The Diversity Initiative at the University of Maryland, College Park, was established to bring people together to discuss and appreciate their differences, as a way of helping everyone feel part of a single community. Each year, an advisory board of staff, students, and faculty coordinates a series of week-long events fostering discussion on campus about particular issues related to community and diversity. In evaluations of the program, faculty, students, and staff report feeling more a part of the campus community and more aware of diversity issues as a result of the initiative.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
Web site: http://www.inform.umd.edu/ohrp/campus/divinitiative/index.html
Contact the Associate Director at gb20 {at} umail.umd(.)edu
