Diversity is one of the most powerful gifts a university can offer. The Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs ensures that all Indiana University campuses celebrate diversity and empower all students, faculty, staff, and alumni to do their best work.
We welcome you to explore Indiana University’s Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs’ 2015-16 Annual Report. In it, you will note evidence of the strong, ongoing commitment IU has to diversity and inclusion. While OVPDEMA and IU as a whole understand that there is further work to do in order to create an environment that is welcoming to all students, we believe that we have made significant progress in that area, and will continue to make great strides.
IU will host 21st Century Scholars Day on Saturday, October 8, providing information about the 21st Century Scholars Program, a four-year, full-tuition scholarship for qualified Indiana resident students. Students can sign up for the program, check their status, and even take a virtual campus tour, an 11th-grade requirement.
IU representatives will be in Booth 511 throughout the event to host activities and answer questions.
Pre-register by Thursday, October 6, and receive a free IU gift bag!
Insight Into Diversity, the oldest and largest diversity-focused magazine in higher education, recently honored the IU Bloomington campus with a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for the second year in a row, while the IUPUI campus won a HEED Award for the fifth consecutive year.
Read more about the award
Campus Pride, a national nonprofit network of student leaders and campus groups devoted to improving college life for lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, and queer students across the U.S., named IU Bloomington in its 2016 list of top LBGTQ-friendly colleges, an accolade the campus received for the fourth time.
Read more about the ranking
Gabriel Escobedo, Graduate Assistant at La Casa Latino Cultural Center
“Immediately, the directors treated me like family. I felt like they were my aunts.”
Read Gabriel’s story
Grace Shen, 2016 IU Bloomington Commencement Speaker
“When you do start the conversation, you learn a lot from each other.”
Read Grace’s story
Chantel White, Groups Scholar
“Our parents tried as hard as they could, but they didn’t know the first thing about buying college textbooks.”
Read Chantel’s story
Diversity and multiculturalism show the true strength of a campus. In order to tackle broader issues facing us, we must bring together and reconcile our differences, and tap into the wealth of our diversity.
Mark Jallayu, IU Southeast Student Government Association President
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