About Our Office
The Office of Community, Culture and Inclusion (OCCI) is committed to non-discrimination and equal opportunity and to fostering an inclusive and respectful environment that enables everyone to flourish. In an effort to work toward inclusive excellence, OCCI provides consultation, resources, and support to advance and sustain inclusive environments for all faculty, staff, and students across the university in a number of ways:
University Climate: Through education, training, university-wide programming, climate surveys and a host of other activities, GW seeks to enhance the university environment with regard to inclusion, belonging and respect. In collaboration with university partners, OCCI conducts climate surveys. Annually OCCI hosts the Diversity Summit and serves on university committees.
Bias Support: OCCI supports members of the GW community who experience or witness bias related incidents through providing resources, access to formal reporting measures, and other restorative practices.
Compliance: OCCI oversees compliance with University policies and procedures and with federal, state, and local laws related to sexual and gender-based harassment and violence (Title IX) and disabilities resources and accommodations (ADA).
Faculty and Staff Diversity: OCCI supports academic and administrative units with their efforts to recruit talented faculty and staff in a merit-based, nondiscriminatory manner. The office provides training, resources, and assistance to search committees to develop candidate pools that include individuals who have thrived in different environments and would enrich the university with different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences and to support search practices that ensure the University is hiring the most qualified candidates.
Strategic Planning: Through a range of services and tools, OCCI supports deans, department chairs and university leaders with the development, implementation, and on-going assessment of inclusive excellence and action plans.
University Partnerships: OCCI collaborates with students, faculty, and staff across GW to design, implement, and promote programs and events related to inclusive excellence.
Our Offices
Multicultural Student Services Center (MSSC)
The MSSC is a home away from home for undergraduate and graduate students. The MSSC offers programming, support, basic needs, academic resources, and a space to build community for all students, allowing them to meet classmates with similar perspectives and backgrounds or to respectfully learn from people with perspectives and backgrounds that are different from their own.
For general questions, comments, or requests for more information, please call 202-994-7434 or email inclusion
gwu [dot] edu.