Welcome to the Center for Diversity Initiatives (CDI). Our mission is to create a campus environment that embraces diversity and encourages inclusion. This environment is fostered through leadership, education, training and interaction in which all people can be creative, access opportunities and reach their fullest potential. CDI wants to affirm and promote the value of diversity and inclusion through the cultivation of mutual respect, acceptance and understanding.

Goals

• Nurture and support under-represented population.
• Create conditions for success.
• Collaborate with Division of Academic Affairs for curricular change.
• Promote a culturally enlightened campus environment.
• Engender equity and fairness.
• Educate students to live and work in a diverse world.
• Collaboratively develop diversity programs.
• Serve as a resource on diversity.
• Education and training on diversity.
• Disseminate knowledge on diversity.