Diversity Excellence Fund
At the UO, creating an inclusive campus community is a top priority. The Diversity Excellence Scholarship provides an important financial tool to help students from diverse backgrounds enroll at the UO and achieve success. These scholarships represent a way to recognize the academic achievements and potential of highly talented students.
By advancing equity and inclusion, Diversity Excellence Scholarships benefit the entire university. Increasing access for diverse, underrepresented students brings valuable cultural perspectives to campus, improving our UO community and enhancing classroom experiences, as well as all the exciting opportunities for learning and growth beyond the classroom. These scholarships include culturally relevant advising in the Center for Multicultural Academic Success.
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Bridges to Excellence
The Bridges to Excellence Fund supports programs and activities that build bridges across campus and to the broader community, working to create a more diverse, inclusive and welcoming campus for all students, regardless of their background.
Your gift to the Bridges to Excellence Fund will help provide:
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Student scholarships and internships
- Bridge programs for high school students aspiring to college and for college students seeking internships and real-world experience
- Study abroad opportunities for first-generation and rural students
- Guest lectures and presentations featuring diverse speakers and topics
- Funding for faculty research that fuels innovation and addresses societal problems
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“Your gift secures a bright future for the University of Oregon,
where we are pursuing our goal to be a top-flight research institution as vigorously
as we are achieving distinction in our athletics program. Your investment allows us
to build a diverse faculty at the vanguard of research and creativity excellence, and
to shape graduates who are intellectually gifted, loving, authentic, empathic, and
courageous. Your gift allows the University of Oregon not merely to move forward
but to take the lead.”
—Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion