A personal Ukraine reflection: My hopes and fears
Alena Morgunova Miller is a Ukrainian-American Mennonite: born in Lexington, Kentucky, and raised by a Mennonite father and Ukrainian mother.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Goshen College, we seek to understand, engage and live with difference.
Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion strives to build an intercultural community of practice that takes students, faculty, staff and community members deeper than multicultural or cross-cultural models of community.
How we define diversity, equity & inclusion
Diversity
Diversity is the sum of the ways that people are both different and similar. Diversity has many dimensions that intersect in a wide variety of ways; these dimensions include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, culture, religion, mental and physical ability, class, immigration status, and others.
Equity
Equity means an intentional focus to reduce disparities in opportunities, experiences and outcomes for all members of the campus community. Equity is expressed in a commitment to address historical and current manifestations of social bias and exclusion, including the ways in which social arrangements disadvantage some groups and legitimate others.
Inclusion
Inclusion means belonging to a campus environment in which people are respected, accepted and connected to one another. Community members come together in friendly, caring, and authentic ways, and have opportunities to participate in community life and its ongoing evolution.
Note: The above are “working definitions” — our work is happening in this context and our work will also evolve these definitions. The definitions draw upon these sources:
Diversity Toolkit Introduction, National Education Association (accessed July 25, 2018)
Museus & Jayakumar, eds, Creating Campus Cultures, pp 12-17; Routledge, 2012
Ginsberg & Wlodkowski, Diversity & Motivation, 2nd Ed, Chapter 2; Jossey Bass, 2009
“Qualitative Inquiry for Equity in Higher Education.” ASHE Report on Higher Education 2012.
Related Policies & Statements
- Our vision for diversity, equity and inclusion at Goshen College
- Title IX Policy on Sexual Harassment and Assault
- Anti-Harassment and Anti-Violence Statement
- Policy and Procedures on Bias-related Incidents of Discrimination and Harassment
- Freedom of Speech and Expression Statement
- Land Acknowledgement Statement
Research team studies effects of prescribed burns in Kenya
For two weeks in February, five Goshen College students joined Ryan Sensenig, professor of biology, in Kenya to assist with prescribed burns inside the Kenya Long term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE).
Shands Stoltzfus co-authors new book on antiracism, ‘Been in the Struggle’
Regina Shands Stoltzfus, professor of peace, justice and conflict studies, has co-authored the new book "Been in the Struggle: Pursuing an Antiracist Spirituality" (Herald Press, Nov. 2021).
Stats
40
Different faith traditions are represented among our student population
41%
Are students of color or from outside the U.S.
Top 100
Among all liberal arts colleges for high ethnic diversity on campus
-U.S. News & World Report
Top 5
Among liberal arts colleges for most students studying abroad
-U.S. News & World Report
25
Countries represented among our student population
9%
International students
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