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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2023
- www.uw.edu/omad
In 1968, members of the University of Washington’s Black Student Union and their supporters occupied the office of UW President Charles E. Odegaard to demand an increased university commitment to diversity.
UW administration responded by creating what is now known as the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity. O M A and D.
Thanks to the legacy of work by students, faculty, staff and the community, OMA&D now offers robust cultural activities and academic support and resources for underrepresented minority, first-generation, low-income students, and students formerly in foster care. In some cases beginning in primary school all the way through enrolling in graduate school.
A suite of college access programs serve over 25,000 students throughout the state of Washington through outreach and supplemental instruction.
These programs help students learn, connect, and apply to attend college.
OMA&D’s Student Success programs serve over 6,000 UW undergraduates and form a suite of counseling, academic support, and community engagement services available to students who affiliate with OMA&D and awards more than $350,000 in scholarships annually.
Some additional offerings of OMA&D are the nationally recognized Instructional Center, Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center - believed to be the largest cultural center of its kind on a college campus in the US, and the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ - Intellectual House - meaning “house of knowledge”, built as a longhouse style building that serves as a gathering place for American Indian and Alaskan Native students, faculty, staff and the community as well.
Many of the OMA&D spaces are considered by students to be their “home away from home.”
OMA&D supports institutional transformation as well, through consulting, training, and campus partnerships.
The missions of OMA&D is to create pathways for diverse populations to access postsecondary opportunities, nurture and support their academic success, and cultivate a campus climate that enriches the educational experience for all.
Just as it did in the years following the 1968 sit-in, OMA&D continues to build on its legacy of excellence, diversity, inclusion and belonging.
