The Importance Of Embracing Diversity At Umass-Boston University

Under the leadership of Chancellor Keith Motley, UMass-Boston continues its tradition of embracing diversity and Inclusion. On December 9, 2012 Chancellor Motley was featured in a Boston Globe article titled Diversity Champions which highlighted that “Under his leadership, the share of people of color in executive administration roles has grown, as has the percentage of minority graduate students, with students of color now making up 53 percent of UMass Boston’s STEM majors.”

In October of 2010, Chancellor Motley created the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, affectionately known as (ODI), and charged it with strengthening the University tradition of diversity.

The Office has taken a two prong approach to meeting this charge.

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For example:

 ODI partnered with the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium in hosting its 2nd Annual Diversity Recruitment and Retention Conference at UMass-Boston

 It also coordinated the visit to UMass Boston of Margaret Fairman, Director of the Office of Prospective Students & Scholarship at the University of Queensland in Australia. The meeting served as a positive platform to showcase UMass Boston's successful student outreach, scholarship, and mentoring initiatives and helped to increase the university's profile on a global scale.

 UMass Boston was featured in a recent WCVB CITYLINE segment on Diversity on College Campuses.

 On January 6, 2013 ODI was interviewed for a Boston Globe article titled “Diversity Boosts Critical Thinking Skills”.

During the academic year the campus community will continue its efforts to lead campus-wide diversity planning and implementation efforts that infuse diversity not only into the university’s fabric but into its