Welcome to the Chancellor's Diversity Website—a portal to diversity resources and news from around our campus.
To the Campus Community:
Forty years ago, UCLA was among the first universities in the nation to establish comprehensive ethnic studies research centers. Since their founding, the American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Bunche Center for African American Studies, and Chicano Studies Research Center have beautifully reflected the rich ethnic diversity of California.
Home to outstanding faculty and students throughout their history, the centers have earned worldwide recognition for their scholarly output, archival work and lasting contributions to the vibrant intellectual community on our campus and in Los Angeles.
Today, UCLA remains the only university with dedicated centers in all four subjects. By providing opportunities to engage in vital research relevant to these and other ethnic communities—and by advancing our understanding of the interplay among various sectors of our society—UCLA’s ethnic studies research centers further our mission as a public university.
In celebration of this 40th anniversary, I am pleased to designate 2009-10 as the Year of Ethnic Studies at UCLA. Through June, we will celebrate this important milestone with conferences, lectures, exhibitions and other public programs. More information is available at the Ethnic Studies 40th Anniversary website.
Please join me in celebrating this unique point of pride for our campus community.
Sincerely,
Gene D. Block
Chancellor
Click here to see excerpt on diversity from Chancellor Block's inaugural speech
News
- »Visit the Department of Psychology Diversity Science Initiative online.
- »CSRC 40th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture by José E. Limón, November 19, 4:00–5:00PM, A18 Haines Hall.
- »International Education Week starts on November 16, 2009
- »UCLA American Indian Studies Center 40th Anniversary Open House Thursday, October 22
- »UCLA Alumna Elinor Ostrom Wins 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics
- »Disability Awareness Week October 26th– November 1st
- »The Chicano Studies Research Center participates in 4th annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar
- »UCLA Center for the Study of Women celebrates its 25th anniversary on September 21, 2009.
To Members of the Campus Community:
Diversity is a core value of UCLA. It enables us to provide the kind of broad, enriching educational experience for which the university has long been known.
Because we are a public institution, our students, faculty and staff must reflect the broad diversity of the state of California. We take great pride in the many backgrounds represented on our campus.
UCLA has a great legacy of preparing leaders from all segments of society who have gone on to make significant contributions all over the world.
We are deeply committed to ensuring the continued diversity of our campus. We will do whatever we can, legally and appropriately, to preserve and expand the diverse nature of our university community.
To support diversity efforts, the Chancellor’s Advisory Group on Diversity (CAGD) was appointed in September 1998 to help advance, sustain and promote campus diversity. This work is essential to furthering the widely shared purposes of maintaining UCLA as a premier institution, noted for its excellence, richness and vibrancy. We must effect change in the patterns of disadvantage and discrimination that are still so evident in society.
This link will take you to the statement of diversity that has been adopted by the Academic Senate of the University of California, as well as a letter from UC President Robert Dynes endorsing it as the official statement of the university.
Consistent with the university’s commitment to achieve and maintain diversity, we at UCLA are continually working to increase the broad spectrum of perspectives available on our campus, which are critical to our mission of teaching, research and service.
Sincerely,
Gene D. Block
Chancellor