Diversity, equity and inclusion
Our commitment
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive community where everyone is welcome.
Learn more about UD Values and Campus Culture and Engagement,
Living Land Acknowledgement
The University of Delaware occupies lands vital to the web of life for Lenape and Nanticoke, who share their ancestry, history, and future in this region.
UD has financially benefited from this regional occupation as well as from Indigenous territories that were expropriated through the United States land grant system. European colonizers and later the United States forced Nanticoke and Lenape westward and northward, where they formed nations in present-day Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada. Others never left their homelands or returned from exile when they could.
We express our appreciation for ongoing Indigenous stewardship of the ecologies and traditions of this region. While the harms to Indigenous people and their homelands are beyond repair, we commit to building right relationships going forward by collaborating with tribal leadership on actionable institutional steps.
Resources
UD Envision Internships
UD Envision focused on generating the next generation of agricultural scientists. While minorities have traditionally been underrepresented in these disciplines and research target areas, this project supports the development of all students through intensive, hands-on research education and experiential learning projects to help bridge the perceptual change required for students to envision themselves as scientists.
Office of Equity and Inclusion
The Office of Equity and Inclusion handles concerns about the work and learning environment, including Title VII, Title IX, Civil Rights Act, sexual misconduct and other compliance issues.
The Office of Disability Support Services
DSS facilitates appropriate and reasonable accommodations to incoming and current UD students, faculty, and staff with disabilities, psychological or medical conditions, or temporary injuries that limit their access to the UD environment. Learn more.
Education
The Office of Student Diversity & Inclusion is proud to offer a series of workshops geared toward engaging everyone in the campus community around diversity and inclusion topics.
Campus Partners
Michael L. Vaughan, Ph.D.
Chief Community Engagement Officer, Office of the Provost
Email: vaughan@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-2401
Nicole Long, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President, Student Experience and Belonging
Email: nlong@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-6611
Kate Buchkoski, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Equity & Inclusion & Title IX Coordinator
Email: titleixcoordinator@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-8063
Elizabeth Reed
Director and University ADA & 504 Compliance Coordinator, Disability Support Services
Email: ecreed@udel.edu
Phone: 302-831-4643