Office of Belonging

Mission & Vision for the Office of Belonging

Mission Statement

The Office of Belonging promotes and facilitates a campus culture where all people are safe, valued, and empowered through education and advocacy.

Vision Statement 

The Office of Belonging serves to create excellent initiatives and programs that inspire the college community to value, champion, and celebrate diversity. The Office will be known for helping the campus community realize and address implicit and explicit biases that serve as barriers to equitable access for everyone. The Office will be a resource for cultural development and education for staff, faculty, students and the surrounding region.

Role of the Office of Belonging

• Training on subjects of Diversity & Equity:  Training incoming and current students, staff, and faculty
• Promoting Academic Success for historically underserved students: helping onboard students who may be academically behind because of environmental factors outside of their control.
• Facilitating personal, spiritual, and emotional growth for underserved students
• Influencing policies and procedures; promoting equity on our campus
• Institutional assessment of diversity and equity data and programs: creating systems of assessment to measure and track progress and barriers related to diversity & equity
• Community engagement: working with outside partners and expanding the network of Roberts

Our Commitment to Diversity

Roberts Wesleyan University believes that all people are created in the image of God. Therefore, the University values and affirms human diversity, and is committed to providing a supportive environment that promotes awareness of, sensitivity to, and appreciation of human diversity.

Specifically, the University seeks to reflect the richness of human diversity within its students, staff, faculty, administration, and Board of Trustees as a manifestation of its Christian heritage. The Free Methodist Church, with whom the University and Seminary share a covenantal affiliation, was founded as part of a reform movement that emphasized the rights of underrepresented populations.