Student Multicultural Affairs
Welcome to the Website for the Office of Student Multicultural Affairs at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs! The office serves as a unit in the Dean of Students Office. Student Multicultural Affairs promotes a campus environment that is inclusive of a diverse university community in order to further the overall mission of educational excellence at UCCS.
Towards this end, the Office of Student Multicultural Affairs collaborates with other campus wide diversity efforts to provide support and direction to students.
The Office of Student Multicultural Affairs:
- Serves as a location for development and awareness of campus-wide multicultural programs to tie academic affairs with a diverse campus environment, and to develop resources that strengthen and enhance a diverse faculty, student and staff population.
- Encourages cultural exchange between students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
- Provides and promote support services and association among culturally diverse student organizations
- Shares scholarships, internships, and educational opportunities with students as they become available.
- Manages the CU-Colorado Springs Student Multicultural Affairs Mentorship Program with campus staff, faculty and administrators mentoring students from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Collaborates with the Faculty Senate Minority Affairs Committee and Student Success Initiative to promote improvement in the delivery of recruitment and retention services to a diverse student population.