- Mailing Address
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219 Student Union
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 - Phone
- (405) 744-5000
- Email address
- admissions@okstate.edu
- Website
- https://go.okstate.edu/
- School Information
- "A land-grant institution with more than 35,000 students across a five-campus system, we've graduated more than 264,000 students to serve the state of Oklahoma, the nation and the world." The university enrolls over 34,600 students, has a 20:1 student-faculty ratio, and offers 200 undergraduate majors and options, 79 master's programs, and 45 doctoral programs. (Source: https://go.okstate.edu/about-osu/) (Source: https://go.okstate.edu/about-osu/fast-facts/index.html)
- General Information
- Oklahoma State University has implemented a mandatory university-wide training program for faculty, staff, and students, which discusses implicit bias and equity. See developments below:
Actions Taken
- Program and Research Funding
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On October 26, 2023, OSU’s Division of Institutional Diversity hosted its annual gala and awarded students with the Rising Star in Diversity award for their dedication to diversity and inclusion activities on campus.
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OSU has over “70 diversity related student, faculty and staff organizations.”
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OSU has an Inclusion Leadership Program (ILP), which “is a year-long program designed to equip participating students with the skills and knowledge necessary to become effective leaders in a more diversely inclusive society.“
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The "OSU Black Faculty & Staff Association Scholarship" is awarded to returning students. One of the essay prompts is to explain "how you have contributed to the African American community here on campus and/or in your local community."
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- Resources
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For the twelfth consecutive year, OSU received the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from Insight into Diversity magazine.
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On February 17, 2023, OSU hosted the first Coming Together for Racial Understanding event that highlights diversity and equity through an anti-racist lens.
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According to the OSU Office of the Registrar, there were “approximately 100 diversity courses and 121 sections offered.”
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The Division of Institutional Diversity at OSU has a Diversity Hall of Fame to honor and recognize those “who have significantly contributed to the advancement of diversity and inclusion at Oklahoma State University.”
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The director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation at the University met with the local network "News on 6" to define racial healing circles as "facilitated conversations between participants to discuss experiences with race and conscious and unconscious biases."
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OSU's Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence has many resources for understanding implicit bias and its relation to privilege and oppression in a classroom setting. Among these are recommended modules, books, and videos helping faculty and students understand bias.
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On September 19, 2024, the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs published an article titled "Report Indicates OSU Maintains DEI Office, Despite Order" which states, "Officials at Oklahoma State University have claimed the college has complied with that order." However, according to a new report by the Legal Insurrection Foundation, "OSU officials simply relabeled the university’s DEI office without making any substantive changes."
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- Symbolic Actions
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The Oklahoma State University Writing Center sought undergraduate tutors to serve as “Antiracist Cluster Hires,” and asks that applicants exhibit “willingness to accept all Englishes.”
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