The Division of Inclusion and Community Engagement promotes and maintains a campus culture of inclusive excellence while simultaneously providing the community with a central point of contact for those wishing to explore ways they can connect with and support the College’s outreach efforts. The division provides students, faculty, and staff with opportunities to work, live, and play across lines of identity and difference.

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    Signature Programs

    The Division of Inclusion and Community Engagement produces and supports programming to enhance the lives of the Springfield College community. Signature Programs support students, faculty, staff, and the greater community with opportunities to work, live, and play across lines of identity and difference.

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    Student Engagement

    The Division of Inclusion and Community Engagement offers special events, educational travel, and scholarship opportunities that support, celebrate, and help give voice to a diverse student body. 

    Employee group discussion.
    Employee Engagement

    The Division of Inclusion and Community Engagement provides events, programming, and discussion opportunities along lines of differences, shared experiences, and fundamental humanity for employees on the Springfield campus and all regional campuses.

    Office of Inclusion delivers baseball gloves to children in the community.
    Community Engagement

    The Division of Inclusion and Community Engagement promotes diversity and inclusion among all constituents of the College and connects and promotes the College's resources to our neighbors through partnerships as well as events, programming, and various learning opportunities. 

    Upcoming Event

    Debby Irving presents "I'm a Good Person! Isn't that Enough?"

    Wednesday, Sept. 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
    Campus Union Dodge
    Open to the public

    Debby examines how she used her white-skewed belief system to interpret the world around her. Socialized on a narrow worldview, Debby explores how she spent decades silently reaffirming harmful, archaic racial patterns instead of questioning the racial disparities and tensions she could see and feel. This presentation is designed to support white people in making the paradigm shift from ‘fixing’ and ‘helping," to focusing on internalized white superiority and its role in perpetuating racism at the individual, interpersonal, institutional, and cultural levels. 

    Debby Irving

    The Springfield College community strives to create a place where all members feel safe and welcomed. Through our policies, practices, and daily actions, we are committed to maintaining an inclusive environment. We do not tolerate discrimination or marginalization of any kind, and find such behavior unacceptable within our community. We believe our campus is stronger when all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, socioeconomic status, size, diversity of thought, or veteran status feel secure. We hold all members responsible for creating and maintaining a welcoming and safe Springfield College community.

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    Faces of Diversity

    As part of an ongoing project on the Springfield Stories blog, the Division of Inclusion and Community Engagement have asked staff and faculty to share their stories in a series of posts called "Faces of Diversity." The goal is to celebrate the wonderful differences within the Springfield College community through storytelling while learning a little about ourselves and each other in the process.

    Read the Blog

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    Community Involvement and Events
    Scholarships
    Staff
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    Embracing the Promise of Tomorrow

    Read the 2017-2022 Inclusion Strategic Plan for Springfield College.

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    Pre-collegiate Outreach

    Interested in bringing your group of students to visit Springfield College?

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    In the Community

    Does your community organization want Springfield College represented at your event? 

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    Explore Our Summer Programs

    Are you a high school student looking to get involved with Springfield College over the summer?

    #YouAreWelcomeHere

    Springfield College is a participating institution that believes in communicating the statement that #YouAreWelcomeHere. We welcome international students from around the world and affirm that our institution embraces diversity and offers a friendly and safe environment committed to student development.  

    All Gender Bathroom Locations on Campus

    Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessible

      • Administration Building
        • First floor
      • Alumni Relations House
        • First floor
      • Brennan Center
        • First Floor
      • Counseling Center (located in the Towne Health Center)
        • First floor
      • Flynn Campus Union
        • First floor
      • Harold C. Smith Learning Commons
        • First, second, third, and fourth floors
      • Health Sciences Center
        • Basement
        • First floor
      • Lakeside Hall
        • Third floor
      • Marsh Memorial
        • Garden Level
      • Massasoit Hall
        • Basement
        • First, second, and third floors
      • Reed Hall
        • First Floor
      • Weiser Hall
        • Basement
        • First floor

      Non-ADA Accessible

      • Abbey-Appleton Hall
        • Basement
      • Administration Building
        • Basement
      • Child Development Center - First floor
      • Counseling Center (located in the Towne Health Center)
        • First floor
      • Facilities Management
        • First floor
      • Gulick Hall
        • 1B
      • Harold C. Smith Learning Commons
        • First, second, third, and fourth floors
      • Health Center (located in the Towne Health Center)
        • First floor
      • Health Sciences Center
        • First floor
      • Hickory Hall
        • Second floor
      • P.E. Complex
        • Second floor
      • Weiser Hall
        • Basement
        • First floor

      Springfield College All-College Gender & Sexuality Alliance

      The Springfield College All-College Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA) is composed of students and employees who are committed to reducing inequality faced by LGBTQ+ people at Springfield College and beyond. This includes (but is not limited to) gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgender, and gender nonconforming people. We have an email list, meet once every two to three weeks, generate campus programming, and engage in other activities. For more information, please contact Laurel Davis-Delano at ldavis@springfield.edu.

      Safe Zone

      Safe Zone helps to create a more accepting, affirming, supportive, inclusive, and equal environment for LGBTQ individuals at Springfield College through educational training sessions for faculty members, staff members, and students. Sessions are designed to generate greater awareness, knowledge, empathy, and commitment to action regarding issues, concerns, and inequality related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

      Springfield College is committed to valuing and validating the gender identity and expression of members of the campus community. For more information about gender pronouns and how to use gender inclusive language, click here.

      To learn more, contact Elizabeth Morgan at emorgan2@springfield.edu.