Services
The Center for Intercultural Engagement (CIE) serves as a hub for tackling food insecurity at the University of Delaware. We recognize that access to food and supplies is an essential need for belonging and thriving at UD. We also know that access to free gender-affirming clothing and professional attire is crucial for students’ success. Learn more about the programs and services we offer below.
Food insecurity is "the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, or ability to acquire such food in a socially acceptable manner." As the Hope Center explains, in its most extreme forms, food insecurity is accompanied by physiological sensations of hunger.
Data from the #RealCollege survey indicate that of the 86,000 students who participated, 45% of respondents were food insecure in the previous 30 days, 56% were housing insecure in the previous year, and 17% experienced homelessness in the previous year.
Food and Supply Pantry
Now Open!
Order your supplies online and pick up your order from the Center for Intercultural Engagement.
The form opens every Monday at 9 a.m. and closes every Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Mobile Food Pantry Events
Next Mobile Food Pantry Event:
Student Diversity and Inclusion, in collaboration with the Food Bank of Delaware, hosts Mobile Food Pantry semester at Lot 19 off of North College Avenue.
These events are open to our campus community and will be an opportunity for folks to grab free produce and canned items. Remember, you can drive up, though you do not need a car to collect food. Come if you're hungry, get hungry, will be hungry or just like to have some extra food!
Check back each month for announcements about upcoming Mobile Food Pantry events. Registration opens two weeks prior and closes at 8 a.m. the day before each event.
UD survey respondents tell us:
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Services | Center for Intercultural Engagement | Division of Student Life 39%
experienced at least one form of basic needs insecurity in the past year.
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Services | Center for Intercultural Engagement | Division of Student Life 23%
were food insecure in the prior 30 days.
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Services | Center for Intercultural Engagement | Division of Student Life 25%
experienced housing insecurity in the previous year.
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Services | Center for Intercultural Engagement | Division of Student Life 10%
said they were homeless in the previous year.
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Services | Center for Intercultural Engagement | Division of Student Life 39%
experienced at least one form of basic needs insecurity in the past year.
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Services | Center for Intercultural Engagement | Division of Student Life 23%
were food insecure in the prior 30 days.
All Gender & Career Outfits aims to provide students with access to free gender-affirming clothes and professional attire to ensure support and success at University of Delaware and beyond. Each student, regardless of gender identity, gender expression, and financial situation, should feel proud and confident in their day-to-day lives and look their best in interviews, internships, and in professional, casual, or any other setting.
Appointments are scheduled in 25-minute increments. Walk-ins during operating hours are accepted, but we do ask that everyone fill out the appointment form; you may submit a same-day appointment time.
Location
301 Perkins Student Center
Spring Semester Hours
- Tuesday: 2–5 p.m.
- Wednesday: 2-4 p.m.
- Thursday: 2–5 p.m.
- Friday: 2–4 p.m.
FAQs
The Clothing Coop offers 15-minute appointments during its operating hours. Walk-ins are also accepted during those hours are accepted, but we do ask that you still submit the appointment form; you may enter a same-day walk-in time.
Email Eric Aquino, Clothing Coop intern, with any questions.
There is no charge for any of the items. To ensure a level of equity, we are asking that folks take up to 4 items each visit to the closet. That means that if you schedule an appointment two times in one semester, you can receive up to 8 items from the Coop!
Yes! We are designing a gender-affirming space and we also welcome anyone looking for free career clothes. We have various types of blouses, slacks, blazers, and many more items from which you can choose.
You may drop off any clothing donations to the Student Diversity and Inclusion office (room 147 in Perkins). There is a bin just inside the office that will be accessible between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., or any time the office is open.
We are currently collecting winter coats and accessories (scarves, gloves, hats, etc.), sweaters, and other winter clothing.
Specific size needs include sizes XS/S/M for traditionally masculine clothing, and XS/L/XL/XXL for traditionally feminine clothing.
We stock transtape/t-tape, tucking kits, binders, makeup and jewelry. Additionally, we have created a size-conversion sheet so that our students may walk in, know their size in clothing of any gender, and take whichever item most affirms them.
Accessing the Space
Swipe in with your UD ONEcard to enter the space and confirm that you agree with the above guidelines.
If you forget your card, please visit the Center for Intercultural Engagement front desk for access to the space, Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Additional Campus Reflection Spaces
Morris Library Room 233 and Trabant University Center Room 223 are also available as Reflection Spaces open daily for students, faculty, and staff of all faiths, religions, and spiritualities for private meditation, prayer and reflection. These spaces can accommodate several people at once and includes a bookshelf for storing prayer mats, shoes, etc.
Guidelines
This room is an inclusive and welcoming space for all members of the UD community of any diverse religious, spiritual and non-religious backgrounds and practices. In order to designate this room as a space intended for prayer. contemplation, meditation, reflection and practice, we ask users to follow these guidelines.
- Shoes should be removed before entering the space.
- Leave the room clean for the following user, leaving no paper materials behind.
- Take with you all personal items, including those for religious practice.
- Do not block others from using the room for extended periods.
- Please keep noise to a minimum; do not conduct mobile phone calls.
- The use of sound-producing devices is only for meditative or religious use.
- No eating or drinking, general conversations, meetings or sleeping is allowed.
- No candles, incense or flames of any kind are allowed.
- Where possible, there should be no animals in the space, as animals may violate guidelines for cleanliness in certain traditions. However, certified service animals are permitted, per ADA requirements.
Reporting Concerns
Please report issues or concerns with this space, such as cleanliness misuse, theft, etc., to Student Diversity and Inclusion staff by phone at 302-831-2967 or email at studentdiversity@udel.edu.
The Center for Intercultural Engagement is coordinated by the Office of Institutional Equity and the Division of Student Life, which advances equity and inclusion, deepens student learning and drives holistic development through education, experiences and communities.