The Office of Diversity Affairs shall provide recommendations to enhance a campus community environment that promotes diversity of thought and culture. The Office will provide conscious and sensitive educational opportunities for our students and employees in conjunction with a shared understanding of diversity to be inclusive of, but not limited to, racial equity, ethnicity, religious belief, sexual orientation, gender, disability, socioeconomic status, national origin and age.  The Office is committed to help Fort Hays State University be an organization that welcomes, celebrates and promotes respect for all individuals.
The Office of Diversity Affairs will:

1. Develop and maintain administrative policies which encourage multiculturalism and prohibit intolerance and discrimination.
2. Develop a Campus-wide Action Plan for Diversity that welcomes people from all backgrounds, and seeks to include their knowledge and values into the fabric of life in our community.
3. Provide a shared vision of diversity which fosters the value of open and free exchange of ideas.
4. Provide and maintain funding and resources to support the implementation of the Diversity Plan.
5. Establish policies and procedures to measure the effort of the Diversity Plan and require accountability to the Plan.
6. Incorporate the dimensions of diversity into every aspect of the University’s activities.