Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)
We take great pride in being a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive community that values and celebrates each other's differences.
Welcome to Our Community
Our We're All Widener initiative demonstrates an approach and commitment to diversity in which a plurality of viewpoints are valued, explored, and seen as opportunities for learning and personal growth.
Our focus on diversity emphasizes three key values:
- We're all valued.
- We're all contributors.
- We're all Widener.
Our Commitment as a University
Widener's strategy reflects our commitment to adapt to rapid change and position the university and our community members to thrive. We accomplish this by empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.
Learn more about our strategy, mission, and history
Pride Perspectives
Being able to have these internships and experiences outside of the classroom makes me feel happy because not only am I able to build connections, but I’m getting experience and understanding with the career that I want.
It’s really important to me to be involved in setting an image, especially for first-generation students or people who are shy or minority students on campus. I want to use my voice.
Widener is definitely like a home away from home. I spend a lot of time here, so I’ve gotten used to the environment. It’s very comfortable and everyone here is really nice.
I feel like it’s my job to help someone who comes after me – women and also black people in tech. I think about myself. I didn’t have someone to look to.
When I was struggling with my own identity, Widener never turned its back against me. And that’s exactly the type of experience I want to provide other students.
What I’ve learned through the MEd program is the skills to succeed, whether it is organizational administration, coaching and developing leaders, or even the vernacular to know what is going on in the world of higher education.
In the News
As a teen, I protested racism by skipping school on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Now that we recognize him with a federal holiday – and I’m an educator – I teach my Widener students about the joys of public service.
A partnership between Widener and the Coalition of Culturally Competent Providers invites new conversations about community care and creates opportunities for health and human services students.
Roll out the red carpet… it’s award season here at Widener and we’re taking a look back at 2023.