Serenity Wright Email & Phone Number

Lexington, Ky, Us

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Developing and managing new innovation and entrepreneurship programs focused on inclusive innovation and creating equitable access to entrepreneurship and innovation training for underrepresented innovators at UK and in Kentucky.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

● Develop and implement educational programs that promote inclusion and engagement of all members of the Gatton community. This has included assuming responsibility for the Gatton College Mentoring Initiative for historically marginalized and first generation students. We established an advisory board of stakeholders to make data informed decisions to guide policy and procedure reform which has included changes to faculty merit reviews, teacher course evaluations, and hiring portfolios. ● Work with Gatton leaders to implement diversity and inclusion programs to recruit and retain students, faculty, and staff from historically underrepresented groups. nal, and alumni. We frequently have over 100 people in attendance virtually. ● Work with the University of Kentucky VP of Institutional Diversity, and diversity liaisons from other colleges to develop joint programs, implement best practices, and engage in a unified university-wide diversity and inclusion effort. ● Work with Gatton’s academic programs to develop, maintain and nurture relationships with outside affinity groups. This has included extensive internal and industry benchmarking and assessment of practices with all five academic departments to gather information around best practices for their particular field, and provide action items and measurable goals for future recruitment processes. ● Work with Gatton leadership and personnel on the College’s accreditation efforts. This has included building survey instruments to collect data around community and belonging, and implementing the survey to gain insight into the college climate for diversity, equity, and inclusion as led by the leadership within the College. ● Work with Gatton leadership and personnel on the College’s strategic plan to intentionally include diversity and inclusion efforts, best practices, and measurable goals.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

● Sustain and enhance the program direction of the Pathways through policy review, analysis, and program evaluation and development. Each year our students complete a graduation survey. Pathway students are consistently in the top categories for salaries and job offers. Over 80% of graduates indicated a positive outcome after graduation. ● Ensure students have essential employability skills that are documented, and students can provide evidence of experiential learning opportunities that ensure career success.● Work collaboratively with campus partners including: UK Honors, the College of Engineering, the Graham Office of Career Management, and the Stuckert Career Center; and collaborate with administrators, faculty, and staff to enhance name recognition of Global Scholars, Social Enterprise and SEAM programs with key constituents, including potential employers. I have led the charge to create the annual Business Innovation Summit that brings together the UK campus and the larger community to highlight innovation, and the annual business pitch competition for graduate and undergraduate students. This impacts well over 150 students each year. ● Serve as the academic advisor for all Gatton Honors Pathway Students providing personalized academic advising and professional development to over 230 students. We have increased retention in the program to over 90%, and established leadership and engagement opportunities by creating Pathway Student Executives, and intentionally building partnerships within the business community to create career pipelines. ● Collaborate with the Gatton College Recruiter to support the recruitment of high achieving students into Gatton College Honors Programs. This includes major presentations at Merit Weekends, recruitment visits, events and general communications, as well as reviewing all applications for the Pathways. Applications increased by 39.33%, and an additional 22.2% in the second year.

Lexington, Ky, Us

● Responsible for division compliance and accreditation for standards associated with the Kentucky Association for Chiefs of Police and CALEA.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Institutional Strategic Development● Intentionally foster and build a diverse and inclusive Transylvania community through campus and community engagement by evaluating and adjusting policies and best practicesSustain and enhance existing University systems and structures, including lectures and speaker series, curriculum, recruitment and retention in order to heighten awareness and sensitivity around issues of equity and cultural competencyContinue to strengthen University ties with its surrounding community through service with the community, sustainable partnerships and curricular engagements.Review and recommend policies so that all elements of campus reflect our commitment to the values of inclusion and respect.Sustain and enhance the globalization of the University through policy review, analysis, development, implementation, and ensuring accreditation standards are met for compliance with United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Southern Association for Colleges and Schools (SACS)Review and recommend policies and practices for diversity recruitment.Leadership Development● Support the growth and enhancement of all students through leadership and development opportunities:Create and implement leadership development opportunities that are inclusive of all student groups on campusCreate and implement a comprehensive leadership development program that encourages the recruitment and retention of studentsCreate and implement a consistent and comprehensive programming model rooted in collaboration, inclusion, equity, and engagement

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

● Intentionally foster and build a diverse and inclusive Transylvania community through campus and community engagement by evaluating and adjusting policies and best practices

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

● Assure campus wide compliance with federal regulations of international students in F-1 status, this includes a working knowledge of SEVIS and maintaining University systems in line with USCIS policyAssist the international students in adapting to American culture and campus life.Collaborate with colleagues to create programing and policies to assist the internationalization of our campus community

● My primary role, during my tenure at Woodford County High School, was to develop and assess policies around curriculum development (which required in depth knowledge and understanding of state and national standards for multiple content areas), resource distribution and scheduling.

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Education Policy And Evaluation

Master’S Degree, Curriculum And Instruction

B.A. In History