Diversity
Ohio State values diversity in people and ideas.
We’re an inclusive, supportive community where you can comfortably join in or confidently stand out.
Student Life Multicultural Center
The Student Life Multicultural Center (MCC) offers resources to all members of the Ohio State community while supporting and celebrating specific groups, including:
- African/African American
- American Indian/Indigenous
- Asian/Asian American
- Latino/Hispanic
- LGBTQ and allies
- Women
- Men
- Faith communities
Additional MCC resources:
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Through a broad range of programs, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) supports the success of students who enhance the diversity of the university.
Centers/units:
- ACCESS Collaborative (for single parent families)
- Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male
- Gender and Sexual Diversity
- Hale Black Cultural Center
- Latino and Latin American Space for Enrichment and Research (LASER)
- Leadership Initiatives for Women of Color
- Ohio LSAMP Alliance
- Young Scholars Program
Resources (see more below):
Academics
Explore your college, school or department website to find academic areas of study as well as student support programs focused on diverse identities.
Disability services
Disability Services, in the Office of Student Life, coordinates support services and programs to empower students and enable equal access to an education and university life.
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator’s Office coordinates ADA compliance for the university and serves as a clearinghouse for disability-related resources.
First Year Experience
First Year Experience (FYE) helps first-year undergraduates from all backgrounds develop the skills and connections required to meet challenges in and out of the classroom. FYE also offers special programs for non-resident and first-generation students.
Summer programs for incoming first-years
Housing
University Housing, in the Office of Student Life, offers learning communities, living environments and residential initiatives that bring undergraduate students together under a common major, career and/or personal interest. Ohio State offers over 20 of these residential options, including:
- Allies for Diversity
- Gender Inclusive Housing
- International House
- MUNDO (Multicultural Understanding through Non-Traditional Discovery Opportunities)
- Women in Engineering
Office of International Affairs
The Office of International Affairs (OIA) helps international students achieve their academic, personal and professional goals during their time at Ohio State.
Office of Military and Veterans Services
The Office of Military and Veterans Services is the university’s single point of contact for all military and veterans services and concerns.
Scholarships and funding
Office of Student Life
Each student’s needs and background are unique, and the more than 30 departments within the Office of Student Life offer a variety of support and services to help them be successful in a diverse global society.
Student organizations
From awareness/activism to ethnic/cultural, from religious/spiritual to community service/service learning, Ohio State has more than 1,000 student organizations that provide a wide range of opportunities for involvement.
Younkin Success Center
The Younkin is a hub for services related
to student success and wellness, including Career Counseling and Support Services, Counseling and Consultation Service and the Dennis Learning Center.
Additional resources
- Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity & Non-Discrimination/Harassment, 1.10
- African American and African Studies Community Extension Center
- Chief Diversity Officer
- Diversity Lecture and Cultural Arts Series
- Diversity Officers Work Group
- Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
- ODI Dialogue and Discussion Series
- ODI Dissertation Boot Camp
- ODI’s Preparing for the Professoriate Retreat
- ODI-sponsored conferences
- Upward Bound
- The Women's Place
- University Outreach and Engagement
- University Senate Diversity Committee
Multicultural Center
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