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 Disability Resource Center started a program called Mental Health Advocates, 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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Elliot James, assistant professor of African history and gender, women, and sexuality tudies at the University of Minnesota, Morris, looks at how gender and sexuality are not typically factored into business models, and yet they play a significant part in normal operations.

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Beginning in high school, Bianet Castellanos had an interest in the history and the culture of the indigenous people of Mexico. That interest informs her research and work as associate professor in the Department of American Studies.

Learn more about Professor Castellanos on the OED blog »