The Diversity Officer at TU Ilmenau, Andrea Krieg, has been unanimously re-elected by the Senate for a further term of office. Over the next three years, she will continue to represent the interests of diversity at the university.
Andrea Krieg, who has been the Diversity Officer at TU Ilmenau since the position was introduced in 2018, will continue her work over the next three years. The election was made by the Academic Senate at the suggestion of the Presidential Board and was confirmed unanimously.
As Diversity Officer, Andrea Krieg represents the interests of all members and affiliates of the university, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, gender identity or sexual orientation. In coordination with other representatives, such as the Equal Opportunities Officer and the Representative for Severely Disabled Persons, she helps to shape teaching, study and working conditions. She also works to eliminate existing disadvantages and advises those affected.
Andrea Krieg has set herself ambitious goals for her new term of office:
I want to help ensure that TU Ilmenau remains an open-minded place where a non-discriminatory university culture is practiced.
One focus of her work will be to make barriers visible and support their removal in order to create inclusive conditions that enable all members of the university to work and study healthily and successfully. She sees particular challenges in promoting a sense of community and living diversity:
How do we create good integration for all members of the university? And how can the values of our university's mission statement be experienced in daily practice? I want us to consciously grow as a community. This can be achieved through respectful, appreciative interaction, active non-judgmental listening, participatory discussion processes and a sense of community.