The Office of Inclusive Excellence

Campus Climate @ CSUSM

A campus-wide climate assessment effort involving the administration of campus climate surveys using the Diverse Learning Environments (DLE) and Viewfinder survey.

Upcoming Events

News & Announcements

California State University San Marcos American Indian Graduation

May 20th, 2022, 11am-12:30pm @ SBSB Courtyard

News

May 16, 2022

Busting the 'Model Minority' Myth

There’s a reason the federally designated Aanapisi program has low participation. Colleges who participate in the program, for Asian American- and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, can’t receive Aanapisi grants if they’re already getting federal funds as a Hispanic-serving institution — and there are many more of those. Our Katie Mangan has more on the program and why Asian Amercan students — often dubbed the “model minority” — need support.

May 16, 2022

Outstanding Grad Setting Example of Success for Son

Yo trabajo con mis manos para que tu puedas trabajar con tu mente. That’s the mantra that was drilled into the head of Krystal Alvarez-Hernandez by her father when she was a child. It translates to: I’ve always worked with my hands so that you can work with your mind.

May 16, 2022

For These Families, H.B.C.U.s Aren’t Just an Option. They’re a Tradition.

America’s network of Black colleges was founded to provide essential opportunity. For many, they’ve come to offer something else: a link to a treasured legacy.

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Beyond the Stereotype

Beyond the Stereotype: "There is more to me than what you see. There is belief."

The purpose of the campaign is to challenge stereotypes around religions, faith, spirituality, and/or life practices within a social justice framework.

Campus Commitment

CSUSM has made an institutional commitment to inclusive excellence by contributing resources, initiatives, centers and regular events.

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Strategic Plan

Action Steps for the Diversity and Strategic Plan (2017-2022)

Goal 1 - Access and Success

Status: In Progress
CSUSM will improve institutional access and equity through effective recruitment and retention of diverse students, faculty, staff, and administrators, providing them with equitable and expanded opportunities for success.

Goal 2 - Curriculum, Co-Curriculum, Learning Outcomes

Status: In Progress
Develop students’ skills, knowledge, and abilities to advocate for, lead, and participate in social change, to function and contribute effectively in a diverse and multicultural world, and to understand the role of diversity in their own lives and in society.

Goal 3 - Inclusive Climate

Status: In Progress
Foster and maintain an inclusive, welcoming, campus environment where all campus members thrive and are heard and where differences are considered a collective strength.

Goal 4 - Institutionalized Diversity

Status: In Progress
Ensure that CSUSM’s institutional priorities, initiatives, policies, and practices take into account, reflect, and support the university’s goals and expectations for diversity and inclusion.

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HEED Award Winner 2021
California State University San Marcos has received the 2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. This is the seventh straight year that CSUSM has been named a HEED Award recipient.

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