Welcome
Message
Welcome to the Office of Multicultural Programs at the
University of Maine, where we believe that education must
include learning about the diverse nature of our world, and
where we create experiences for learning about cultures, social
equality and the development of leadership skills.
Our commitment is to create a community of responsible individuals who
seek to understand the relevance of each member. We hope to create
dialogues to facilitate this understanding and to help our faculty,
staff and students experience the richness that a diverse community can
bring to an institution of higher education. This sense of diverse
community includes, but is not limited to, our responsibility to persons
from different geographic origins and ethnicity, sex, gender, gender
identity and expression, immigration status, language, socioeconomic
class, employment status, family configuration, sexual orientation,
physical, developmental, and psychological ability; veteran’s status,
age and generation; religious, spiritual, faith-based, and secular
beliefs; physical appearance, political affiliation and, the exercise of
rights secured by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
The Office of Multicultural Programs seeks to actively support the
Administration of the University of Maine in creating and sustaining a
welcoming and affirming campus climate. In doing so, we foster students’
development of skills they need to compete in and hopefully change their
world in such a way that all will be received as equals.
Sincerely,
Judith Josiah-Martin
Director of the Office of Multicultural Programs |
