Resources
From Sister Circle, emergency funding, and Faculty Excellence Advocates to the MSU Center for Survivors, the Coalition of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, and more than 230 student organizations devoted to diversity and inclusion, RCAH and MSU have numerous supports, opportunities, and advocates working every day on improving diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At RCAH
- Counseling and Psychiatry Services (CAPS) offers appointments throughout the week, including appointments specifically reserved for RCAH students on Thursdays from 2:30-4 p.m. alternating weekly between in-person (Snyder C230H) and virtual appointments.
- Graduate Fellows is a program that provides students with additional opportunities outside of traditional language courses to apply and strengthen their knowledge of diverse languages and cultures.
- Faculty Excellence Advocates (FEAs) work to create climates at MSU that advance quality, inclusiveness, alignment, objectivity, consistency, and transparency. At RCAH, the FEA is Dr. Tama Hamilton-Wray.
- The Language and Media Center provides in-house access to computers, creative software, maker equipment language resources, and supplies.
- The RCAH Art Studio is a creative space where students can work on a wide range of art projects, including drawing, painting, and sewing, as well as screen printing, letterpress printing, and linocut printing.
- Network for Global Civic Engagement is a university-wide teaching and research collaboration founded and coordinated at RCAH. At RCAH, the NGCE Coordinating Director is Vincent Delgado.
- RCAH Council is the College’s student government, “established for the express purpose of representing the needs and interests of students within the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.”
- Schedule an RCAH Academic Advising appointment
- RCAH Emergency Funding is available to students experiencing immediate financial needs.
- All students in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) are eligible for awards and scholarships available through MSU.
- RCAH Sister Circle Mentoring Program aims to support the holistic development of women of color undergraduates through culturally responsive programming that addresses the participants’ academic, social, personal, and professional needs.
Across MSU
Support
- Center for Survivors provides free and confidential individual counseling, advocacy, and support groups to MSU students and the community.
- Detroit Center
- Gender and Sexuality Campus Center
- Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives
- Inclusive Resources Guide
- Mosaic: The Multicultural Center
- Office for Civil Rights and Title IX Education and Compliance
- Office for International Students and Scholars
- Office of the University Ombudsperson
- President’s Advisory Committee on Disability Issues
- Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities
Academic Programs, Centers and Departments
- American Indian and Indigenous Studies
- Asian Pacific American Studies
- Center for Gender in the Global Context
- Chicano/Latino Studies
- Department of African American and African Studies
- Julian Samora Research Institute
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Sexuality Studies
- Muslim Studies Program
- Native American Institute
- Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel
- Women’s and Gender Studies
Reports
- MSU Diversity Equity and Inclusion Report and Plan
- MSU Prevention, Outreach and Education Annual Report, 2020-2021
For Students
MSU has a wealth of institutional, college-level, and student-led DEI resources that serve the needs of students. RCAH specific resources attend to the academic, creative, civic engagement, career, student life, and well-being of students.
Campus
- Center for Community Engaged Learning
- Dia de la mujer
- MLK Jr. Day Student Leadership Conference
- Hillel
- Multiracial Unity Living Experience – Intercultural Aide Program (M-Rule – IAP)
- Neighborhood Success Collaborative
- Office of College Access Initiatives
- Migrant Student Services
- Multicultural Business Programs
- Office of Cultural and Academic Transitions
- Student Affairs and Services
- Student Parent Resource Center
- Student Veterans Resources Center
- TRIO Student Support Services Program
- Housing for Individuals Identifying as LBGTQA
- Writing Center
- Women’s Student Services
Organizations
Involve@State lists more than 230 diversity and inclusion student organizations at MSU. For more go to https://msu.campuslabs.com/engage/ and search for an organization using the diversity and inclusion tab. Other select organizations:
- Alliance of Queer and Ally Students
- Arab Cultural Society
- Asian Pacific American Student Organization
- Black Graduate Student Association
- Black Student’s Alliance
- Council of Graduate Students
- Culturas de las Razas Unidas
- DreaMSU
- Jewish Student Union
- Multicultural Greek Council Executive Board
- National Pan-Hellenic Council
- TransAction
- Womxn’s Council
For Staff and Faculty
Equitable and Inclusive Teaching, Learning and Research
- Communicating in a Diverse Community
- Diversity Research Network
- Resources for Inclusive Teaching
- Usability/Accessibility Research and Consulting
- Web Accessibility
Campus Resources
- Academic Human Resources
- Building Inclusive Communities
- Employee Assistance Program
- MSU WorkLife Office
Organizations
- The Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development creates cross-institutional connections across the university to advance the academic careers of faculty, academic staff, and academic administrators at MSU
- Celebrations
- MSU Juneteenth
- César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemorative Celebration
- Creating Inclusive Excellence Grants (Usually due annually in mid-August)
- Coalition of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (CoREM) represents four historically underrepresented racial and ethnic faculty, staff and administrator organizations, including
- Asian Pacific Islander Desi American/Asian Faculty Staff Association (APIDA/AFSA) Leadership Team
- Black Faculty, Staff and Administrators Association (BFSAA)
- Chicano/Latino Faculty, Staff, Specialist and Graduate Student Association (ChiLA)
- Educating Anishinaabe: Giving, Learning, and Empowering (EAGLE)
- Employee Pride and Inclusion Coalition
- Excellence in Diversity Awards
- MSU Dialogues
- Women’s Advisory Committee for Support Staff
- Women’s Advisory Committee to the Provost
- Women of Color Community
- Womxn of Color Initiatives
- Task Force on Racial Equity Recommendations