This year, the College of Arts and Sciences will focus diversity work on improving undergraduate student success. Our goal is to ensure that all of our students –Native, Black, Asian, Latinx, White, Pacific Islander, Biracial, across disability, income level, sexuality, religion, and nationality are—able to thrive, belong, contribute, research, create, and learn in environments that are free from all types of oppression and discrimination. Areas of our work and the work of our departments and programs that may contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the context of undergraduate student success include:

• Choosing a relevant annual curriculum assessment task
• Closing the academic opportunity gap in first-year, core education, and major courses
• Closing the access gap to internships and other experiential learning opportunities
• Curricular innovation supporting inclusion and representation
• Pedagogical innovation supporting inclusion and reducing opportunity gaps
• Advising practices supporting inclusion and equity
• Teaching awards for faculty who enhance feelings of inclusion in their classes through innovative pedagogy and curriculum in the context of their discipline.