Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion supports the mission of Carroll University by providing holistic student support, leading efforts that cultivate a welcoming and inclusive campus community, and creating cross cultural experiences that foster meaningful interactions between individuals of diverse cultures, social identities, perspectives and experiences.

Contact Vanessa Topczewski (Pérez), Associate Dean, vperezto@carrollu.edu or dei@carrollu.edu if you have any questions.

Multicultural Affairs

Multicultural Affairs is committed to providing services that promote the success and of our diverse student body and programs designed to enrich students' intellectual, ethical and cultural development.

Global Education

The Office of Global Education (OGE) supports students through CCE advising sessions and sociocultural programming. OGE also offers immigration and cultural support for F-1 international students.

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Committee cultivates an equitable and safe environment through education, awareness and sociocultural programming.

Pre-College Programs

Helping our current students realize their true potential is at the heart of everything we do. We’re equally committed to younger students interested in learning more about college and providing them with the tools they need to prepare for the next step in their education.

Health Careers Opportunity Program

This program recruits high school, undergraduate, and graduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds into a comprehensive allied health and physician assistant education pipeline, retain them through graduation, and prepare them for primary care careers in underserved communities.

Institutional Inclusion

We all belong at Carroll.
We promote justice at Carroll.
We value the experiences and expertise of our community at Carroll.

President’s Taskforce on Institutional Inclusion

The President’s Task-force on Institutional Inclusion is comprised of students, faculty, staff and administrators, and is chaired by Vanessa Perez Topczewski, associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion and Dolores Ocampo Brown, senior director of alumni engagement. The taskforce is charged with the opportunity to evaluate and track campus climate, recommend initiatives, policies, and practices to enhance the University’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, and advise senior leadership on critical diversity, equity and inclusion issues.

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Cultural Agility Learning, Training and Development

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit

October 26–30, 2020 | The fall DEI Summit brings campus back together for a week of learning and unlearning, discussion and introspection and community.

Recent Diversity, Equity and Inclusion News

Dr. Kareem Muhammad Named Dean of The College of Arts and Sciences

7/7/2021

Soul Food Dinner: Keynote speaker Dr. Joya Crear

3/1/2021

Hosted by the Carroll University Black Student Union, the annual Soul Food Dinner strives to to build community around the celebration of Black History. Here we share the virtual experience created for the 2021 dinner - which is usually an in-person event - with keynote speaker Dr. Joya Crear, Vice President of Student Affairs at Marquette University.

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