Connecting with OIDI

UNCW Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion has a new look! Head over to our new website for updates on campus and community initiatives. Also new this fall is the Request for Assistance form, which streamlines the process to collaborate with OIDI. Use the form to request funding and/or program assistance by unit staff. Email oidi@uncw.edu with any questions.

Celebrating Decades of Connections

The pandemic may have hampered celebrations of UNCW Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion units’ milestone anniversaries, but their work to support, educate and advocate for diverse students and the communities they serve has not slowed for a moment. More...

The UNCW community also celebrates the life of Helena Joyce Lee, who served as the first director of the Upperman African American Cultural Center. (more)

The Upperman Center Curates a Black History Month Celebration

The Upperman African American Cultural Center offered a full calendar of events celebrating the legacies and histories of African descendants in America in observance of Black History Month. More...

Edelmira '98, '12 Ed.D., Receives Alumni Association's Inaugural Distinguished Diversity Award

Edelmira Segovia is the first recipient of the Distinguished Diversity Award, and serves as director of Centro Hispano in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion at UNCW. More...

The 2021 Homecoming activities were virtual but vibrant! Brooke Lambert, Coordinator of the Mohin-Scholz LGBTQIA Resource Office, hosted a Fireside Chat with Sasha Velour and Peppermint of RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 9). These New York drag queens are helping to shift and expand people’s understanding of gender, activism and drag.

Contact Us

Office: Alderman Hall Hall 211
Phone: 910.962.2691
Email: OIDI@uncw.edu

Renewal and Change Accountability Committee

In July, Chancellor Jose V. Sartarelli established the Chancellor’s Renewal and Change Accountability Committee, comprised of students, faculty, staff, alumnus and community members. The committee is chaired by Maurice Smith ’79, UNCW Board of Trustee member, with Cabinet members serving as ex-officio members. View the January presentation by Interim CDO Donyell Roseboro to the UNCW Board of Trustees here.

The UNC Board of Governors created the UNC System Racial Equity Task Force to address the issues of race and racism within the UNC System institutions. In January, the task force issued its final report. Members conducted a system-wide survey in September and seven town halls in October, connecting with more than 3,000 students, faculty and staff members to shape recommendations for system improvements. The Racial Equity Task Force approved recommendations, based on feedback from the surveys and town hall meetings, during its December meeting. In January, the task force issued its final report.