Student Resources
Cultural Centers
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Student Services
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Academic Departments, Programs, and Centers
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Diversity Research and Opportunities
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International Opportunities
Cultural Centers
Students can become involved in cultural activities outside of their courses by visiting a
cultural center or joining a club.
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Asian American Cultural
Center
Starting in 2005, the Asian American Cultural Center provides the University of Illinois
community with space to gather and share the diverse and rich cultures that are part of the
Asian American experience.
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Bruce D. Nesbitt African American
Cultural Center
The African American Cultural Center provides students with workshops and organizational
programs such as Black Chorus, Griot Newsletter, Omnimov Dancers, and WBML Radio. Academic credit
is offered for some programs.
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La Casa Cultural
Latina
La Casa Cultural Latina provides a welcoming environment for Latina/o students through lectures,
dances, workshops, and National Hispanic and Latino Month.
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Native American House
The Native American House strives to develop interdisciplinary teaching and research, host
culturally enriching programs and provide essential student services that highlight the diversity
of cultures and histories of Native individuals, communities and nations.
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Student Services
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Division of Disability Resources and Educational
Services (DRES)
DRES provides a wide range of services to students with documented disabilities - from
adapted testing to campus accessibility issues, or assisted living and accessible transportation.
Programs and services include the disabled student service fraternity (DSO), driver's training, and
adapted varsity sports.
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Inclusive Illinois
Inclusive Illinois is about promoting and fostering an inclusive and diverse campus community
through education, engagement, and excellence.
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International Student and Scholar Services
International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) provides a variety of services including
advising sessions; responding to questions to immigration concerns and questions, informational
sessions; and sponsoring employment workshops. ISSS also serves as a liaison to United States
government agencies, program sponsors, and campus units.
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Office for Inclusion and
Intercultural Relations (OIIR)
The Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Relations seeks to improve campus climate by
providing transformative learning experiences to the Illinois community that result in an
appreciation for diversity and cross cultural engagement. OIIR contributes to the academic mission
of the University by providing students educational opportunities about the various dimensions of
diversity and intersections of identities.
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Office of Minority Student Affairs (OMSA)
The Office of Minority Student Affairs offers academic and personal counseling, tutoring, help
in securing financial aid and finding a campus job, career guidance, computer training and other
services for minority students.
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Women's Resources
Center
(WRC)
The Women's Resources Center at the University of Illinois is responsible for improving the
campus climate for women and developing and implementing programs that address women's issues and
gender-related concerns.
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Academic Departments, Programs, and Centers
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a diverse number of departments, programs,
and centers which deal with cultural studies. Each of the programs offer courses, information, and
resources for students who wish to learn about a particular culture or area of the world.
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Diversity Research and Opportunities
Through a broad range of research, scholarships, diversity programs, and continual support from
the colleges, students are able to receive funding, research and networking opportunities. The
following is a list of opportunities that are currently available across the campus:
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College of Agricultural, Consumer and
Environmental Sciences (ACES) Diversity Programs
The College of ACES seeks to encourage diversity and multiculturalism among its faculty,
staff and student body. To this end, the College has committed itself to increasing the cultural
diversity in the undergraduate student body; creating a college environment that values differences
among students, faculty and staff; strengthening the human expertise of the food and agricultural
sciences through cooperative relationships between ACES departments with other colleges and
universities, government agencies and industry; and increasing the number of minority and women
faculty and staff.
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College of Engineering Diversity
Programs and Scholarships
The College of Engineering has a number of programs and scholarships designed to increase the
number of students from underrepresented groups in engineering. Among these programs are the
National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers, and several
programs focused on women in engineering.
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Diversity Research Laboratory
The Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism at the University of Illinois has established
the Diversity Research Laboratory (DRL) to facilitate, produce and disseminate multidisciplinary
research dedicated to understanding leisure as it relates to the richness that diversity brings to
community life. Research projects conducted within the laboratory explore the relationships between
ethnicity, race, gender issues, aging, disability, lifestyle choices, immigration status and
leisure.
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School of Architecture on Diversity and
Social Equity
The School of Architecture, through its policies and programs, strives to promote diversity
and social equity. The School demonstrates this commitment through activities in teaching, research
and public engagement, ongoing support for student and alumni organizations and special programs
for minority students.
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Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
Coordinated through the Graduate College, SROP provides undergraduate students from
populations underrepresented in graduate study at Illinois with an opportunity to explore careers
in research. The many activities offered through the Summer Research Opportunities Program will
afford participants an opportunity to establish important relationships with faculty in their
respective fields of study, conduct graduate-level research under the supervision of a University
of Illinois renowned faculty member, become acquainted with the culture of graduate school, and to
learn what is needed and expected of them as graduate students in their discipline at the
University of Illinois.
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International Opportunities
Students have the opportunity to study or work abroad, take classes on international topics, and
participate in activities which have an international focus through the following centers and
programs.
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Illinois International
Illinois International is the web portal to international activities, resources, and programs
at the University of Illinois. It is maintained by the Office of International Programs and Studies
(IPS) which coordinates, promotes, and supports international activities on campus. Through its
various offices and units, IPS fosters international expertise by facilitating faculty and student
research abroad, coordinating international exchanges and study abroad, supporting international
scholarly activities on campus, and leading public engagement in international affairs.
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Study Abroad Office
The Study Abroad Office offers a wide range of study and education opportunities abroad,
consonant in breadth and quality with on-campus Illinois curricula. The Office provdies
opportunities for short or long duration according to curricular objectives and in consideration of
students' co-curricular and personal obligations.
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Contact Information
Cindy Ingold
Gender and Multicultural Services Librarian
Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL)
cingold@illinois.edu
(217) 333-7998
