The HUB Advisory Council, Belmont's interdisciplinary council, is devoted to hope, unity and belonging efforts across campus and is focused on enhancing and embedding a culture of belonging, meeting community members where they are. The HUB Advisory Council meets regularly to support Belmont's hope, unity and belonging initiatives and serves in an advisory capacity to senior leadership. Members include administration, faculty, staff and students who represent the entire campus.
Mission & Vision
Mission: The champion of all campus-wide hope, unity and belonging efforts, the council is focused on implementing thoughtful strategies to enhance and embed a welcoming culture for faculty, staff and students.
Vision: The HUB Advisory Council’s vision is to ensure a welcoming climate, campus and workplace environment, and educational curriculum for all students, faculty and staff at Belmont University to thrive regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, background or experience.
What are Our Shared Values?
Access and opportunity: We are collectively responsible to ensure that all have access to opportunities for success.
Intercultural competence: We work to equip everyone with cognitive affective and behavioral skills and characteristics to support their effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of intercultural contexts.
Unity and collaboration: We work together as individuals and groups toward a single purpose.
Leadership: We create an inspiring vision, model behavior, and motivate and inspire all to accomplish our vision.
Respect and civility: We exercise the fundamentals of courtesy, politeness, and consideration leading to mutual respect.
Belonging Partnerships Across Campus:
The HUB Advisory Council meets regularly to support Belmont's hope, unity and belonging initiatives and serves in an advisory capacity to senior leadership. Members include administration, faculty, staff, and students who represent the entire campus.
Members of the Faculty Senate and the University Staff Affairs Council partner with The HUB to understand how to better engage faculty and staff in belonging initiatives.
- The University held more than 20 listening sessions with students, faculty, staff and alumni to determine how Belmont could further demonstrate its commitment to be a welcoming campus that loves and values every individual.
- Extended the reach of the HUB Advisory Council by establishing dedicated sub-committees to focus on each core belonging strategy: Communication, Access and Success, Education and Campus and Community Engagement.
- In partnership with Student Life and the Office of Multicultural Learning & Experience (MLE), we have established and implemented a bias incident reporting system for students where they are able to share their concerns by reporting through the Office of the Dean of Students and submitting a Complaint & Bias Grievance Incident Reporting Form.
- In coordination with Human Resources, Belmont has added an informal resolution procedure for faculty and staff as an option for resolving disagreements and conflicts of various degrees of seriousness that may or may not rise to the level of a violation of the nondiscrimination policy.
- Expanded and strengthened all unity and belonging programming, providing opportunities for students, faculty, staff and community members to be involved, learn, and participate in an extensive lineup of events, speakers and panelists covering a wide range of fields and topics.
- Partnered with Sodexo for a Unity and Belonging Symposium for key campus leaders.
- Further developed self-directed learning opportunities for faculty and staff, as well as added opportunities for shared experiences and discussion in areas related to hope, unity and belonging.
- University You at Belmont
- Freedom Plaza
- Juneteenth Celebration as well as the establishment of an additional Juneteenth paid holiday for all employees.
- Belmont Accelerator for Social Innovation Collaboration, or BASIC. BASIC promises to encourage and empower individuals across Belmont’s campus to use their intellectual capital and faithful commitment for the betterment of students, the local community and the region.