Equity

Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Belonging.

In order to fulfill our mission to “educate students for lives of purpose, thoughtful inquiry, and responsible leadership in a diverse world,” we must work together to make Richmond a welcoming place for people from all backgrounds, identities, viewpoints, and experiences.

Our commitment is unwavering. Our goals are clear. Our challenges are many. Our work is ongoing.

2021-22 Highlights

With our three goals of representation, belonging, and capability guiding us, we furthered our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at the University of Richmond in strategic and significant ways in 2021-22.
Burying Ground

Burying Ground Memorial

The University of Richmond is working toward a permanent memorial to honor the enslaved burying ground on the land that became this campus.
Community Dialogue Facilitation Network

Community Dialogue Facilitation Network

The Community Dialogue Facilitation Network (CDFN) develops our campus’s collective capability to engage productively in difficult conversations by training UR students, staff, and faculty in the use of equity-minded group facilitation skills. Spring cohort applications are now being accepted.

Report a Bias Incident

Discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, sexual identity, gender identity, gender expression, disability, status as a veteran or any classification protected by local, state or federal law is prohibited and will not be tolerated at the University of Richmond.
Brick entrance to the University of Richmond.

Distributed Leadership

At Richmond, we are advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) through a collaborative, shared leadership approach we refer to as distributed leadership. Put simply, responsibility for attending to DEIB work at UR does not fall to a single person. It takes all of us, working together intentionally and urgently.

Recent Progress Toward Goals

Representation

UR will meet the full demonstrated financial need of students with grant aid, not loans, if they enter UR directly from Richmond Public Schools, CODE RVA Regional High School, and the Maggie Walker School. Learn more.

Belonging

In responses to student interest, the University of Richmond faculty voted to create a new Africana Studies Program. Africana Studies is an academic concentration that critically examines the African diaspora from multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Capability

The Community Dialogue Facilitation Network (CDFN), now in its second year at UR, develops our campus's collective capability to engage productively in difficult conversations by training UR students, staff, and faculty in the use of equity-minded group facilitation skills.

Featured Stories


UR Awarded Grant to Support Constructive Classroom Dialogues

The Associated Colleges of the South has awarded funding to the University of Richmond for the collaborative faculty-focused project, "Facilitating Constructive Dialogue in a Challenging World."

February 2, 2023
Craig Caudill, ’25, and Yamir Chapman, ’25
Research fellows with the University of Richmond Race and Racism Project share untold history.
October 14, 2022
UNIVERSITY NEWS
CIO is nationally recognized for his efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion

Keith “Mac” McIntosh, vice president for information services, received the 2022 EDUCAUSE DEI Leadership Award.

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