A&M Faculty Advertise for Inclusion

Following is the text of an advertisement placed in the Texas A&M student newspaper in early

December, 2003, following press reports that affirmative action would not be used in admissions. Text

sent via email by Professor Marco Portales of Texas A&M University. He notes that the media did not

publish any reports about this ad: Faculty Committed to an Inclusive Campus

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To

publicly respond to recent incidents and messages of discrimination prepared and widely promulgated by

various campus groups, we, the undersigned faculty, confirm and publicly reaffirm the University's

Mission Statement and its commitment to an inclusive campus environment.

Texas A&M

University is dedicated to the discovery, development, communication, and application of
knowledge

in a wide range of academic and professional fields. Its mission of providing the highest quality

undergraduate and graduate programs is inseparable from its mission of developing

new
understandings through research and creativity. It prepares students to assume roles of

leadership,
responsibility, and service to society. Texas A&M assumes as its historic trust the

maintenance of freedom of inquiry and an intellectual environment nurturing the human mind and

spirit.

It welcomes and seeks to serve persons of all racial, ethnic, and geographic

groups, women and men
alike, as it addresses the needs of an increasingly diverse population and a

global economy. In the twenty-first century, Texas A&M University seeks to assume a place of

preeminence among public
universities while respecting its history and traditions.

(Texas A&M Home Page,
http://www.tamu.edu/00/data/about.html, emphasis added.)

Robin

Fran Abrams
Jeff Ackerman
Marcelo Aguiar
Patricia L. Alford
Colin

Allen
Paul Almeida
Michael Alvard
Nancy Amato
Victor Arizpe
Mike

Ash
Sheela Athreya
Riad Attar
Scott W. Austin
Judith A.

Baer
Terrence M. Barnhart
Tammy D. Barry
Maura A. Belliveau
Ludy T.

Benjamin, Jr.
Harris M. Berger
Mindy Bergman
Dennis Berthold
Brenda L.

Bethman
Angela Bies
Carlos Kevin Blanton
Jon Bond
Eduardo Bonilla-

Silva
Heather Bortfeld
Douglas Brooks
Kimberly N. Brown
Vaughn M.

Bryant
Mary Bryk
Walter Buenger
James Burk
Karen L. Butler-

Purry
Gaile S. Cannella
David L. Carlson
Rollyn B. Carlson
Linda

Castillo
Filipe Castro
Antonio Cepeda-Benito
Feinian Chen
Federica

Ciccolella
Lauren Cifuentes
Adrienne Colella
Michael Collins
Jonathan

Coopersmith
Leon W. Couch III
Kevin J. Crisman
Ben M. Crouch
Jeff

Cunningham
Vesna Danilovic
Sumana Datta
Donna S. Davenport
Emily S.

Davidson
Stephen E. Davis
Darryl de Ruiter
Giovanna P . Del Negro
Angelo

DeNisi
Cynthia E. Devers
Katherine M. Dietrich
Donnalee Dox
Lorraine

Eden
George C. Edwards III
Maria Escobar-Lemmon
John Fenn
Barbara

Findlay
Lee A. Fitzgerald
Mark Fossett
Sarah N. Gatson
Fran

Gelwick
Heather Gert
Lisa Gilman
Kay Goldman
Carlos F. Gonzalez
Tom

Green
Gale Hannigan
Elizabeth A. Hastings
Cecelia E. Hawkins
Kathryn

Henderson
Alan Houtchens
Mary Hovsepian
Becky Hubley
Patricia A.

Hurley
William Hyman
Marian Hyman
Brian Imhoff
Andrea Imhoff
Tazim

Jamal
Ute Jamrozy
Hank C. Jenkins-Smith
Joseph O. Jewell
R. Malatesha

Joshi
Gregor Kalas
Hilaire Kallendorf
Diane S. Kaplan
Howard B.

Kaplan
Eileen Kearney
Wendy L. Keeney
Kennicutt
Michelle Hall

Kells
Katherine Kelly
Bill Kibler
Jimmie Killingsworth
Laura

Koehly
Daniel Koetting
Gerald Kulm
Antonio C. La Pastina
Rafael Lara-

Alecio
Ruth Larson
Shang H. Lee
Jan Leighley
Peter Lieuwen
Shaun

Longstreet
Roel R. Lopez
Marty Loudder
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.
Arvind

Mahajan
Joan E. Manley
Howard Marchitello
Laurine Elkins Marlow
Manuel

Martín-Rodríguez
Pamela R. Matthews
Marlynn May
John J. McDermott
David

McWhirter
Mary W. Meagher
Kenneth J. Meier
Chris Menzel
Katherine

Miller
Anthony Mora
Jack Nation
Cary J. Nederman
William H.

Neill
Nancy E. Northup
Donna E. Norton
Mary Ann O’Farrell
Joseph T.

O’Leary
Larry Oliver
Alexander Pacek
Richard Parker
Paul A.

Parrish
Linda Parrish
Kevin Patton
Stephanie C. Payne
David

Peterson
Scott Poole
Marco Portales
Dudley S. Poston
Larson

Powell
Harland Prechel
Cemal Pulak
Christopher M. Quick
Linda

Radzik
Lawrence Rauchwerger
Steve Rholes
Mitchell F. Rice
George

Rogers
Werner Rose
James Rosenheim
Victoria Rosner
Rogelio

Saenz
Stephen Safe
James E. Samuel
Charles D. Samuelson
Roger

Sansom
J. Martin Scholtz
Roger Schultz
Susan G. Scott
David

Scott
John M. Scroggs
Jane Sell
Barbara F. Sharf
Carol L.

Silva
Nancy Simpson
Jeff Simpson
Ercan Sirakaya
N. Sivakumar
R.

Douglas Slack
R.C. Slocum
Jane A. Smith
Laura M. Stough
Richard

Street
John K. Thomas
Patricia E. Tolciu
Gary Varner
Cynthia

Werner
Virginia West
Guy D. Whitten
Patricia P. Wiese
Charles W.

Wiggins
David Wilborn
Teresa Wilcox
Joe Williams
Kirk O.

Winemiller
Peter A. Witt
Jennifer Wollock
B. Dan Wood
Wendy

Wood
Richard Woodward
Lori E. Wright
Takashi Yamauchi
Danny L.

Yeager
To learn more about Faculty Committed to an Inclusive Campus, contact Harris M. Berger at

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