2022-2023 Graduate Bulletin > Student Support Services and Resources > University Services and Resources > Diversity and Inclusion > Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Shawna Patterson-Stephens, Vice President/Chief Diversity Officer

Warriner 319; 989-774-3700

The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Inclusion serves a leading role in promoting an institutional culture that values and supports diversity and inclusion. Historical legacies on inclusion and exclusion have determined pathways to education that have served to be closed to many potential students, staff, and faculty. Diversity and inclusion within the academic and educational setting reflects a community that is reflective of all aspects of society, so that all community members can share in our differences and our similarities a part of our life-long learning process. We prepare our students through leadership development the skills necessary for impacting an increasingly more global society that preserves knowledge from all communities that is inherent to prepare graduates for a more complex and diverse society.

The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Inclusion offers opportunities for faculty, staff and students to enhance their cultural competence by providing intercultural education, facilitating campus wide interaction, building collaborative partnerships to advance diversity and inclusion, and implementing educational opportunities that cultivate and sustain a supportive and inclusive campus community.