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The Center for Belonging & Inclusion

The Center for Belonging & Inclusion cultivates an inclusive campus experience that facilitates student engagement, social inclusion, intellectual curiosity, and personal exploration.

The Center is a space that provides a forum for the exploration of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Denison Community. Committed to supporting and promoting intercultural awareness, the staff develops programs that increase understanding and appreciation of cultural differences through a spectrum of learning experiences and educational services. This helps create and sustain a campus environment where we respect ourselves and an environment that builds mutual respect among our diverse student body.

All programming for The Center supports inclusive excellence and promotes a welcoming community for all by providing an integrated, holistic approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion through programs, services, and initiatives.

Contact the Center for Belonging & Inclusion with questions about:

Programming, support, and institutional policy

740-587-8656

Slayter Hall Student Union | Room 402

Signature Programs and Services

› Cultural heritage and social identity celebration programming and events (Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month,

Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, National Coming

Out Day, Native American History Month, Trans Day of Visibility,

Women’s History Month).

› Support and collaborate with the Cross-Cultural Community (C3) student organization (African Student Association; Black,

Latin X, Asian STEM Society; Black Student Union; Denison

Asian Student Union; Denison International Student Association;

First Generation Network; La Fuerza Latina; Outlook)

› Promote connections between Denison students and the broader Central Ohio community through service projects, networking events, activism, and conferences.

› Facilitate trainings and workshops focused on topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion (social identities, Safe Zone, allyship & leadership, inclusive community building, implicit bias, etc).

› Collaborate with other campus departments to connect students from diverse cultural identities and backgrounds to academic, career, and personal support services and opportunities.

› Paving The Way Pre Orientation Program: A four-day experience that promotes diversity & inclusion through identity development, community building, and cultural exploration.

› Coordinate Denison’s Safe Zone training program, which teaches students, staff, and faculty about LGBTQ+ issues and identities on campus.

› Consult with individual students who have an interest in gender and/or sexuality for a variety of reasons (personal, intellectual, academic, etc.), and student organizations to plan programs and events related to gender and/or sexuality.