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The ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Diversity Committee comprises faculty, staff and students who work with all academic and administrative offices to monitor our community’s needs and to coordinate activities that enhance recruitment, retention, the curriculum and the climate. Recommendations for DEIB improvements and growth are made to the President and Board of Trustees via the Office of the Provost. This committee was established in 1998 and representatives from each of our new School and College diversity councils were added in 2020.

¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s School and College Diversity Councils were established in 2020 and are an ideal place for individual community members to help foster more localized change. Reporting to the respective dean of each school, college and University Libraries, each council works closely with our Academic Diversity Implementation Team and the University’s Diversity Committee.

ADIT is a faculty-led group focused on Universitywide actions related to curricular enhancement, hiring practices, and supporting and promoting diversity with support from the Office of the Provost and the Office of Diversity, Equity Inclusion and Belonging.

Our alumni are an important part of ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s welcoming community. Our Pride Affinity Group and our Multicultural Alumni Chapter Affinity Group connect our graduates with a shared commitment to helping us further ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s DEIB goals.

The ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Pride Committee promotes visibility, acceptance and inclusion of our LGBTQIA+ community members through programs of action and education that raise consciousness, encourage sensitivity, develop allies and provide opportunities for support and community. The Committee partners with a number of other campus groups to support LGBTQIA+ causes.

In 2020, ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies celebrated 50 years of interdisciplinary teaching, scholarship and cultural programming focused on exploring the historic, cultural, socioeconomic and political dimensions of people of African descent.

¹û½´ÊÓƵ students have countless opportunities to make positive changes on campus and in our communities. Our student-run organizations comprise a breadth of interests, voices, and backgrounds.

The Equitable ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Action Team was established in 2020 as a student-centered council empowered to make strategic recommendations to University leadership for addressing and combating racism, oppression, implicit bias and microaggression

As we attain our goal of becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), our HSI Task Force helps ensure that resources exist for ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s Hispanic students to thrive here.

Students of color at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ are invited to be part of Homeplace, sponsored by the Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies.

The Achan Family Interfaith Center fosters the ecumenical spirit on the campus; provides opportunities for worship and fellowship; and encourages discussion of spiritual values and sharing of religious traditions.

We have welcomed students and scholars from 65 countries home to ¹û½´ÊÓƵ. Their supportive world-class experience is ensured by caring expertise, thoughtful programming, regulatory guidance and professional advice.

Formerly known as the DACA, International and Immigration Task Force, the group works to monitor and actively respond to issues related to DACA and immigration, and to erase barriers to student success by creating and strengthening on and off-campus partnerships that support our goals

¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s LGBTQIA+ Task Force’s ultimate goal is for ¹û½´ÊÓƵ to be an authentically inclusive campus for all community members and for students, faculty, and staff who identify as LGBTQIA+.

Our Student Veteran Task Force helps ensure that ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s veteran students continue to have the resources, support, and flexibility they need for a world-class academic experience.

¹û½´ÊÓƵ is one of few institutions of higher education to be named a Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). This group works to help erase structural barriers to equal treatment and opportunity on campuses and in communities.