Diversity
Departmental Statements - Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity

Department of Student Affairs

The Student Affairs Department at UMFK, through the provision of services and multi-faceted programming serves to provide a diverse living and learning community for all students.

Living

  • Residential Life staff at UMFK enhances the heterogeneous atmosphere of the two campus residence halls by paying close attention to diversity in room assignments, staff hiring, and the co-educational placement of students.
  • The varied backgrounds of the Residential Life staff foster an interesting blend of dorm activities and events.
  • Residential Life staff responds quickly and efficiently to incidents of bias and hate and use these incidents as learning tools to enhance the education of its residence.
  • The Student Activities program at UMFK takes into account the fact that our student body is representative of different backgrounds and has varied ideas and interests.
  • UMFK's Campus Dining Services, Bookstore / Mailroom Services, and Health Clinic serve to support student life and diversity initiatives and provide the amenities needed for successful campus living and learning for all students.
  • Diversity Programming, in conjunction with other Student Service entities, provides civility and diversity training workshops to a variety of classes and organizations on campus.
  • The UMFK Diversity Club, a student organization, plans and coordinates diversity activities and discussions to the benefit of students and other campus constituencies.
  • Diversity Programming, Student Activities, International Performer Series, Student Senate, and student organizations often collaborate to sponsor campus-wide and community events that focus participants on the diversity of our country and of our world.

Learning

  • The Hum 102 (FYE Program), has, inherent to its core curriculum, the inclusion of diversity related exploration and exercises.
  • Student Activities programming provides extra and co-curricular functions allowing students to have the opportunity to explore new ideas and new activities.
  • The Student Activities and International Performer Series sponsor a variety of cultural activities that bring performers and artists representing various backgrounds to the campus and to its surrounding communities.
  • The Student Issue Awareness Program at UMFK takes to account all aspects of diversity including health and wellness, sexual orientation, gender, and sex. It accomplishes this by facilitating activities, workshops, discussions, and programming meant to educate students about issues that are relevant to their lives.