What is culture? Culture is all around us. It’s our environment. It consists of patterns of behavior that are supported by the shared experiences, values and beliefs of an organization. Why focus on values? Values inform the behaviors and norms that we expect to see. They guide our choices and actions and should be reflected in everything we do. From how we hire and promote, make decisions, educate and conduct research, and treat one another. Values should reflect who we are and what we stand for. Scope The scope of the Culture Journey has focused on identifying values, developing clarifying statements and example behaviors. In 2024 and beyond, the Culture Journey team will socialize the values and consider how the values may be integrated into university processes. Culture Partners Several partners across the university are working to enact meaningful policy and process reform, and develop and implement culture change at U-M, including the Office of Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX (ECRT), Ethics, Integrity and Compliance (EIC), the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) and many others. Culture Change Values Identification Working Group Twenty-one U-M faculty, staff and students were members of the working group in 2021-2022. Co-Chairs Patricia Hurn Dean of the School of Nursing Sonya Jacobs U-M Chief Organizational Learning Officer, Senior Director for Faculty and Leadership Development at Michigan Medicine Members Zarinah Aquil Project Manager, Office of the Provost Ellen Bauerle Executive Editor, University of Michigan Press David Brown Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion, Michigan Medicine Katherine Burson Associate Professor of Marketing, Stephen M. Ross School of Business Tabbye Chavous Director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity Blessing Egbuogu Student Representative, Rackham Maria Fields Student Representative, North Campus Sophia Fortunato Student Representative, Central Campus Hannah Glick Student Representative, Medical School Rachel S. Goldman Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, Professor of Physics and Associate Director, Applied Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and Sacua Nominee Grace Haubert Student Representative, Central Student Government Freda Herseth Professor of Voice, School of Music, Theatre & Dance Anne Huhman Associate Director, Sapac, Student Life Reshma Jagsi Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences, Michigan Medicine Tiffany Marra Director of the Center for the Education of Women. Sascha Matish Associate Vice Provost and Senior Director of Academic Human Resources Patty Petrowski Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Byron Roberts Deputy Chief of Staff, College of Engineering Tami Strickman Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity Katrina Wade-Golden Deputy Chief Diversity Officer Eric Ward Project Representative, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, and Voices of the Staff Representative Staff Support Carol Lee Chief of Staff, Organizational Learning Jane Pettit Director of Programming, Organizational Learning Carmeda Stokes Strategic Initiatives Consultant, Organizational Learning Sara Wiener Project Manager, Organizational Learning
What is culture? Culture is all around us. It’s our environment. It consists of patterns of behavior that are supported by the shared experiences, values and beliefs of an organization.
Why focus on values? Values inform the behaviors and norms that we expect to see. They guide our choices and actions and should be reflected in everything we do. From how we hire and promote, make decisions, educate and conduct research, and treat one another. Values should reflect who we are and what we stand for.
Scope The scope of the Culture Journey has focused on identifying values, developing clarifying statements and example behaviors. In 2024 and beyond, the Culture Journey team will socialize the values and consider how the values may be integrated into university processes.
Culture Partners Several partners across the university are working to enact meaningful policy and process reform, and develop and implement culture change at U-M, including the Office of Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX (ECRT), Ethics, Integrity and Compliance (EIC), the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) and many others.
