Below is an overview of some campus activities:

The Office for Diversity & Inclusive Excellence Education — part of Nazareth University’s Culture, Community, and Belonging division — works to promote and support activities and events that celebrate and advocate diversity, inclusion, equity, access, as well as a sense of belonging at Nazareth and throughout the local Rochester community. This is done through the enhancement of diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging-related educational opportunities and experiences to ensure that Nazareth students, faculty, and staff possess the knowledge and skills necessary for living and advocating toward working effectively as members of a global, interconnected society.

The Weider Community Engagement Office is a mechanism for students to do that work, to find their places to engage, and to understand their power to be changemakers. Working together with community partners, Nazareth knows that our students can and are contributing to the vision of a just and equitable society. We work to prepare and inspire courageous changemakers for their life’s work through taking civic action, pursuing social justice and promoting activism.

Voter registration activities coordinated through the NazVotes initiative include: training of residence hall advisors to provide them with resources; voter registration forms to administer during floor programs; voter registration tables at campus-wide events (e.g. move-in day) to promote engagement with the students and encourage registration; voter registration presentations during First-Year Seminar classes for incoming students; meet-the-candidate events in the Shults Center (student union) during which students can also make sure their voter registration is up-to-date; social media campaigns to remind students/faculty of the importance of registering to vote (including links to online voter registration links); and voter registration flyers distributed across campus.  NazVotes also features a speaker series with campus presentations by the League of Women Voters regarding their history/mission and how students can get involved in voting, local legislator Q & A sessions for students, dialogue sessions throughout the election cycle to further student education on candidates and issues, and presidential and vice presidential debate watch parties.

The Weider Community Engagement Office models and upholds Nazareth’s commitment to creating welcoming spaces for intellectual exploration through its Partners for Learning, Partners for Service, Alternative Spring Breaks, and Bonner Leader programs, which prepare students for careers of civic impact.