It’s How We Live.
Dickinson Dimensions
A Dickinson education encourages growth in intellectual “dimensions.” Students acquire global sensibility through appreciation of languages and cultures and develop the intellectual flexibility that allows them to make meaningful connections among people, ideas and disciplines. These habits of mind help students bridge seemingly incongruent ideas while they gain confidence to voice their informed and reasoned thoughts. They embrace intellectual risk and develop leadership skills useful to building a just, compassionate and economically viable society. When turning intellectual reflection into action, Dickinsonians must always be accountable for those actions. They strive to act with integrity and modesty for the greater good and for an ecologically, financially and socially sustainable world.
For more on the Dimensions, read President William G. Durden ‘71’s 2007 Convocation Address.
Affirming Dickinson’s Commitment
Dickinson’s Office of Diversity Initiatives (ODI) cultivates a respectful and supportive community on campus. Dickinson values diversity—cultural, racial, economic and social. A strong multicultural presence is a hallmark of a liberal-arts education. In existence since the 1960s, the ODI assists in preparing Dickinson students to become responsible and responsive community members.
Dickinson values the broad definition of diversity—ethnic, racial, economic, sexual orientation, gender and religious. ODI’s services are open to the entire Dickinson community—students, faculty, and administration.
Creating a Unified Community
ODI is part of a larger framework that is charged with advancing Dickinson’s commitment to broadening the understanding and building of a pluralistic community that promotes equality and integrity on campus, in the community and in the world at large. The office partners with student organizations and other academic and administrative departments to further Dickinson’s commitment to diversity.
Students at Dickinson are active in more than 150 extracurricular clubs and activities, including music and drama groups, student publications, fraternities and sororities, and religious, political, special-interest and community-service organizations. Organizations dedicated to diversity at Dickinson College include:
- African-American Society
- ABOLISH
- Active Minds
- Amnesty International
- Asian Social Interest Association
- Club Afrique
- Delta Sigma Theta
- Dickinson Christian Fellowship
- Dickinson Desi Association
- Hillel
- Latin American Club
- Middle Eastern Club
- Muslim Student Association
- Newman Club
- Spectrum
- Students for Social Action
- Sustained Dialogue
- Third Degree Steppers
- Umoja
- Zatae Longsdorff Center for Women
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