The Office of Graduate Education (OGE)’s GradDiversity seeks to support the success of underrepresented and under-served graduate students at MIT. This takes place through a series of programs designed to strengthen recruitment, enhance community, and ignite development in academic, leadership, and professional skills.
FOR FACULTY, STAFF, & GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Fostering a welcoming and inclusive community
- Graduate program consultation, by request
- Graduate Diversity Working Group (coming soon)
- Grad diversity committee involvement
- MIT Diversity Think Tank (DT2)
- MIT Committee on Race and Diversity (CRD)
- MIT Academic Council Working Group
FOR CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Cultivating a vibrant and empowering community
- Graduate Diversity Ambassadors (~academic year)
- Graduate Students of Color Advisory Council (~academic year)
- Graduate Students of Color Welcome @ Orientation (~Aug.)
- Ignite seminars (monthly community dinners ~ academic year)
- MIT Multicultural Awards Banquet* (~May)
- MOSAIC: MIT Outstanding Scholars. Achieve. Inspire. Change. (receptions ~ May Commencement)
- MIT Summer Research Program – General (MSRP) Pod Leaders (~Summer)
- MSRP Application Review Committee (ARC) (coming soon)
- University Center for Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM) (~academic year)
FOR PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS
Increasing diversity
- GradCatalyst (~academic year)
- Graduate Application Fee Waiver Program (~Fall)
- Graduate Diversity Ambassadors (~academic year)
- MIT Summer Research Program – General (MSRP) (~Summer)
- National Name Exchange (NNE) (~Spring)
- Recruitment @ National Diversity-related Conferences (~academic year)
#MITGradDiversity on SOCIAL MEDIA
- Keep informed with our periodic newsletters
- Connect with our Facebook page
- Follow our Instagram profile
- Subscribe to our YouTube channel
- Read about diversity and inclusion @ MIT News
CONTACT: See OGE Diversity staff listing
*Co-sponsored with Institute Community Equity Office (ICEO), Office of Minority Education (OME), and Office of Multicultural Programs (OMP).