Florida State University
PA-5: Diversity and Equity Coordination

The President's Council on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is a body comprised of FSU faculty, staff, students, and alumni that work to ensure that FSU creates and maintains a diverse, inclusive, and equitable campus for all members of the Florida State University community.

The Council's primary charge is to advance initiatives in support of the goals outlined in the Strategic Plan, approved by the Board of Trustees in October 2017, as well as the approved recommendations produced by the 2020-2021 President's Taskforce on Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion. The Council is supported by two co-chairs and two administrative liaisons. Council members are divided into teams whose work is focused on specific initiatives designated for progression.

Diversity & Inclusion Certificate Series - Faculty, Staff
- The Diversity & Inclusion Certificate Series creates an opportunity for faculty and staff to explore strategic areas around diversity and to learn more about the ways in which they can assist in creating a welcoming and inclusive campus for all.

HR Training and Organizational Development - Faculty, Staff
- Human Resources at FSU maintains a robust course catalog of specific course sessions on the topic of diversity and inclusion. These free sessions focus on educating individuals to embrace, celebrate and leverage differences and similarities of students, faculty and staff.

Allies & Safe Zones - Faculty, Staff, Students
- Allies & Safe Zones is an ally development program to promote acceptance and support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Pansexual, and Two-Spirit-identifying (LGBTQ+) people. Allies & Safe Zones is coordinated through the offices of the Department of Student Governance & Advocacy at Florida State University and is offered regularly to the campus community. The program is open to all, regardless of orientation, identity, or expression.

Global Partner Certificate - Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students
The Global Partner Certificate is a Center for Global Engagement Initiative that began in the Fall of 2010. It is designed for staff, faculty, or FSU graduate students who are committed to understanding and appreciating cultures and who are interested in learning how to better assist international students and scholars at FSU.
Center for Global Engagement – Faculty, Staff, Students
The Center for Global Engagement offers free training and workshops in intercultural communication and global competence development to any student group, center, or department across campus. Additional Center for Global Engagement programs include:
- English Conversation Club
- Global Ambassadors Program
- Global Café
- Intercultural & Social Programs
- International Bazaar
- International Coffee Hour
- International Education Month
https://cge.fsu.edu/

Global Citizenship Certificate – Undergraduate Students
- FSU's Global Citizenship Certificate prepares students to succeed in a diverse and multicultural world. Participating students take four academic courses, attend 8 intercultural events, and complete a sustained experience. https://cge.fsu.edu/global-citizenship-certificate.

Leadership Studies Certificate - Undergraduate Students
- The Undergraduate Certificate in Leadership Studies is an 18-credit, interdisciplinary, multidimensional, and experiential program open to all Florida State undergraduate students. The certificate program prepares students for leadership in multiple contexts and uses practical experience and service-learning projects to frame leadership learning within the context of social change. https://thecenter.fsu.edu/llrc/leadership-studies-certificate

Additional diversity initiatives include:
Center for Leadership & Social Change programming
- Estonko
- Latinx Cultural Celebration
- Multicultural Leadership Summit
- NCBI @ FSU
- Social Justice Living Learning Community
- Social Change Peer Educators
- Women’s History Month
https://thecenter.fsu.edu/diversity

Student Government Association
- Asian American Student Union
- Black Student Union
- Hispanic/Latinx Student Union
- Jewish Student Union
- Pride Student Union
- Veterans Student Union
- Women Student Union
- Allies & Safe Zones
https://sga.fsu.edu/get-involved.shtml
https://sga.fsu.edu/safezone.shtml

All students who enter the University with fewer than sixty semester hours must complete two Diversity courses. Students transferring to the University with sixty credits or more must complete one Diversity course. By the end of the course, students will: 1) Analyze some aspect of human experience within a culture, focusing on at least one source of diversity (e.g., age, disability, ethnicity, gender, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, social class, or other). 2) Explore one’s own cultural norms or values in relation those of a different cultural group.
http://liberalstudies.fsu.edu/liberal-studies-curriculum