Initiatives
At WEDIG, we are constantly innovating new ideas to promote our mission below. Check out a few below!
At WEDIG, we are constantly innovating new ideas to promote our mission below. Check out a few below!
| Training Committee | To provide DEI training and workshops to improve inclusivity within various constituents of the Wharton community, including but not limited to faculty, student leaders, and student workers. |
| Faculty Engagements | To build on our pilot course, Social Justice, and improve our engagements with faculty to improve DEI conditions in the classroom |
| Community Engagement | To offer unique spaces to engage members of the Wharton community with WEDIG's mission |
| Marketing | To focus on promotion and outreach for all WEDIG initiatives and partnerships and expand WEDIG's presence in the Wharton community |
| New Member Initiative (F '23) | To engage and educate members new members of WEDIG to generate fresh ideas for the organization. This initiative will run in the Fall '23 semester. |
| Data Collection (S '24) | To generate qualitative and quantitative data related to DEI and create measurable tools towards WEDIG's DEI goals. This initiative will run in the Spring '24 semester. |
| Wharton 1010 | ... |
| WEDIG Week | ... |
| WEDIG Student Grants | ... |
| Recruiting Task Force | ... |
| DEI in the World | ... |
| Tracking Belonging Report | ... |
| Internal | To generate qualitative and quantitative data related to DEI and create measurable tools towards WEDIG's DEI goals |
| Diversity in Clubs | To incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into Wharton clubs |
| Diversity in the Classroom | To create a seminar-based class that covers the intersection of business and social justice issues |
| Community Engagement | To engage members of the Wharton community with WEDIG's mission |
| Marketing | To improve WEDIG's presence in the Wharton undergraduate student body |
| General Body Members | To engage members of the Wharton community with WEDIG's mission |
| WEDIG Creative Task Force | To create branding for WEDIG and expand WEDIG's presence in the Wharton community |
| Corporate Social Justice Course | To create a seminar-based class that covers the intersection of business and social justice issues |
| Data Collection | To generate qualitative and quantitative data related to DEI and create measurable tools towards WEDIG's DEI goals |
| WEDIG Advisory Board | To create an advisory board consisting of Wharton professors which will provide learning, mentorship, and leadership development opportunities for all WEDIG board members. |
| Club Recruitment | To incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into Wharton clubs |
| Community Forums & Focus Groups | To facilitate greater communication between WEDIG and the Wharton undergraduate student body |
| Tracking Multicultural Belonging | To generate qualitative and quantitative data related to DEI and create measurable tools towards WEDIG's DEI goals |
| Corporate Social Justice Course | To create a seminar-based class that covers the intersection of business and social justice issues |
| DEI in Wharton Curriculum | To ensure student exposure to DEI concepts and applications through the Wharton Leadership Journey and Wharton Undergraduate Academic Experience |
| Diversity in Wharton Admissions | To increase diversity of ideas, perspectives, and experiences of the Wharton undergraduate student body through an inclusive and robust recruitment effort of underrepresented high schools nationwide. |
| Club Recruiting | To incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into Wharton clubs |
| Diversity Day | To promote, express, and celebrate the differences and similarities between students in the Wharton community. |
| External Communication | To promote a stable and mutually beneficial exchange of information awareness, joint programming, and opportunity flow between WEDIG and campus organizations and the larger Penn community. To provide transparent platforms that can connect with students and provide resources to the Wharton student community. To establish long-term, frequent touchpoints and relationships with Wharton admistration to communicate student needs and find areas to collaborate. |
| Internal | To ensure that WEDIG is able to maintain organizational culture and effectiveness in how we function as a team |