Weber State University
PA-4: Diversity and Equity Coordination

WSU Diversity Committees Creation of the diversity committed educational community is a campus-wide responsibility facilitated by the Assistant to the President for Diversity; a post created 1991 in response to institutional recognition that diversity is an important issue requiring explicit attention as part of WSU’s growing opportunities and challenges. Diversity-related steering committees and administrative ad-hoc boards consisting of faculty, staff, and students, provide substantive insights, guidance, and perspective to a developing infrastructure that concerns itself with institutional issues of governance, program development, campus enrichment and student learning. WSU Diversity Community Council A Diversity Community Council serves in an advisory capacity to the Office of Assistant to the President for Diversity in order to ensure a necessary and vital link to our community constituents at large. The Weber State University Diversity Initiative is an institution-wide effort to improve educational quality through creation of an inclusive environment where all are welcome and opportunities are available for students to reach their full potential and contribute to the achievement of the university mission. The mission of the WSU Diversity Initiative is: • To promote campus unity by emphasizing shared experiences and principles, respect for human qualities that differentiate all individuals, and achievement of institutional goals. • To enhance the development of leadership capabilities within the student, faculty and staff populations. • To facilitate development of curricula which merge varied perspectives. • To support recruitment of students, faculty and staff reflective of America's broad spectrum of perspectives, cultures, heritages and backgrounds. • To promote values and ideas of all perspectives, cultures, heritages and backgrounds within the campus community. • To promote development of support programs for faculty, staff and students who are products of all perspectives, cultures, heritages and backgrounds. • To encourage networking of interest groups for the benefit of all.

WSU's Center for Diversity and Unity has hosted several conferences and "Let's Talk" series addressing the cultural competencies for the WSU community. The International Student Center also sponsors a weekly Coffee Hour open to international and domestic students, faculty, and staff. During the Coffee Hour sessions, international students share their culture with the rest of the student, faculty, and staff who participate in these events.