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About Us
Find out about our department mission, services, and location.

Announcements
Reminders and announcements for important services, events, and information from our department.

Overview
Student Life’s Intercultural & Diversity Center is a recently renovated comfortable, welcoming location for ALL students to study, meet, or engage in small group work. The location is also used for educational and awareness-building programs, to help students and the entire University build an understanding and appreciation of diversity, social justice and cultural identity. Programs and services foster academic and personal growth -- that promote a multi-ethnic, culturally conscious University community.

Diversity Advocates
Diversity Advocates are a proactive peer educational advocacy group. Advocates engage in ongoing training on diversity and social justice-related issues and topics through enrolling in a 3-credit hour course. Utilizing their training and personal experience, Advocates conduct a variety of educational programs, workshop presentations and facilitate increased discussion of and appreciation for our diverse University CommUNITY.

Diversity Institute
The Diversity Institute is designed to spark thought and engage students in conversations about the concepts of diversity, cultural identity and social justice in a safe, encouraging and challenging environment. The four hour certificate workshop is available each fall and spring semester.

IDC Courses
The IDC offers two courses for interested students: The Diversity Advocate course (3 credits) and an Introduction to Peer Education and Diversity course (2 credits; Spring semesters only).

Clubs and Organizations
Within the UB student community there is a broad spectrum of clubs and organizations including academic, special interest, people of color and international clubs.

Internships and Fellowships
The IDC coordinates an Undergraduate Internship program and a Graduate/Doctoral Fellowship program. The purpose of these programs is to provide a diverse group of University at Buffalo students the opportunity to gain guidance and experience within their career path as they pursue higher education.

Events
The IDC plans a variety of programs including: Cultural Bazaars, Film Screenings & Guided Dialogues, Diversity & Leadership Panel Discussions, the ALANA Celebration of Achievement, Diversity Workshops and more.

IDC Photo Albums
Travel back with us and view photos from our past programs and events!

Diversity Workshops
The IDC offers workshops on a variety of topics designed for students with multiple levels of knowledge and experience related to diversity and social justice issues. Read our new workshop descriptions and select a workshop appropriate for your group! You may request a workshop directly online, or you may download the workshop request form and return it via campus mail or fax.

Newsletter
The IDC Newsletter, newly titled “CommUNITY View” is printed and distributed twice a semester and provides information on past and future IDC events, student and organization highlights and articles of interest.

IDC Listserv
To join the IDC listserv and learn about new events, opportunities and announcements, please email: IDClistserv.