Mission
The Office of Institutional Equity and Thriving (OIET) actualizes DePaul's Catholic, Vincentian, and urban character by ensuring representation, inclusion, equity, and justice for all members of our community.
Vision
Our vision is to achieve a diverse and engaging campus environment that is a model of inclusive excellence in higher education. DEI at DePaul will reflect our collective values of respecting human dignity and living social and racial justice to achieve transformational change.
Strategic Priorities
- Connect our Vincentian heritage to social and racial justice.
- Strive for inclusive excellence.
- Create understanding and cultivate compassion for all members of our community.
- Foster respect, inclusion, and equity in all aspects of university life.
- Promote equal opportunity in recruitment, retention, and climate for our students, faculty, and staff.
- Build university-wide DEI collaborations.
- Create a learning culture that builds DEI institutional capacity.
Scope
OIET is responsible for implementing diversity goals and objectives outlined in Designing DePaul. OIET works with university stakeholders to provide resources and organizational integration to coordinate and develop a range of DEI services, initiatives, and policies that comprises a comprehensive plan for advancing equity and access for all members of our community.
Services
- Provide Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) training and education
- Implement JEDI programming
- Coordinate and complete DePaul's Affirmative Action Plan
- Facilitate JEDI dialogues
- Review and create university policies with an equity-minded lens
- Champion DePaul's Employee Resource Groups
- Collect and disseminate DEI data and analytics
- Advise university DEI strategy and planning
- Coordinate the Faculty Recruitment Incentive Program
- Manage the Human Dignity and Bias Response Team