Marietta College's Statement On Diversity And Inclusion

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) are experiencing low retention rates with first generation college students. The students are not graduating within a four to six year enrollment period, and or are not returning after their freshmen year. As the American workforce looks to colleges and universities to fulfill the workforce pipeline with educated diverse workers, HBCUs are in the spotlight to produce qualified minority graduates. Moreover, HBCU’s are looking to refine their methods of inclusion and buy-in, this will in-turn manifest a higher level of retention amongst first generation college students.

Diversity is a term known for, "variety." To be diverse is to have a range of different types of people all in one place. Different types of people can range from their race, background, social class, age, or religion. Those are just a few examples that can separate a person from others. To be aware of diversity around you is something everyone should take note of. Many people may not realize that they live in such a diverse world that they do not know how to cope with someone when they do find someone with a different background than they do. Washburn University has a very diverse population and Washburn and most of the students and faculty are aware of this and take great pride in it. Washburn University is not the biggest college and it

Washburn University has always been proud of having diversity since it first opened its doors to the public 151 years ago. If you are to look around campus many are able to see how much diversity is valued by the campus as a whole, they know everyone is different and each person has their own story to tell. If a university made it where no one is allowed to talk about where they came before and how they ended up where they are in life. what is the point of being proud of who you are? For me, it is important for each person to be proud of the person who they are because they could have had to overcome so much in life to make it to this point of being an undergraduate.

For over a century the University of Texas (UT) has served as a leading institution educating America’s leaders, however; the lingering effects of prior discrimination haunt the campus. Due to perceptions that UT’s environment is not supportive of underrepresented minority students, the University lacks diversity within its student body. Regardless, UT continues to receive an overwhelmingly selective applicant pool. However, without student diversity UT deems it difficult to perform its mission of providing superior educational opportunities while aiding the advancement of our society.

This opportunity welcomed me into a community fondly referred to as “Black NCSU.” At the African American Cultural Center, I was surrounded by love and support from both students and staff who wanted to see me succeed on campus. Having a community of intelligent and successful black staff members was an escape from the daily exhaustion of being black in a predominately white institution. Each microaggression was fuel for my intense fire to see a change on campus, which was representation. Representation is important because it gives those who come after us the motivation to strive for more: “I am because you are, you are therefore I am.” With this new motto in mind, I applied to be an Orientation Leader with New Student Programs. Fortunately, I was granted a position as one of six other African American students. Knowing how fortunate I was to have this opportunity I used my position as an Orientation Leader to welcome the class of 2020 to the university. However, I will acknowledge my own bias. I paid special attention to students and families of color as I wanted to be a familiar face to inform them of spaces for black students. I was further able to reinforce this familiarity as a Multicultural Symposium Counselor through Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA). MSA gave me a platform, a voice, to reach younger students of color and pass on the message of

The Diversity Achievement Program is a 2 part program sponsored by the office of Diversity & Inclusion designed to provide support for students from underrepresented populations. This program recognizes the challenges of attending Marietta College, a Predominantly White Institution located in Washington County, Ohio. This program prepares students to confront a variety of challenges they may face while on campus and in the community. The primary goal is to ensure each student is successful academically, personally, socially, and professionally. To achieve this mission, the transition program, mentoring program, and tutoring programs have been created.

“ A goal without a plan is just a wish”. In the near future I plan to promote the advancement of underrepresented groups at Central Michigan University. I plan to join and have a leadership role in organizations and clubs at CMU that advocate for minorities. I hope to make CMU an outstanding environment for minorities.

How can you improve this campus by letting become more diverse? For example, a majority of students are high school graduates, rather than college transfers.

I plan to use myself as a primary resource to CU, to continue to build on the diverse environment the University has to offer. Society has pitted minorities against each other and taught me that to be successful I must reject those other minorities. What I want to accomplish while attaining my degree is to build a more inclusive, diverse community at CU while decreasing the intersectionality of the student body and expanding my knowledge of the effects of multimedia culture on the adolescent.

Diversity is not merely defined as originating from a different culture. Diversity is everything that makes you unique. In detail, the most diverse part of human life is not only their genes, and where they originate from, but also their experiences, and what helped shape them. Personally, I come from family with very diverse roots. My grandmother is Hispanic, my grandfather, German. And my other two grandparents are of Irish, French, and English origins. I have developed a strong sense of racial diversity due to my family coming from so many different areas. Upon attending the University of Washington, I will add to not only the racial diversity I obtain, but also the socioeconomic diversity of being a minority due to the fact that I am a first generation college student from a lower middle class family. Equally as important, I am a woman in pursuing a medical degree determined to succeed.

Population(s) Served: 200-250 Academically at Risk Incoming Freshman. Majority being 1st generation, non-white, and/or low-income, though not exclusive to or intentionally targeting these sub-groups. (Based on predictive data modeling, excluding athletes and those admitted to special scholarship programs or learning communities.)

The University of Southern California claims that its mission is to demonstrate an “​enduring​ ​commitment​ ​to​ ​diversity​ ​of​ ​thought,​ ​experience,​ ​and people”. USC constitutes a significant portion of Los Angeles’s population and it is constantly expanding its reach on the surrounding area. In recent months, USC held its grand opening of University Village, UV, another massive addition to the campus. President Max Nikias claims that this construction will reinvigorate the neglected neighborhood, however this space is itself a contradiction to USC’s core statement on diversity because of its socioeconomic and cultural exclusivity. The university wiped out the international food court which stood before UV existed and replaced it

We are all different; we are classified by the color of our skin, by our wealth, by our looks, and by the way we act. Diversity is having variety. Having people like who you are might make you feel included, but it also can make you feel excluded. Concordia University is such a diverse campus, we have international students to students that live a block away; from students that English was not their first language, and to students who grew up learning English. Concordia’s diversity is growing. Diversity can separate us, but as unique individuals, we are able to build connections with others. In the public, we might not be equal because of who we are but what people think of a group of people or places, it should not affect the way you think; learn or try to understand before you judged. There is a room for people who feel like they won 't fit in or feel like it 's hard to connect. This room is the diversity room. This room is for everybody; it might just seem likes it is for certain groups of students but it is for everyone. The diversity room have so many opportunities. Many different individuals come to the room. Diversity room have a vibe where you are connected, they make you feel like you matter. This room brings energy and gives to people who are having a bad day. The people you meet in there, are people who can give you many opportunities to connect with Concordia.

For me, the impact of Agnes Scott’s all-female community is found in its unparalleled ability to facilitate strong connections and feelings of solidarity between women, while empowering its students to pursue fields of study where women are traditionally underrepresented. Moreover, alumni memoirs have conveyed to me that Agnes Scott’s community bestows both confidence and the motivation to succeed as a working professional. Finally, Agnes Scott’s diverse campus, where multicultural communities gather and learn from each other through such programs as the International Student Association (ISA), gives me a vibrant and welcoming community to look forward

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