Office for
Equity and Diversity

Learn more about the Diversity Community of Practice (DCoP), a grassroots community of faculty and staff from collegiate and administrative units across the Twin Cities campus that develops and leverages personal, professional, and technical expertise to ensure successful implementation of equity and diversity goals at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

On May 1st, the Women’s Center celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Carol E Macpherson Memorial Scholarship Fund! The scholarship has supported over 300 women students, age 28 and older, in completing their education at the U of M. 

In 2016, the Provost's Committee on Student Mental Health started a program called Mental Health Advocates. This initiative, chaired by the Disability Resource Center is designed to train staff and faculty to better assist students with mental health concerns. 

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Darryl Peal, Executive Director of the Office for Business & Community Economic Development, led a Campus Conversation about why it's critical to support businesses owned by people of color, indigenous people, women and people with disabilities.  

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Fernando Burga, assistant professor in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, carries out community-engaged work focused on how urban planners can include immigrant groups in their planning practices. 

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A coalition of black professors from around the U.S. pen a letter of support to black students in the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter actions happening nationwide.