News
October 15, 2024
October 15, 2024
Community presentations set for campus climate survey findingsOctober 11, 2024
LSA to host summit focusing on DEI and sustainabilitySeptember 30, 2024
Words into Action: U-M’s Culture JourneySeptember 27, 2024
University reports record enrollment for fall 2024Events
MESA Open House
DEI Strategic Plan
Defining DEI
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.
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.