UMSL respects, inspires, engages, values, accepts, understands, promotes and offers opportunities to our campus community.

 

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St. Louis American Foundation honoring UMSL with 2023 Corporate Diversity Award

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine honors UMSL with sixth Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award

University Student Support
USS strives to create a strong inclusive community amongst students, faculty, and staff that personifies respect, accountability and acceptance, while supporting and empowering students to achieve degree completion. Strong partnerships and collaborations across the campus and the St. Louis community are established to promote student learning and development, engagement, persistence and success to aid in closing the achievement gap.
Student Clubs and Organizations
There are a number of ways to celebrate diversity at UMSL, and getting involved on campus is a great way to engage! UMSL offers over 90 student organizations, many of which focus on issues related to diversity and inclusion such as Able-Disable Partnership, Associated Black Collegians, Black Business Student Association, Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Minority Student Nurses Association, Prizm Queer-Trans-Straight Alliance, Students Who Are Parents, and much more!

UMSL Global
For 50 years, UMSL Global has engaged in a wide range of initiatives, programs and services that share the transformative power of an international education. Efforts include international admissions, study abroad and exchange opportunities, services for international students and scholars, collaborations that enhance the region's cultural life and economic development, and presenting a variety of diverse events that engage, inform and enlighten peoples and cultures. For more information, visit https://www.umsl.edu/global/.
Black Faculty & Staff Association
UMSL offers opportunities for faculty and staff to engage, network and to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Those include the Black Faculty & Staff Association, Chancellor’s Cultural Diversity Council, Diversity Alliance, Staff Association and the Women's Faculty Network, to name a few.

Diversity Programming
"At UMSL we celebrate diversity! Whether it’s diversity of culture, heritage, sexual orientation, or any other aspect of our lives."
LGBTQ+ Initiatives
"The University of Missouri–St. Louis strives to create an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies."

Diversity Alliance

In the Fall 2020 semester, ODEI implemented the Diversity Alliance, a network of UMSL faculty and staff who champion diversity & inclusion initiatives within their departments/units. Over the academic year, alliance members have been working diligently in their respective areas and across the institution to move the needle on diversity and inclusion. Below highlights some of the work of the alliance members. 

 

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Insight into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Awards

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Diversity Alliance Member-Dr. Vanessa Loyd

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DIVERSITY ALLIANCE MEMBER-Dr. NATISSIA SMALL

 

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Diversity Alliance Member-Karl Guenther