Campus Programs
The Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion leads campuswide diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, providing guidance and support to campus constituents through the Shared Equity Leadership model, the campus action planning process, the employee affinity groups program, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Impact Grant program and annual signature events.
A seed grant program that supports new and existing efforts to operationalize and enhance an academic or administrative unit’s capacity to deepen progress on the campus's five diversity, equity and inclusion goals.
These collegial groups for faculty and staff are typically formed around a shared identity, common bond and a commitment to historically minoritized or underserved people.
Past Programs
Jan. 22, 2024
The CU Boulder community united to honor and reflect on Dr. King's legacy, taking current contexts into consideration. The Center for African and African American Studies, the Leeds School of Business and the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sponsored this signature campus event.
Oct. 25, 2023
A panel discussion examined the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 303 Creative decision on LGBTQ+ and other historically minoritized people and offered guidance on how the community can build resilience and emotional well-being in the face of the country’s sociopolitical climate.
Oct. 11, 2023
This Indigenous Peoples Day event highlighted knowledge-keepers and Native activists who are keeping Indigenous food traditions alive. Speakers explored some of the historical context that gave rise to the prevalence of food deserts and the broader threat to Indigenous food ways, and looked to the future of food sovereignty for themselves and their communities.Â
Jan. 31, 2023
The summit's theme "Operationalizing Liberation for a Diverse Democracy" was a call to disrupt behaviors and oppressive actions, structures and systems preventing the CU community's liberation – or freedom from oppression – with the goal of building a more just world as engaged citizens.Â
2015–2023
Published in 2019, the CU Boulder Inclusion, Diversity and Excellence in Academics (IDEA) Plan served as the campus’s blueprint for creating and sustaining a more inclusive campus community for all students, staff and faculty. The IDEA Council, a body of students, staff and faculty, prioritized the plan's recommendations. The campus's five diversity, equity and inclusion goals inspired by the IDEA Plan are among the outcomes of their work.
2007–2023
Services formerly housed in ODECE are now being managed by administrative units that are working with key partners to integrate services and programs into existing campus resources to serve more students more effectively. These moves began on July 31, 2023.
1985–2021
CU Boulder hosted diversity and inclusion summits twice a year for more than 30 years with the purpose of uniting the campus and broader city of Boulder communities for discussions about important diversity, equity and inclusion issues.
2020
In early 2020, CU Boulder navigated some of the greatest challenges faced in U.S. higher education history. Amid a once-in-a-century global flu pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, historic social justice marches, and the murder of George Floyd, the university rolled out an initiative to address systemic institutional barriers that were impeding its ability to create and sustain a more equitable and inclusive campus community for all students, staff and faculty.