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Living Google doc assembled by CEE’s DEI Committee with more resources for personal engagement with DEI resources (movies, podcasts, books).

For Students

DEI Programs and Student Services

  • 1st Gen Engin program for first generation students in the College of Engineering
  • CEW+ (Center for the Education of Women) provides immediate and ongoing services and the financial support needed to ensure educational success and degree completion.
  • CEDAR–CEE DEI collAboRative is an organization of students and post-docs that seeks to hold ourselves and the department accountable to the values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). CEDAR is committed to creating a more welcoming culture within the department and contributing to positive change both within and outside of the University of Michigan.
  • Diversity-focused Student Organizations in the College of Engineering
  • Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs engages the campus community and transforms the student experience to build inclusive spaces and equitable opportunities for all.
  • Services for Students with Disabilities provides accommodations and access to students with disabilities.
  • Students with Children is dedicated to the needs of student caregivers at the University of Michigan who juggle parenting, other family care, work, and study.
  • Sustainability, Civil, and Environmental Engineering Minorities: CEE student organization
  • Women in Science and Engineering is designed to increase the number of girls and women pursuing degrees and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics while fostering their future success.

Mental Health and Conflict Resolution

  • Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) has one full-time counselor available for all currently enrolled students within the College of Engineering.
  • The Engineering C.A.R.E Center focuses on assisting engineering students in successfully transitioning through a variety of challenging circumstances that can impact their lives.
  • Mentoring programs in the College of Engineering
  • Graduate student mentoring programs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • The Office of the Ombuds provides a confidential space for talking about any campus issue, concern, problem, or dispute.
  • The Office of Student Conflict Resolution (OSCR) provides a variety of programs and services designed to support a safe, just, and peaceful community
  • The Rackham Resolution Office provides a safe and confidential environment to discuss concerns.

Teaching and Learning

  • Michigan Learning Communities are self-selected groups, often from diverse backgrounds, drawn together by shared goals and common intellectual interests.
  • The Center for Research on Learning & Teaching: Teaching for Equity and Inclusion provides resources and strategies on inclusive teaching, responding to difficult moments, and emerging topics.
    • Considerations for contingency planning
    • Inclusive Teaching Principles
    • Remote Teaching Inclusive Strategies
    • Toward Inclusive STEM Classrooms (Kilpack & Melon, 2016)

For Faculty and Staff

  • The Center for Research on Learning & Teaching: Teaching for Equity and Inclusion provides resources and strategies on inclusive teaching, responding to difficult moments, and emerging topics.
    • Considerations for contingency planning
    • Inclusive Teaching Principles
    • Remote Teaching Inclusive Strategies
    • Toward Inclusive STEM Classrooms (Kilpack & Melon, 2016)
  • The Committee on Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) provides information and advice about practices that will maximize the likelihood that diverse, well-qualified candidates for faculty positions will be identified.
  • The Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office (FASCCO) provides support and assistance to University staff and faculty in resolving personal or work-related concerns.
  • The National Center for Institutional Diversity produces, catalyzes, and elevates diversity research and scholarship.
  • The Staff Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Culture Committee gathers staff feedback on the College’s DEI Strategic Plan and develops ideas that will make the College a more inclusive place

For everyone

  • The Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Task Force offers resources and information for documenting and responding to incidents of AAPI hate.
  • The Center for Engineering Diversity & Outreach (CEDO) provides expertise, leadership and programming to foster a climate that celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Reporting Form from the Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX Office (formerly the Office of Institutional Equity).
  • The Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning cultivates and steward equitable partnerships between communities and the University of Michigan in order to advance social change for the public good.
  • The English Language Institute provides language, academic, and intercultural instruction for international students and scholars and others who speak English as a second language.
  • Inclusive Spaces on campus, including the Wellness Zone, reflection rooms, lactation rooms and gender inclusive restrooms.
  • The International Center serves the international population, facilitates intercultural and international education, and fosters a global campus community.
  • The Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX Office (formerly the Office of Institutional Equity) oversees, facilitates and supports the University’s efforts to ensure equal opportunity for all persons.
  • The Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC) provides individual support and advocacy, peer led support groups, and community education and skill building.
  • The Spectrum Center works toward enhancing the campus climate and support services for LGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty.
  • The Trotter Multicultural Center serves as a campus facilitator, convener, and coordinator of intercultural engagement and inclusive leadership education initiatives.
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Education and Skill Building

  • The Anti-Racism Primer helps you get started in the fight for justice.
  • DEI Basics Online Education gives an introductory look at the U-M DEI initiative and helps clearly define what we mean by “diversity, equity and inclusion.” 
  • LinkedIn Learning has videos on moving from being a bystander to an upstander, and other supportive roles.
  • Organizational Learning offers a series of 25 two-three minute videos that take a unique, micro-learning approach to diversity, equity and inclusion education.
  • The Rackham Leading Equity and Diversity (LEAD) series includes talks from a diverse group of people who lead DEI initiatives.
  • The Rackham DEI Certificate for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows prepares participants to work in a diverse environment while fostering a climate of inclusivity.
  • University Human Resources DEI Education provides further resources.

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