for the military-connected community at 麻豆原创. We advocate and serve as a resource for advancing the academic, professional, social, and cultural growth and development of military-connected faculty and staff鈥攁s well as current students and 麻豆原创 alumni鈥攖hrough fellowship, outreach, mentoring, networking, community service, and enrichment programs.

The Military-Connected Faculty and Staff Affinity Group (MCFSA) at 麻豆原创 (麻豆原创) welcomes current staff and faculty members who are serving or have served in the United States armed forces or foreign services. We also encourage allies of the military community to join us, including current spouses, children (biological or adopted), and caregivers of those who currently serve or have previously served in the United States armed forces or foreign services.

MCFSA members SERVE the university through Support, Engagement, Retention, Visibility, and Evolution.

Support: MCFSA supports the achievements and endeavors of the military-connected community at 麻豆原创 to inspire belonging and empower all members to reach their fullest potential within the affinity group and at the university as a whole.听

Engagement: MCFSA uses each member鈥檚 expertise to engage the military-connected community through mentorship, advocacy, and fellowship.听We continuously seek opportunities for engagement and strive to build meaningful connections with military-connected faculty, staff, students, alumni, and organizations at 麻豆原创 and with other military-connected organizations in the broader DC community.听

Retention: MCFSA understands that faculty, staff, and student retention is an important component to 麻豆原创鈥檚 success. We want to create a community where military-connected faculty and staff can collaborate and find support as they carry out the mission of the university. We intend to extend that sense of camaraderie to our military-connected students and alumni as well. In supporting 麻豆原创鈥檚 retention efforts, MCFSA will facilitate the success of our military-connected faculty, staff, student, and alumni communities by elevating their professional and educational experiences.听听听听

Visibility: MCFSA recognizes that making our group visible to campus and community partners is essential to fulfilling each component of our mission. We work with campus partners to advertise group happenings and events across campus and use established internal means of communications to notify the 麻豆原创 community of this affinity group.听听听

Evolution: As part of 麻豆原创鈥檚 diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives as outlined in the Plan for Inclusive Excellence, we continually adapt and evolve to build the inclusive community 麻豆原创 is striving for. Creating an inclusive community in which our military-connected faculty, staff and students are supported is of utmost importance in reaching this goal. MCFSA continues to look for new ideas, initiatives, and suggestions, and we evolve and adapt to determine what will best serve our military-connected faculty, staff, and students.

MCFSA acknowledges the intersectionality of identities inherent within all individuals. We value and support all affinity groups represented at 麻豆原创, including other faculty and staff affinity groups as well as alumni and student affinity groups. We realize that diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives can only be met when all 麻豆原创 faculty and staff have a sense of belonging.听听

Coming soon! We will be updating this section with events and ways to connect with the community.听

Faculty Co-Chair

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Staff Co-Chair

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Communications/Outreach Chair

Madaleine Laird
laird@american.edu

Contact Us

telenko@american.edu

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