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Welcoming Dr. Melanie Duckworth, our new Executive Director

An accomplished and respected faculty member for more than two decades, Dr. Duckworth begins her appointment as Executive Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion on June 1, 2024.

Read full announcement in Â鶹ӳ»­ Today
Melanie Duckworth smiling and standing amongst lush landscaping

From around the campus

Colorful red, black, yellow and green hanging paper banners.

‘Africa in Reno’ series of events held in September on campus

The African Students’ Association discusses the success of this year’s event series, details their goals on campus and how others can join the association

Lyzandro Villa-Espino standing next to his poster project for Upward Bound recruitment.

Faces of the Pack: Lyzandro Villa-Espino

Villa-Espino shares his drive to serve Latinx students and how he’s succeeding with the help of the First-Generation Student Center

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Faces of the Pack: Jahahi Mazariego Contreras

Contreras discusses her passion for helping Latinx students on campus and her own experiences as a child of immigrant parents and a first-generation college student

2024 Northern Â鶹ӳ»­ Diversity Summit

The 2024 theme is "Critical, Constructive, and Courageous Conversations" and will be highlighted by a keynote presentation by Dr. Myisha Cherry, Associate Professor of Philosphy at the University of California, Riverside. The event is free of charge to all students, faculty and staff of NSHE institutions and community partners are invited to attend.

Strategic Action Plan

The 2021-2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Action Plan promotes inclusive excellence with a focus on four areas:

  • Increasing enrollment, retention and graduation of underrepresented students
  • The classroom and education in democracy
  • Faculty and staff recruitment, development and retention
  • Communication, symbols and safe places
Read the full Strategic Action Plan

NWCCU definitions

  • Diversity refers to the traits and characteristics that make people unique, including the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs or other ideologies.
  • Equity is concerned with justice and fairness of policies.
  • Equity-mindedness refers to the perspective or mode of thinking exhibited by practitioners who call attention to patterns of inequity in student outcomes. These practitioners are willing to take personal and institutional responsibility for the success of their students, and critically reassess their own practices. It also requires that practitioners are race-conscious and aware of the social and historical context of exclusionary practices in American Higher Education.
  • Inclusion refers to the behaviors and social norms that ensure people feel welcome, appreciated and valued as members of their communities.

Our work

Initiatives
Our office is involved in a number of initiatives to promote diversity & inclusion on our campus, in our community and throughout the Â鶹ӳ»­ System of Higher Education.
Affinity groups
Our office supports the work of the several affinity groups in the campus community, promoting best practices and policy development.
Education and training
Our office develops workshops and trainings on diversity, equity and inclusion, including micro-aggression and implicit bias trainings, that are available to faculty, staff and students.

Supporting LGBTQ+

Our students, faculty and staff are what make the Â鶹ӳ»­ a special place. Learn more about our LGBTQ+ community, their achievements, ground breaking research, social movement efforts and more.

Â鶹ӳ»­ Pride
A group of people, including two Â鶹ӳ»­ cheerleaders and some wearing University of Â鶹ӳ»­, shirts, stand inside of and next to giant letters "LOVE" that are painted with the LGBTQ+ rainbow of colors, red, yellow, purple, green and indigo.

Diversity and inclusion resources across the University

The Multicultural Center

The Multicultural Center provides programs and services that support the academic and social success for all students at the University of Â鶹ӳ»­ through advisement, leadership development, counseling, student organizations, outreach and intercultural programming. 

Counseling Services

The mission of Counseling Services is to provide psychological services to Â鶹ӳ»­ students to support and facilitate their personal and academic success and development. 

Disability Resource Center

The purpose of the Disability Resource Center (DRC) is to  ensure that students with disabilities have equal access to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from all university programs. You can learn more about the University's commitment to accessibility.

Equal Opportunity and Title IX

Legal protections against discrimination, harassment, ADA and Title IX compliance for all University members, as well as support to undocumented and DACA students, are processed through the Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX.

Student Center for Engagement

Working to engage, educate and empower undergraduate students to take action in the best interest of the student body and the University community.

Veteran Services

The Veteran Services Office is your liaison to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for veteran and veteran-related education benefits. 

More campus resources

Voices from our University community

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  • End Horace Gillom of the Â鶹ӳ»­ battles for a pass in a football game against St. Mary's University, at a packed Kezar Stadium.
  • A pencil sketch of a male member of the Paiute Tribe drawn on a easel

Black Lives Matter

Today, this University stands in solidarity with its Black student leaders who have brought forward several action items in the “Listen to Us” platform that will make us a better institution for Black students, faculty and staff.

University's commitment to action

Land acknowledgement

 

We acknowledge that the Â鶹ӳ»­ is situated on the traditional homelands of the Numu (Northern Paiute), Wašiw (Washoe), Newe (Western Shoshone), and Nuwu (Southern Paiute) peoples. These lands continue to be a gathering place for Indigenous Peoples and we recognize their deep connections to these places. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live and learn on their territory.