The centers within Inclusive Excellence (IE) serve to ensure equity in accessing higher education for students from underrepresented populations. This is achieved through recruitment, enrollment, and retention efforts, including:
- Collaborating with Admissions on recruitment events designed to support applicants from different backgrounds;
- Guiding students to financial resources and scholarship opportunities;
- Connecting students to campus resources;
- Providing mentoring programs to support academic success;
- Monitoring student performance and proactively intervening to provide academic support;
- Providing additional support services specific to the needs of diverse student populations;
- Offering programming focused on leadership development and professional development;
- Acting as advocates for students.
- Supporting faculty, staff and students with disabilities to fully participate in University programs, services, and activities.
Roadmap to Inclusive Excellence
The centers also support the Roadmap to Inclusive Excellence by:
- Serving as centers for educational materials and connections to resources;
- Hosting events to develop multicultural awareness;
- Reporting incidents and trends affecting student populations.
USU prepares students to succeed through exceptional teaching and skills preparation in academic programs fitted to current needs. We provide the personal support learners require to persist and achieve their goals, whether their plans are local or global, workforce, or continuing education.
IE Centers
Inclusion Center
Creates an environment of acceptance, respect, and empowerment. You are valued here and your involvement with our clubs and organizations will make us even stronger.
Latinx Cultural Center
Serves as a conduit for service, engagement, advocacy, and visibility for the Latinx community on campus and in the Cache Valley and surrounding areas. The LCC is committed to empowering all who recognize a vested interest in the Latinx community by focusing on the pillars of academic, educational, personal, and professional growth.
Disability Resource Center
The DRC works with individuals, faculty, and staff to ensure that students with disabilities can fully participate in University programs, services, and activities. The center helps individuals with disabilities overcome barriers that could otherwise limit their academic, professional, and personal potential.
Native American Cultural Center
Enhance Indigenous students’ experiences at Utah State University by creating a culture of community where students feel welcome, supported, and nurtured for success.
Center for Diversity and Inclusion Eastern
Increase USU Eastern student awareness about various cultures, to provide a space of equity, access, and social justice for underrepresented students at USU Eastern, and to assist students with multicultural competence and the ability to work with a variety of people from different cultures.