Celebrating peace, inclusion and equity.
The 多样性倡议办公室 (ODI) serves students, faculty, and staff from underrepresented groups to develop a nurturing and empowering support system at Wilkes 大学.
The center helped me completely reinvent myself. It has been an experience I could 在其他任何地方都收不到. The growth in my personal and professional networks are 都要感谢办公室.
Cindy Peralta Nin ’21 | Criminology Major, Global Coffee Hour Coordinator
学生服务
The ODI welcomes the opportunity to assist students with personal, academic and career concerns that impact their academic success. These services are intended to help students successfully complete their degree program. This may include managing roommate conflicts, resolving a bursar balance, understanding university holds or faculty/student conflict 决议.
The ODI can assist students in a variety of areas such as:
- Adjustment to life as a college student in the Wilkes-Barre area
- Navigating the college experience as a first-generation student
- Interpreting university policies and procedures
- Understanding major admission requirements
访问 the 多样性倡议办公室 at the 马克斯罗斯中心 on the corner of South Franklin and West South Street or call 570-408-7856 安排预约.
编程
The ODI provides programming to the campus and community to increase awareness and understanding of diversity that build skills for effectiveness in a diverse world, celebrate differences, and foster learning across social and group boundaries to build 包容的社区.
多样性的学生 & 领导会议
This leadership conference is a collaboration between the 多样性倡议办公室 and the Office of Civic Engagement. This one day conference in the fall semester focuses on diversity, equity, leadership development, LGBTQIA+, building community and social 正义的话题. Sessions are led by local speakers, faculty, staff and student leaders. The students will be able to walk away with new perspectives, cross-cultural communication skills,advocacy information, networking opportunities and leadership skills. 会议 对推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜的学生免费吗. Neighboring college students pay a small fee. 所有参与 students will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the conference.
Frederick Douglas Transcribe-a-Thon
The transcribe-a thon is held on the birthday of Frederick Douglass on February 14th. ODI collaborates with Global Cultures and the E.S. 法利图书馆庆祝 contribution of Black History and transcribed the work from Frederick Douglass 图书馆 国会议员.
马丁·路德·金. 庆祝活动
An annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., highlighting legacy and preserving 他的记忆. The Wilkes campus community comes together to honor his work. 在社会 正义、和平与人权. Through this event the office reaffirms his legacy while continuing to create a better future for our Wilkes and local community.
小镇的味道
Every semester, students have the opportunity to dine together at one city of Wilkes-Barre diverse local restaurants while learning about its culture and taste the wonderful 菜.
Welcome to our Neighborhood Social
This social is an opportunity for our first year students to meet and engage with the 多样性倡议办公室. They are encouraged to come and connect with upper classmates and engage with other resources on campus. 其中的一些例子 resources include Civic Engagement, The Office of Academic Success, and Residence 生活.
上校的橱柜
Max Roth has an extension for the 上校的橱柜, 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜's community food pantry, located at 215 South Franklin Street. The extension is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm (swipe access is required).
第九条
推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜 is committed to providing an environment free from discrimination 以性别为基础. The 第九条 Compliance Office at Wilkes provides many resources to students, faculty and staff to address concerns relating to discrimination on the basis of sex, which includes sexual misconduct. The 第九条 provides a form for anyone to report incidents of harassment and discrimination to the 大学, including Civil rights offenses, sexual harassment and misconduct, relationship violence, retaliation, 追踪、恃强凌弱的行为.