Bringing People Together

Bringing People Together

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Diversity

To value and engage with all dimensions of human experience including but not limited to racial and ethnic background, nationality, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, religious and ethical value systems, disability, age, political positions, and socioeconomic status.

Ensuring compliance of:

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
USU Policies 303, 305, & 323

Equity

To ensure accessibility for all students, staff, and faculty to their identified opportunities for success.

Ensuring compliance of:

Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Education Amendments of 1972
USU Policies 303, 305, & 323

Inclusion

To ensure the presence and contributions of all groups are integrated equitably into the Aggie Family. Inclusion means that different perspectives and experiences are welcome, valued, and included.

Ensuring compliance of:

Education Amendments of 1972
USU Policies 303, 305, & 323

Division of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Our Mission

We are committed to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community where different perspectives, values, cultures, and identities are acknowledged, welcomed, and valued. We shall collaborate, promote, and support initiatives that enhance equitable access to higher education, recruitment and retention of diverse faculty, staff and students, best practices in inclusive and interdisciplinary scholarship, develop educational priorities and learning outcomes that align with our vision and mission, and be actively engaged in community partnerships.

We are united in the pursuit of building and maintaining an institutional culture with a strong sense of community and belongingness.

Institutional Resources

USU Land Acknowledgement

View USU's Land Acknowledgement and learn about how USU recognizes that the land an institution is on originally belonged to Indigenous peoples. We acknowledge there remains an existing relationship between these people and their land.

USU Land Acknowledgment