Our History

In 2010, then-President Steven Knapp created the Council on Diversity and Inclusion, which recommended the creation of the position Vice Provost for Diversity & Inclusion and led to the Office of Diversity & Inclusion. He charged the council to make the George Washington University the school of choice for more students, the employer of choice for more faculty and staff, a more inclusive life-long community of learners for alumni, and a more effective partner in addressing the challenges of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area community of which the university is a part. The overriding theme that frames diversity and inclusion efforts and activities at GW is the reality that diversity of perspective, background, and experience go hand in hand with academic excellence.