Building Renaming Policy

Procedures for Addressing Concerns Related To Names

Endorsed by Smith’s Board of Trustees, February 2024

的 命名的政策 of 澳门葡京博彩软件 indicates that “Where a concern about an existing naming is raised, the President may task the College Archivist with conducting preliminary research to be reviewed by the Vice President for 公平与包容 and any additional members of the President’s Team she deems necessary to determine whether a committee should be convened to discuss potential 重命名. If so, the Procedures for Addressing Concerns Related To Names will be followed.” 的 document serves to outline the procedures by which naming concerns are reviewed and solutions proposed.

澳门葡京博彩软件 has a long history of conferring naming honors to a variety of buildings, interior and exterior spaces, 项目, centers and objects since its earliest days. 的se names become part of the fabric of the 澳门葡京博彩软件 experience. 像这样, the college seeks to ensure that the practice of naming is undertaken with care and deliberation. 澳门葡京博彩软件 is committed to creating an inclusive, equitable and accessible educational community where all members are welcomed, respected and valued. That commitment to inclusion extends to the naming included in this policy. 的 College recognizes that names can influence how welcome individuals feel in an environment and strives to ensure that present-day users of campus buildings feel welcome studying, working and/or living in them. 像这样, the college seeks to ensure that the practice of naming is undertaken with care and deliberation.

If 重命名 is proposed due to concerns regarding the existing name, the Procedures for Addressing Concerns Related To Names will be undertaken with great care and thoughtful discernment. It is important to research the totality and trajectory of the namesake’s actions and expressed beliefs. Renaming should not result in erasing or sanitizing institutional history; rather, we should make explicit and seek to address the complex and sometimes problematic nature of our growth as an institution. Consideration of 重命名 is an opportunity for discourse, learning and community engagement. To fulfill these principles, the College should consider all possible avenues, including educational mechanisms (e.g., 一个空斑, 一个网站, a lecture series) to enable community members to grapple with the nuances of a namesake’s positive and negative contributions. Renaming or 不能重命名, educational mechanisms, and other actions may be undertaken exclusively or simultaneously.

When concern about a namesake arises, the President may task the College Archivist with conducting preliminary research to be reviewed by the Vice President for 公平与包容 and any additional members of the President’s Team they deem necessary to determine whether a committee should be convened to discuss potential 重命名. 如果总统, in consultation with the President’s Team, determines that the preliminary research reveals sufficient evidence to warrant a full consideration, relevant team members will convene an ad hoc committee appointed by the President to undertake this work.

的 committee will include students, staff and faculty chosen in collaboration with relevant governing groups. 正常情况下, the committee will include the College Archivist and other appropriate representatives as determined by the President or their designee. 委员会将:

  • Conduct or commission substantive and extensive research into the namesake; the quality of the research must adhere to the highest academic standards.
  • Undertake a holistic discussion guided by the principles stated above
  • Solicit input from all members of the Smith community
  • Make a recommendation to the President, articulated in light of the principles. 的se recommendations may include, but are not limited to, 重命名, 不能重命名, providing education about the namesake, any combination thereof, or any recommendation the committee believes necessary to accomplish these principles.
     

After receiving the committee's recommendation, the President will take appropriate action based on that recommendation, including engaging the naming authority noted in the 命名的政策 如果相关.