30 Days of Indigenous
Contact
Aaron Golding
aaron.golding@northwestern.edu
Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students
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30 Days of IndigenousResources and activities throughout November organized to celebrate Native American History Month. ContactAaron Golding Resource Type:
Education/Training, Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Center for Native American and Indigenous Research | Education/TrainingEventOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Accessible Events GuideGuide is intended to provide event organizers and campus administrators with the tools necessary to proactively plan events that are accessible to all attendees. This type of planning and organization makes students and their family members, faculty and staff, and community members with disabilities feel welcome at Northwestern events as opposed to an afterthought or burden. Resource Type:
Guide/Policy Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | AccessibleNU | Guide/Policy | FacultyStaffStudents |
Active Inclusion for TeamsThe Active Inclusion live-workshop builds awareness & provides practical tools for participants to enact change towards fostering inclusive environments. Unconscious Bias is a pre-requisite for enrollment in Active Inclusion. Resource Type:
Education/Training Audience: Faculty, Staff | Human Resources Learning and Organization Development | Education/Training | FacultyStaff |
Advising and Resources About Study AbroadNorthwestern undergraduates’ first stop for information about study abroad. ContactResource Type:
Guide/Policy, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Global Learning Office | Guide/PolicyOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
All Gender HousingAll Gender Housing refers to an arrangement whereby students, regardless of sex, gender, or gender identity, are permitted to share a room or suite in select areas of Northwestern’s campus residences. The primary reason for such a policy is to provide housing options that take into consideration varying identities and preferences, and to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for all students. ContactResource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Residential Services | Ongoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Alumnae Award for Curriculum InnovationAlumnae of Northwestern University Awards for Curriculum Innovation support faculty innovations that will enhance the undergraduate curriculum such as new courses, new course materials or components for existing courses, and/or new approaches to instruction. Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Funding Audience: Faculty | Office of the Provost | Award/HonorFunding | Faculty |
Arch Scholars Peer Mentoring ProgramThe Arch Scholars programs are designed to welcome, engage, and support students who attended high schools with little or no AP/IB preparation, those with financial need (like Questbridge students), or who are among the first in their families to attend college. Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Ongoing Program/Initiative, Resource/Affinity Group Audience: Students | Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences | Award/HonorOngoing Program/InitiativeResource/Affinity Group | Students |
Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT)The Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) is a group of administrators who are committed to creating a proactive response to instances of hate and bias. When a student reports a bias/hate incident through RespectNU one of the BIRT members will support the student, connect them with the appropriate resources, and follow-up with them until the situation has been resolved. Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Campus Inclusion and Community | Ongoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Bouchet Honor SocietyThe purpose of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society is to recognize outstanding scholarly achievement and promote diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate. Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | The Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion | Award/HonorOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Brown Bag SeriesThe Center for Native American and Indigenous Research is delighted to present the brown bag series. The series is open to all students, faculty, staff, and community. This series is an opportunity to come and create a network, learn from one another, and exchange new and innovative ideas. Each meeting is an hour long and will be comprised of different topics and presenters. This series will be held in a hybrid format. ContactMegan Bang Resource Type:
Education/Training, Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Center for Native American and Indigenous Research | Education/TrainingEventOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Campus Coalition on Sexual ViolenceCampus Coalition on Sexual Violence consists of staff, faculty, community partners and students who meet quarterly to share work being done across campus. They connect community members involved in everything from peer education to policy revision and student activism. ContactResource Type:
Committee/Council/Advisory Group, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Center for Awareness Response and Education | Committee/Council/Advisory GroupOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
CAPS Workshops & Gathering SpacesCAPS is here to support you every step of the way! Our Winter Quarter programming focuses on building resilience, cultivating authentic connection with others, and moving towards collective healing.Workshops and gathering spaces are not therapy groups and they are not intended as a treatment for mental health concerns. Resource Type:
Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative, Resource/Affinity Group Audience: Students | Counseling and Psychological Services | EventOngoing Program/InitiativeResource/Affinity Group | Students |
Cats ClosetCats Closet is a new service that offers students access to FREE gently used professional and business casual attire appropriate for career fairs, interviews, information sessions and the workplace. Our mission is to eliminate barriers that prevent students from looking and feeling their best as they navigate their internship and job search and enter the professional world. ContactResource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Northwestern Career Advancement | Ongoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Center for Health Equity TransformationCHET serves as a hub offering a nurturing environment that brings people together across disciplines and communities to lift health for all by exposing root causes of health inequities and serving as a hub that pushes boundaries in research, education, workforce development, and community engagement.
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Education/Training Audience: Community, Faculty, Students | Institute for Public Health and Medicine at Feinberg School of Medicine | Education/Training | CommunityFacultyStudents |
Center for the Study of Diversity and DemocracyResource Type:
Education/Training Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff | Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences | Education/Training | CommunityFacultyStaff |
CLIMB ProgramCLIMB Program guides a diverse group of bioscience PhD students at Northwestern University to develop advanced skills for collaborating, communicating, and conducting research across disciplines, and accelerate their professional development. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Ongoing Program/Initiative, Resource/Affinity Group Audience: Students | Feinberg School of Medicine | Education/TrainingOngoing Program/InitiativeResource/Affinity Group | Students |
Community GatheringsLatinx Community; Black House Community Gatherings; Queer Wellness & Healing Series ContactAlejandro Magaña Resource Type:
Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative, Resource/Affinity Group Audience: Students | Multicultural Student Affairs | EventOngoing Program/InitiativeResource/Affinity Group | Students |
Community Safety Advisory BoardNear-term objective is to provide for the safety, well-being and security of the entire University. The long-term objective is a process of open dialogue that will lead to meaningful change. ContactClyde Yancy Resource Type:
Committee/Council/Advisory Group, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of the President | Committee/Council/Advisory GroupOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Crossing Boundaries: the Cultural Distance Hypothesis of Music LearningBased on our research into cross-cultural music memory, we propose a “Cultural Distance Hypothesis” that posits predictable expectation and memory responses for out-of-culture music. The hypothesis predicts that “The degree to which the musics of any two cultures differ in the statistical patterns of pitch and rhythm will predict how well a person from one of the cultures can process the music of the other.” Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Students | Bienen School of Music | Ongoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStudents |
Current Issues in LGBTQ Health Lecture SeriesISGMH’s Current Issues in LGBTQ Health monthly lecture series focuses on highlighting important work being done in the field of LGBTQ health. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing | Education/TrainingEventOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Daniel Hale Williams Diversity and Inclusion AwardEach year, this award is bestowed upon one student who epitomizes the vision that leaders at Feinberg embrace regarding how diversity and inclusion should manifest in the Feinberg culture. Resource Type:
Award/Honor Audience: Students | Award/Honor | Students | |
Daniel Hale Williams SocietyDaniel Hale Williams Society of the Feinberg School of Medicine was created in 2018 to address the need to focus on the recruitment of African-American males into the medical profession. Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Feinberg School of Medicine | Ongoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Daniel Linzer Awards for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and EquityThe Daniel I. Linzer Awards for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Equity celebrates exemplar individuals or groups who are working collaboratively to build a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable climate at Northwestern University. ContactJoan M Johnson Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Funding Audience: Faculty | Office of the Provost | Award/HonorFunding | Faculty |
Daniel Linzer Grants for Innovation in Diversity and EquityProposals for novel and innovative practices that will enhance our missions of education and research through improved diversity and inclusion at Northwestern University. Proposed projects should demonstrate how they will enhance our academic enterprise through expanded diversity, inclusion, and equity at Northwestern University including but not limited to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, disability, socioeconomic status, age, political affiliation, religion, philosophy, or sexual orientation. ContactJoan M Johnson Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Funding Audience: Faculty | Office of the Provost | Award/HonorFunding | Faculty |
Data LinksThe mission of the Office of Institutional Research is to collect, integrate, and analyze institutional and external data to support institutional decision-making, planning, and policy development. This page includes links to Internal Reports and Data Sources, as well as Higher Education Research Related Links. Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of Institutional Research | Ongoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at MedillToday Medill continues its commitment to creating an inclusive environment and to providing equity in opportunities regarding research, teaching, administration and student services. Medill is dedicated to creating a socially just community by strengthening policies, developing programs, and fostering acceptance for a broad range of communities and concepts. We aim to welcome students, staff and faculty from diverse backgrounds and support them so they may thrive in our community. ContactRobert Brown Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications | Ongoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStaffStudents |
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion PlaylistsContinue your learning journey by exploring our curated DEIB playlist in myHR Learn. This DEIB playlist complements Northwestern’s DEIB workshop offerings and provides additional resources for continual learning. Resource Type:
Education/Training Audience: Faculty, Staff | Human Resources Learning and Organization Development | Education/Training | FacultyStaff |
Diversity and Inclusion Advisory BoardThe Graduate School Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council (GS-DIAC) is responsible for providing the leadership of The Graduate School (TGS) with feedback and guidance on diversity and inclusion plans and initiatives focused on graduate and professional students, postdoctoral scholars, and other key constituency groups. The Council gathers key stakeholders from the Feinberg community to do the following: Elevate important issues related to diversity, inclusion, and equity within the Northwestern University (NU), Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM) community -Provide thoughtful leadership on current and new initiatives including conflict resolution, climate surveys, campus-wide discussions, cross-cultural awareness and educational opportunities, especially those addressing bias, for students, faculty, and staff; Advise on the best approaches to recruit, retain, and develop a diverse faculty, student body, and staff; Serve as the nexus for all diversity and inclusion efforts at NU FSM. Resource Type:
Committee/Council/Advisory Group, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | The Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion | Committee/Council/Advisory GroupOngoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStaffStudents |
Diversity and Inclusion at HPAResource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Health Professions Advising | Ongoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Diversity and Inclusion at KelloggContactBernard (Bernie) Banks Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Kellogg School of Management | Ongoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStaffStudents |
Diversity and Inclusion CouncilDiversity and Inclusion Council helps to shape the strategy of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Resource Type:
Committee/Council/Advisory Group Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Feinberg School of Medicine | Committee/Council/Advisory Group | FacultyStaffStudents |
Dream WeekNorthwestern University community celebrates Dr. King with an expanded special commemoration including stage events, discussions, lectures, and service projects throughout the month to inspire reflection on Dr. King’s life and legacy. ContactMonica Russel y Rodriguez OIDI Initiative Resource Type:
Event Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion | Event | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
End-of-Year CelebrationsEvery year, the Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) hosts a series of End-of-Year celebrations to celebrate the accomplishments of our students. Graduates are invited to register and take part in these joyous celebrations. Resource Type:
Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative, Resource/Affinity Group Audience: Community, Students | Multicultural Student Affairs | EventOngoing Program/InitiativeResource/Affinity Group | CommunityStudents |
Equity RepresentativeEquity representatives facilitate a search committee’s approach to the task of faculty search. They help develop a philosophy of diversity and inclusion. The entire committee together to develop a practice in its work that is based on the twin aims of excellence and diversity. Resource Type:
Guide/Policy Audience: Faculty | Office of the Provost | Guide/Policy | Faculty |
EXCEL Scholars programMelville and Jane Hodge EXCEL Scholars program is an academic summer program for incoming freshmen to the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University.This is also a cultural leadership development program that allows students earn two academic credits that count toward their engineering degree. ContactEllen Worsdall Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | McCormick School of Engineering | Award/HonorOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Faculty Searches and HiringThe diversity and excellence of our faculty is critical to Northwestern University’s position as a leading research and teaching university. The University appoints the strongest possible candidates to its faculty, individuals who show outstanding potential or accomplishment in scholarship, research, and creative work and who meet similarly high standards in their teaching. By attracting diverse and exemplary teachers and scholars with a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, the institution strives to create an inclusive environment that fosters personal and intellectual growth. Resource Type:
Guide/Policy Audience: Faculty | Office of the Provost | Guide/Policy | Faculty |
Feminist in ResidenceNorthwestern University Women's Center Feminist-in-Residence Fellowship Program invites scholars, practitioners, artists, activists, and educators to campus for one academic year to further their independent feminist work, and incubate project(s) that further the Women’s Center mission and goals.
ContactSarah Brown Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community | Women's Center | Ongoing Program/Initiative | Community |
Hewlett Curriculum Fellowship ProgramHewlett Fund for Curricular Innovation, the College created the Hewlett Curricular Fellowship Program. Hewlett Fellowships support efforts by faculty in the College to create new courses, or revise currently taught courses, that will serve as examples of courses that might meet a social inequalities and diversities graduation requirement in the event that the Weinberg faculty approve such a requirement. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty | Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences | Education/TrainingOngoing Program/Initiative | Faculty |
Hispanic Serving Institution Pathways to the ProfessoriateThis pathway partnership with The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions is one of five Majority Research Institutions (MRIs) participating in the Hispanic Serving Institution Pathways to the Professoriate (HSI Pathways) program. Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | The Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion | Ongoing Program/Initiative | Students |
How Do I Make My Course Content Inclusive? Inclusive Course Content & Universal Design ResourcesA majority of the focus in accessibility considerations, especially in web accessibility, focuses on the technical aspects: how to properly structure,code, or design a site. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Guide/Policy Audience: Faculty, Staff | School of Professional Studies | Education/TrainingGuide/Policy | FacultyStaff |
InclusionNU FundInclusionNU Fund is a grant distributed by Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) that supports registered Northwestern University student organizations in implementing programs and initiatives that align with MSA's mission of supporting marginalized communities and creating an inclusive and welcoming campus. Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Funding Audience: Students | Multicultural Student Affairs | Award/HonorFunding | Students |
Inclusive Teaching at NorthwesternThe Guide offers eight inclusive teaching principles, supported by accessible strategies and case studies, which instructors can use to create and sustain inclusive learning environments. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Guide/Policy Audience: Faculty | Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching | Education/TrainingGuide/Policy | Faculty |
Indigenous Scholars and Artist In Residence ProgramCNAIR's Visiting Scholars and Artists Program brings new or established scholars and artists from other institutions to Northwestern for either a one-time fixed term or on a multi-year basis. ContactMegan Bang Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Funding, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Center for Native American and Indigenous Research | Award/HonorFundingOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Indigenous Tour of NorthwesternThe site includes an interactive map with videos and descriptions of important locations on campus. ContactJasmine Gurneau Resource Type:
Education/Training, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Center for Native American and Indigenous Research | Education/TrainingOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
International Women's Day ReceptionNU Women, Trans, and Gender NonBinary Folk from beyond the U.S. are invited to join the Women’s Center in celebrating this special global event.
ContactSarah Brown Resource Type:
Event Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Women's Center | Event | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Introduction to Graduate EducationIntroduction to Graduate Education at Northwestern (IGEN) for diverse rising juniors and seniors interested in doctoral study in a STEM or quantitative discipline. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | The Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion | Education/TrainingEventOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Introduction to Safe Space Training Online ModuleThe Safe Space Program is an initiative to educate allies who support LGBT individuals in our campus community. The Safe Space Training program strives to educate allies and provide a way for allies within the Feinberg community to prominently identify themselves. The program advances Northwestern University's goal of creating a campus community in which everyone is treated with respect and dignity. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Feinberg School of Medicine | Education/TrainingOngoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStaffStudents |
John Evans Study CommitteeJohn Evans Study Committee examined the nature of Evans’ involvement in the Sand Creek Massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, which occurred in 1864 while he was governor of what was then the Colorado Territory, and his relationship then and later with Northwestern. Resource Type:
Committee/Council/Advisory Group Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Center for Native American and Indigenous Research | Committee/Council/Advisory Group | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) CommitteeIn support of the Inclusion Statement, this committee is charged with working alongside the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Senior Women's Administrator / Deputy Title IX Coordinator to advance Northwestern University Department of Athletics and Recreation's commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. ContactMaria Sanchez Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Staff, Students | Northwestern Athletics | Ongoing Program/Initiative | CommunityStaffStudents |
Let's TalkLet’s Talk is a program for all Northwestern students that offers drop-in consultations (in-person and virtual) with a CAPS staff. The consultation meetings are informal, friendly, and confidential. Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Counseling and Psychological Services | Ongoing Program/Initiative | Students |
LGBTQ+ Pre Med ResourcesThis resource aims to support LGBTQ premedical students pursuing careers in medicine by discussing common questions, considering how to find the right fit in a medical school, and connecting them to additional resources. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Guide/Policy Audience: Students | Health Professions Advising | Education/TrainingGuide/Policy | Students |
LGBTQ OutListFeinberg School of Medicine LGBTQ OutList is a public and voluntary listing of members of the Feinberg community who identify as LGBTQ. This resource is intended to foster visibility, awareness, and networking within the LGBTQ community at Feinberg. Resource Type:
Resource/Affinity Group Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Feinberg School of Medicine | Resource/Affinity Group | FacultyStaffStudents |
Lyceum Speaker SeriesThe Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s Lyceum Speaker Series hosts distinguished scholars to present on current topics related to diversity and inclusion. These events are open to everyone, with the goal of encouraging inclusivity, learning, and understanding throughout the Feinberg community. Resource Type:
Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Feinberg School of Medicine | EventOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Masculinity, Allyship, Reflection, Solidarity (MARS)Masculinity, Allyship, Reflection, Solidarity (MARS) is an all-masculine identifying peer education group affiliated with CARE that provides education around healthy masculinity in predominantly masculine spaces at Northwestern. ContactResource Type:
Education/Training, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Center for Awareness Response and Education | Education/TrainingOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program (MMUF)The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program (MMUF) aims to increase diversity in the faculty of higher education institutions by identifying students of great promise and helping them become scholars of the highest distinction. ContactStephanie L. Marin Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Students | Office of the President | Award/HonorOngoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStudents |
MindfulnessInspired by practices of many spiritual traditions to set aside a portion of the year for reflection, this program invites all of any or no particular spiritual tradition to be nourished by these events. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Religious and Spiritual Life | Education/TrainingOngoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStaffStudents |
Music Education, Diversity, and Social JusticeWe believe strongly in equitable access to music education and the importance of sensitivity to the needs of diverse learners across many contexts. Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Students | Bienen School of Music | Ongoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStudents |
Name, Gender, and Pronoun RecordsInformation on which fields are collected and how to update details for name, pronoun, and gender markers in campus records. Resource Type:
Guide/Policy, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of the Registrar | Guide/PolicyOngoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStaffStudents |
Nancy and Ray Loeschner Leadership SeriesThe Loeschner Lecture on Leadership has the goal of inspiring students to become leaders in their chosen fields of endeavor. The lecture series was established with a gift from SESP alumnus Ray Loeschner (MA57) of Grand Rapids, Michigan, the former president of Olivet University and leader in higher education who also received his PhD from Northwestern in 1962. Resource Type:
Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | School of Education and Social Policy | EventOngoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStaffStudents |
National LGBTQ Health ConferenceThe National LGBTQ Health Conference is an interdisciplinary translational research conference bringing together scientists, public health professionals, and healthcare providers to discuss issues affecting the health and wellbeing of the LGBTQ community. Resource Type:
Education & Training, Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing | Education & TrainingEventOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Native American and Indigenous Strategic PlanningOIDI Initiative Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion | Ongoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Native American Indigenous InitiativesNative American Leadership Council, comprised of eight Native American community leaders, to provide insight and counsel for our Native American Inclusion initiative. ContactJasmine Gurneau OIDI Initiative Resource Type:
Committee/Council/Advisory Group Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion | Committee/Council/Advisory Group | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Native American Indigenous InitiativesConsistent with the University's commitment to diversity and inclusion, Northwestern works towards building relationships with Native American communities through academic pursuits, partnerships, historical recognitions, community service and enrollment efforts. ContactJasmine Gurneau OIDI Initiative Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion | Ongoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Northwestern Data BookThe annual Northwestern University Data Book started in 1967-68 as a medium to provide the community with a summary of official statistical information. The data are assembled from various sources. Tables will be uploaded to the site as the data become available. Data from past Data Books is available upon request. Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of Institutional Research | Ongoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Northwestern Posse ScholarsThe Posse Foundation is a college access and leadership development program with sites in 9 U.S. cities. Posse identifies high school students for academic and leadership potential for admission into a partner college or university. Northwestern University became a partner institution with the Posse Foundation in 2012. ContactLesley-Ann Brown-Henderson Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Campus Inclusion and Community | Ongoing Program/Initiative | Students |
NU DOCSProgram offered by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, designed to provide an immersive week-long introduction to careers in medicine for Northwestern University undergraduate students from underrepresented groups. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Feinberg School of Medicine | Education/TrainingOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
NÜ MenNÜ Men is a 6-week dialogue experience with the intention to challenge its participants to critically examine and deconstruct their own masculinity, to examine the systemic connections between traditional masculinity and gender-based violence, and to create personal definitions and counter narratives to dominant masculinity ContactResource Type:
Education/Training, Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Center for Awareness Response and Education | Education/TrainingEventOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Office of Community Education PartnershipsOCEP works to bridge the research, practice, and service missions of the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP) and Northwestern University to create initiatives and partnerships that positively impact our home communities of Evanston and Chicago, but that can be shared and scaled far beyond. OCEP partners with faculty, students, colleges, departments, and centers from across the university. ContactResource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of Community Education Partnerships | Ongoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Office of Diversity, Equity and InclusionThe Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law seeks to create a diverse and inclusive Law School community that not only attracts and retains diverse students, staff, and faculty, but also maintains an intellectually rigorous environment in which diverse viewpoints are explored, shared, and debated. In addition, the office provides support and guidance for diverse students, staff, and faculty. Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Pritzker School of Law | Ongoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
One Book One NorthwesternAims to engage the campus in a common conversation centered on a carefully chosen, thought-provoking book. ContactNancy Cunniff Resource Type:
Education/Training, Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Students | Office of the President | Education/TrainingEventOngoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStudents |
Peer Inclusion EducatorsPeer Inclusion Educators (PIE) is a program started by students, for students, dedicated to fostering an inclusive learning environment by addressing issues surrounding personal awareness of social identities, power, privilege, oppression, and social justice with peers at Northwestern. ContactDevin Moran Resource Type:
Committee/Council/Advisory Group, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Social Justice Education | Committee/Council/Advisory GroupOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Research ResourcesCNAIR is currently supporting research that centers Native and Indigenous communities through fellowships, networking opportunities, administrative and communications support, and additional resources at the CNAIR house. ContactMegan Bang Resource Type:
Funding, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty | Center for Native American and Indigenous Research | FundingOngoing Program/Initiative | Faculty |
Resource Support/Guidance for International Students, Faculty, and StaffOffice of International Student and Scholar Services is to enrich the academic, research and cultural experience of Northwestern's international students, visitors, employees and families. ContactResource Type:
Guide/Policy, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Faculty, Students | Office of International Student and Scholars Services | Guide/PolicyOngoing Program/Initiative | FacultyStudents |
Ryan ScholarsEstablished by the generous donation of Patrick and Shirley Ryan in 2007 to financially support and attract high-achieving, lower-income students with exceptional leadership potential to attend Northwestern without incurring significant loan debt. ContactSharitza Rivera Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Funding, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Student Enrichment Services | Award/HonorFundingOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
SES One FormApplication portal that allows students to apply to multiple funding opportunities through one standard application. ContactSharitza Rivera Resource Type:
Award/Honor, Funding Audience: Students | Student Enrichment Services | Award/HonorFunding | Students |
Sexual Health and Assault Peer EducatorsSHAPE's mission is to increase students' comfort about sexuality, encourage them to learn and adopt healthy sexual behaviors and help them recognize and address unhealthy and dangerous behaviors and attitudes regarding sexuality. ContactResource Type:
Education/Training Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Center for Awareness Response and Education | Education/Training | FacultyStaffStudents |
Sexual Misconduct Response & Prevention - Campus TrainingsThe Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance offers a variety of informational sessions, trainings, and workshops designed to inform students, staff, faculty, and visitors about their rights and responsibilities as members of the Northwestern community, and to equip community members with the tools to create a vibrant, equitable, and accessible learning environment for all.
All trainings and workshops are customized for your specific department or group, and training facilitators will meet with department/group leaders prior to the training to gather background information, answer questions, and discuss logistics. We welcome inquiries about training topics not listed. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance | Education/TrainingOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Sexual Misconduct Response and Prevention Resource Materials and GuidesA list of guides, documents, posters, syllabus language, and videos that can help around topics related to sexual misconduct response & prevention. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Guide/Policy Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance | Education/TrainingGuide/Policy | FacultyStaffStudents |
Solution-Focused Feminist CoachingIndividuals define a desired outcome and construct a pathway in both thinking and action through the process of collaborative dialogue between the coach and the individual. ContactNjoki Kamau Resource Type:
Audience: Faculty, Staff | Women's Center | FacultyStaff | |
Staff Affinity GroupsOffice of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion supports various affinity groups which aim to enhance the personal and professional development of staff, foster a sense of community and help Northwestern create a workplace where everyone feels belonging and thrives. ContactMichelle Manno OIDI Initiative Resource Type:
Resource/Affinity Group Audience: Faculty, Staff | Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion | Resource/Affinity Group | FacultyStaff |
State of Gender and Sexual Minority Health SymposiumISGMH’s State of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Health Symposium convenes researchers, policy makers, community-based organizations, LGBTQ youth, and community members to discuss the health disparities and resiliency of LGBTQ people. The symposium presents an opportunity to spark interdisciplinary conversations on best practices and policies for supporting the health of LGBTQ communities. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing | Education/TrainingEventOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Suicide Prevention Training and Resources - QPRAt Northwestern, we hope all members of our community will know how to recognize and respond to others who are considering suicide. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Guide/Policy, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Counseling and Psychological Services | Education/TrainingGuide/PolicyOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Summer Research Opportunity ProgramSummer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) is a six-week remote competitive research experience hosted by Northwestern University for sophomores and juniors from colleges and universities across the United States.
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Award/Honor, Education/Training, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | The Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion | Award/HonorEducation/TrainingOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
Sustained DialogueThe Sustained Dialogue program was brought to campus because student leaders demanded change. From the beginning, the program has been informed by student experiences and the vision of a more a socially just and equitable camps. Sustained Dialogue is a 5-phase dialogue to action program guided by The Sustained Dialogue Institute. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Feinberg School of Medicine | Education/TrainingOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |
TGS Peer Mentor ProgramTGS Peer Mentor Program is designed to help first-year, diverse PhD students become acclimated to Northwestern. Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | The Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion | Ongoing Program/Initiative | Students |
The Black Student Experience at NorthwesternThe purpose of this guide is to support researchers with the archival research process at Northwestern University Archives relating to the history of Black student life, faculty, staff, and alumni at Northwestern University. ContactCharla Wilson Resource Type:
Education/Training, Guide/Policy Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Northwestern Libraries | Education/TrainingGuide/Policy | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
The Block From HomeExplore highlights from The Block Museum of Art from home or from the digital classroom. Resource Type:
Education/Training, Event Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Block Museum | Education/TrainingEvent | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (NUIT)The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DE&I) is a staff organization working within Northwestern IT to support the mission and efforts of the Office of Institutional Diversity & Inclusion. Resource Type:
Guide/Policy, Ongoing Program/Initiative, Resource/Affinity Group Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Northwestern Information Technology (NUIT) | Guide/PolicyOngoing Program/InitiativeResource/Affinity Group | FacultyStaffStudents |
Unconscious BiasThe Unconscious Bias live-workshop is a foundational Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging workshop designed to raise your awareness about biases that exist in our daily interactions and tools to mitigate unconscious bias. Resource Type:
Education/Training Audience: Faculty, Staff | Human Resources Learning and Organization Development | Education/Training | FacultyStaff |
Undocumented/DACA ResourcesNorthwestern University welcomes students who have DACA status, are undocumented, or have undocumented family members to our diverse educational community. We are committed to providing support for all of our students so that they may focus on the pursuit of their education while at Northwestern. ContactSharitza Rivera Resource Type:
Education/Training, Guide/Policy, Ongoing Program/Initiative, Resource/Affinity Group Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students | Student Enrichment Services | Education/TrainingGuide/PolicyOngoing Program/InitiativeResource/Affinity Group | FacultyStaffStudents |
Universal Design for LearningUniversal Design for Learning (UDL), which originated from the architectural concept referring to designing environments to be usable by all people to the greatest extent possible without the need for adaptations or specialized design, allows instructors to design courses with every student in mind. Implementing UDL makes your class accessible to all students, including those with disabilities as well as other students who experience other challenges in courses Resource Type:
Education/Training, Guide/Policy Audience: Faculty | AccessibleNU | Education/TrainingGuide/Policy | Faculty |
Updating Your Name for Library AccountLibrary users who would like to use a chosen name for their library account may do so using this form. Once updated, the chosen name will be used on all library communications. It will also appear when you sign in to NUsearch. A name change submitted through this form will only affect your library account. Resource Type:
Guide/Policy Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Northwestern Libraries | Guide/Policy | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
US: Unscripted StoriesUS: Unscripted Stories is a podcast dedicated to building community and kinship through the power of storytelling and listening. Multicultural Student Affairs believes in the humanity seen and felt through the sharing of personal narratives, and invites the Northwestern community to build connections across campus and beyond by sharing meaningful personal narratives. Resource Type:
Education/Training Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Multicultural Student Affairs | Education/Training | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Veteran ResourcesNorthwestern is honored to welcome Veterans to our inclusive community. We are committed to serving individuals that served their country. Resource Type:
Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Human Resources Learning and Organization Development | Ongoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Women's History Month SymposiumThe Women’s Center’s Annual Symposium will engage directors of Women, Gender and Sexuality centers (WGS) and feminist scholars to consider the persistence of institutionalized sexism and other forms of inequality in higher education, the expansive contemporary commitments of WGS Centers, and the multifaceted structural actions still required to transform higher education into a democratizing institution that is equitable and liberating for all. Presented in collaboration with the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. ContactSarah Brown Resource Type:
Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Women's Center | EventOngoing Program/Initiative | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Women at NorthwesternThe purpose of this guide is to support researchers with archival material from the Northwestern University Archives relating to the history of women at Northwestern University. ContactDana Lamparello Resource Type:
Education/Training, Guide/Policy Audience: Community, Faculty, Staff, Students | Northwestern Libraries | Education/TrainingGuide/Policy | CommunityFacultyStaffStudents |
Work The RoomAnnual career development series focused on developing networking skills and meeting FGLI alumni from various industries. SES is excited to partner with Northwestern Career Advancement (NCA) and the Northwestern Alumni Association (NAA) ContactSharitza Rivera Resource Type:
Education/Training, Event, Ongoing Program/Initiative Audience: Students | Student Enrichment Services | Education/TrainingEventOngoing Program/Initiative | Students |