The Center for Race, Ethnicity, & Diversity Education:

Mission and Goals

Mission

To advance the conversation on student diversity education campus-wide and to develop intercultural competence while providing race and ethnicity related advocacy, services, and programs to faculty, staff and students, particularly those from underrepresented and historically marginalized communities.

Vision

To become a premier contributor to creating a campus where all members exercise inclusion and individuals flourish.

Goals

  • To create an inclusive campus environment for underrepresented and historically marginalized racial and ethnic students, faculty, and staff.
  • To foster in students a deeper understanding of and pride in their respective identities and appreciation and respect for other identities.
  • To serve as the central diversity education resource for cultivating, in all Elon students, greater activism toward inclusion and social justice on campus and beyond.
  • To provide faculty and staff with resources to perform their roles in a sound intercultural manner.