DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE

The Student Affairs Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Committee awarded grants up to $5,000 to Student Affairs departments to assist with their grant process. The 2021-2022 grants support diversity/inclusion efforts in the campus community and/or student experience:

Community-Engaged Leadership, Intercultural Student Affairs and Human Development & Psychological Counseling: Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) for Leadership Studies Students Students engaged in debriefing, analysis and application of their results. The IDI facilitated cooperative conversations and actions toward growth and development.

Wellness & Prevention Services: Exploring Disordered Eating and Body Image Acceptance among Students with Marginalized Identities and Males at Appalachian State University-hosted a series of educational events

Electronic Student Services: Lunch and Learn Technologystudent workers had monthly meetings/workshops focused around technology involving marginalized identities where food was provided

Community-Engaged Leadership: Inclusive Literature Book Club- This book club discussed books each month that featured a main character, diverse cast of characters, or was written by one with a marginalized identity The focus was themes of prejudice, inclusion and equity

Each year, App State's Diversity Celebration provides a venue where diverse perspectives, cultures and values are accepted, appreciated and celebrated. The event supports and enhances the university’s commitment to be actively involved in addressing the educational, economic, cultural and societal needs of the changing region, state, nation and world. This year's event included the Diversity Celebration Festival, Asian Fest, Inclusive Leadership workshops, films, music and so much more

Counseling & Psychological Services: Riding the Waves Workshop Series-hosted a series of interactive psychoeducational and experiential workshops that helped empower students of marginalized identities at App State and provided them with therapeutic tools and resources

University Recreation: Adaptive Fitness-purchased adaptive fitness equipment to make exercise more accessible to more people, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to create the exercise plan that fits their unique needs

University Recreation: Goalball Sport League-Goalball is one of the most popular Paralympic sports designed for athletes who are blind. This grant helped University Recreation offer this accessible sport to both blind and ablebodied students

Intercultural Student Affairs: Inclusion and Identity of Students- This grant allowed the increase of intentional programs to bring in resources that unified student-athletes and non-student-athletes together.

Counseling Center

18% students seen for a clinical service were from historically underserved racial/ethnic backgrounds, matching the University’s percentage of underrepresented students

Periodic Comprehensive Review

(self-study and external review)

8 departments completed a Periodic Comprehensive Review

University Recreation

308,309 total visits

12,791 total visitors

1,928 intramural sports participants

Volunteer Hours

939 hours volunteered by Wellness and Prevention Services

7,200 hours volunteered by Fraternity and Sorority Life

Plemmons Student Union

84,578 hours of booked spaces

13,862 individual bookings

150 student employees

Student Health Service

49,058 total student visits to the clinic

6,812 pharmacy visits

2,114

COVID vaccines

26,641 lab tests

7,543 COVID tests

50 camps & conferences hosted

2,989 community-building opportunities created

4,000+ residence hall guests in summer 2022

97 children served

26 from student families

66 from faculty/staff families

5 from community families

Fraternity & Sorority Life

1,751 students surveyed after "Welcome to App" felt their experience was above average. This experience gives students an introduction to clubs, resources and activities on campus.

82% parents and families indicated their needs were met during move-in

students were members of fraternities and sororities

$52k raised in the spring for charitable organizations

#2

90% for Southern universities in the Best Colleges for Veterans category (U.S. News & World Report)

3.18 cumulative GPA for fraternity & sorority life

667 students in 14 chapters in the Interfraternity Council

36 students in 7 chapters as part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council

3.15 university's cumulative GPA

11 students in 2 chapters from the Multicultural Greek Council

1,038 members in 9 chapters in the Panhellenic Council total number of student veterans served 384