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Office for Diversity and Student Engagement
(formerly the Office for Diversity and Academic Advancement)
North College Room 122
1-860-685-3704

The Office for Diversity and Student Engagement's mission is to create and facilitate a multitude of entryways for the campus community to contribute their talents, expertise, interests, and institutional responsibilities in pursuit of inclusive excellence. Inclusive excellence links diversity with student success in order to contribute to fostering students’ development of the Ten Essential Capabilities. Inclusive excellence pays particular attention to strengths that students from traditionally marginalized groups bring to Wesleyan University.

The Office for Diversity and Student Engagement has eight major priority areas. They are:

1. Inclusive Excellence
2. Student Success and Engagement
3. International Student Affairs
4. Religious and Spiritual Life
5. Community Service and Volunteerism
6. Difficult Dialogues
7. Campus Climate Log
   (viewable only if logged onto the Wesleyan network)
8. International Student Orientation

Each of the above priorities complements the others and contributes to the Dean of the College’s mission, which is to enhance student development by fostering an inclusive and responsible learning community in order to prepare students to be active citizens of the world.

The Office is complemented with a Coordinating Committee. The ODSE Coordinating committee's mission is to create and facilitate a multitude of entryways for the campus community to contribute their talents, expertise, interests, and institutional responsibilities in pursuit of inclusive excellence. The objective is to explore possible collaborations and partnerships in which ODSE can support mutual goals in advancing  institutional priorities.

ODSE continues to partner with faculty on grants, coordinates several student prizes and awards, assists faculty with questions about diversity in the classroom, and provides co-curricular opportunities that contribute to the intellectual, social, spiritual, and emotional development of students.

Affirming Identities, Building Community, Cultivating Leadership
ABCs for Engagement guide ODAA's work. The ABCs are: Affirming Identities as a necessary prerequisite for building community, Building Community through complex and difficult dialogues to increase our collective sphere of influence, and Cultivating Leadership in individuals to lead by example and in the service of social justice. Continue to view the ABCs Theory In Action.
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*(Tatum 2000)

10/09/2008 08:47 AM

Post Location of Bathrooms with Hateful Graffiti In the October 7, 2008 issue of the Argus, Trent Grassian ’09 wrote a Wespeak about bathroom bigotry. If you see graffiti in a Wesleyan bathroom, please report it to Public Safety at 860-685-2345, so it can be removed. You should also feel free to post the locations of bathroom with hateful graffiti on [...]