Student Life

Center for Diversity and Cultural Enrichment

Mission Statement

The Center for Diversity & Cultural Enrichment at Salem State cultivates a campus-wide community that acknowledges, celebrates, and promotes the diversity of its members. One of the College's goals is to empower its students with the resources, skills and opportunities necessary for academic achievement, leadership development, and purposeful civic engagement while providing them with a safe and welcoming environment. The center acts as a catalyst for exploring critical issues on campus by initiating discussions about race, class, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and the historical and current realities that impact understanding of these topics. The center strives to enhance opportunities for educational growth, retention, and successful matriculation of students from diverse backgrounds and further appreciation for diversity for the campus community. Through cross-cultural dialogues and examining the issues relevant to diversity and social justice, the College hopes to nurture a generation of informed citizens who find unity within our differences.

This page is still under construction. Please check in again soon for further information on the opening of the Center for Diversity and Cultural Enrichment office, located in the Ellison Campus Center, Room 204.

"We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin."

---Margaret Mead---