"Our students will not be fully prepared for a diverse, global work world if they are not part of an inclusive university environment. We must diversify our faculty, staff, and student body, as this is absolutely the right thing to do for all of us."
-President Joseph A. Chapman
The Equity & Diversity Center is now opening in the Abla Bales House (Behind Ceres Hall) from 8am-5pm. The Center provides space for student organization meetings, computer access, individual and small-group study space, a working kitchen, and a casual living-room environment open to the entire campus community. Come check it out!
NDSU News:
The Equity and Diversity Center is conducting a coat drive for international students who have limited access or resources for warm winter coats, sweaters, footwear and other winter gear. Items of all sizes are needed and welcome. To donate clean, gently used clothing, drop off the items at the Equity and Diversity Center, located in the Alba Bales House, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Equity and Diversity Center grand opening set. Click here for more information.
Recruiting students abroad and NDSU study abroad program. To read more click here.
Perceptions on the Recruitment and Retention of Women at NDSU Presentation. To see the presentation click here.
President Chapman Outlines Plans for Global Impact.
Couple and Family Therapy Program wins Impact Award.
The Office of the General Counsel listed as a resource, NDSU family friendly policies, on their website. To see them click here.
NDSU international student enrollment growing!
Are you listening to Notas Latinas? Notas Latinas is an hour-long radio production in two formats. In one format, Notas Latinas offers the latest releases in today's Latino music and in the second format, it present announcements and information about Latino life. To listen now online click here or for a list of stations, and date/time information click here.
Diversity Conferences & EventsNDSU Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in the Turtle Mountain Education Service Trip on Nov. 13-14. Participants will travel to Belcourt, N.D., to learn about the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation and to help out with painting, cleaning and minor repairs for local tribal elders' homes. The NDSU Volunteer Network in the Memorial Union is accepting donations of supplies, including paint, paint brushes, nails, tools and other minor repair equipment and cleaning supplies. For more information, to volunteer for the trip or to donate supplies, contact the NDSU Volunteer Network at 1-1055 or NDSU.volunteer.network@ndsu.edu.
NDSU will celebrate International Education week Nov. 16-20. Several events have been planned to teach participants about the international studies major, study abroad opportunities and the striking similarities between sister land-grant institutions in North Dakota and Bolivia. A passport drive also is planned.
NDSU will celebrate American Indian Heritage Month during November. The Office of Multicultural Programs has planned several events to honor this month. Check the calendar for more information.
The NDSU Office of Multicultural Programs, Memorial Union room 178, will display a valuable war bonnet that was presented to honor fallen U.S. Army National Guard Cpl. Nathan Goodiron, 25, from Mandaree, N.D., a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation. The war bonnet will be on display during Cultural Awareness Month in October and American Indian Heritage Month in November.
