MISSION STATEMENT

The purpose of the Eastern Oregon University Multicultural Center is to develop and deliver programs and services designed to support and retain students from culturally diverse backgrounds, by providing opportunities for them to become active, productive, and collaborative members of the campus community.  In addition, the center is committed to offering students a place in which they have the opportunity to engage in multicultural activities that enhance their academic, social and cultural endeavors as well as prepare them for success in a diverse global society.

The Multicultural Center offers an inclusive educational environment that nurtures cross-cultural communication and fosters the exchange of diverse perspectives and ideals.  The center also works to promote cultural awareness and understanding, offers a place where people have an opportunity to engage in cultural activities that promote learning and sharing of different cultural experiences as well as serve as a resource for the campus and community around topics of diversity.

GOALS

• Provide underrepresented students with academic, social, personal and other support services that help in their transition to a new environment and the University setting.
• Help foster within the University community a respect for and an appreciation of the history, tradition, and culture of underrepresented student and their organizations.
• Serve as a resource for faculty, staff and community members wanting to  learn, understand, address and support underrepresented student in the educational process.
• Foster an educational environment that promotes an individual’s ability to embrace and celebrate differences in people ideas and perspectives.
• Provide a place for student, faculty, staff and the community to utilize for the purpose of sharing, experiencing and celebrating diversity.