Diversity Programs
OFIC is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion, and equity through our fundraising efforts and programs. Through our role as a connector, we work to invite our funding partners, 33-member independent colleges and universities, and students to meet issues head on through the OFIC Diversity Forum and Diversity Grants.
2024 Diversity Forum and Inspiration Awards
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Diversity Stories
OFIC strives to promote diversity and inclusivity and is able to achieve this mission with the help of generous donors funding Diversity Grants to our member campuses. Click below to read stories of how independent colleges have used awarded Diversity Grants to expand their efforts in creating a more all-encompassing campus for their faculty, students and community.
2022 Diversity Forum - Redefining Diversity
Daniel Juday - Space Creator
Join us for OFIC's 2022 Virtual Diversity Forum, led by Daniel Juday, where we’ll work to disrupt any misinformation about diversity, bias, and privilege by talking about what these words actually mean, and what they don’t, and will work together to find out what they mean to us.
What to expect:
• the opportunity to align your thinking around these terms in productive ways
• how to connect these ideas to how you do your job every day
• strategies for enhanced communication