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November 13, 2024

Neubacher Award recipient fights for disabled on and off campus
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Events

25
Nov

Demonstrating a Commitment to Diversity

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
25
Nov

RCGD Fall Seminar Series: The Social Psychology of Systemic Racism (Myles Durkee)

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
26
Nov

CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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DEI Strategic Plan

Our DEI strategic plan supports the overarching strategies and actions of 51 school, college and unit plans, and one central university plan.
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Defining DEI

At the University of Michigan, our dedication to academic excellence for the public good is inseparable from our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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History

The challenges and opportunities of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are interwoven into the fabric of the University of Michigan (U-M) over its over 200-year history, one that has shown an uncommon leadership in its commitment to higher education access, equity, and positive cultural change.

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Land Acknowledgement

The University of Michigan is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe people. In 1817, the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodewadami Nations made the largest single land transfer to the University of Michigan. This was ceded ceremonially through the Treaty at the Foot of the Rapids so that their children could be educated. Through these words of acknowledgment, the nations’ contemporary and ancestral ties to the land and their contributions to the University are renewed and reaffirmed.

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