Indiana University Bloomington
PA-6: Support for Underrepresented Groups

Indiana University Bloomington has many affinity groups and support programs to support under-represented groups on campus. Such groups include: *Academic Support Centers: offer a wide range of free services, including tutoring, advising, workshops, review sessions and other academic support. * African American Arts Institute: Performing arts program that focuses on the rich and varied traditions of African American heritage. * Archives of African American Music and Culture: A group devoted to establishing a unique collection of primary and secondary source materials on African-American music and culture where such materials are scarce or nonexistent. * Asian Culture Center: Provides a home for all students interested in Asian cultures. * Black Film Center/Archive: The Black Film Center/Archive was established in 1981 as a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans. * Communication and Culture, Department of: Explores the cultural dimensions and implications of communication practices from oral and written language, to film, television, and digital media. * First Nations Educational & Cultural Center: Provides educational programs, recruitment and support for Native American students. *The Faculty and Staff for Student Excellence Mentoring Program (FASE): provides faculty, staff, and peer mentors, and a variety of cultural and social activities. *Groups Scholars Program: supports, retains, and increases the graduation rates of first-generation, low-income, and disabled students by helping them adjust to university life. * Helene G. Simon Hillel Center ("Jewish home away from home"): Dedicated to assuring that Jewish college students have opportunities to recognize and develop their leadership potential and to express their Jewishness in many traditional and creative ways. *The Hudson & Holland Scholars Program: provides financial and educational support to academically talented undergraduate students from traditionally underrepresented minority populations at IU Bloomington. HHSP focuses specifically on students pursuing degrees in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, or physics. * International Center, Leo R. Dowling: Acts as a link between international students, international student organizations and the Indiana University Bloomington community. * Islamic Center of Bloomington: Provides a mosque for Islamic students. * La Casa Latino Cultural Center: Purpose is to achieve through educational and social programs, a greater historical, political and cultural awareness regarding Latina/os. * Mentoring Services and Leadership Development, Office of: makes available a variety of mentoring services and initiatives to support student success, with special emphasis in working on behalf of students from under-represented and/or under-served populations. * Multicultural Initiatives, Office of: Develops, encourages, and facilitates programming related to diversity issues, and support services for students, faculty and staff of diverse ethnicities. * Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center: Focused on supporting the teaching, research, and service missions of the university, while also providing a positive and hospitable social environment for African American and African students, faculty, and staff. Office of Mentoring Services and Leadership Development: provides faculty, staff, and peer mentors, and a variety of cultural and social activities. OMSLD students succeed academically and obtain the greatest possible benefits from the college experience. *Office of Strategic Mentoring: This office is now part of Office of Mentoring Services and Leadership Development. Building on the success of the FASE Mentoring Program, OSM mentoring initiatives build working relationships between students and their peers, faculty, and staff from their academic department, school, or programs. Relationships between students, faculty, and staff are enhanced as mentoring resources are provided and systems are created to increase the numbers, retention, and graduation of underrepresented students in participating academic schools, departments, and campus programs. * Rootwords: Looks and the actions of leaders to express action, power, and depth.

Indiana University prohibits discrimination and harassment based on arbitrary considerations of such characteristics as age, color, disability, ethnicity, sex, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. The Office of Affirmative Action works to ensure compliance with federal, state and university equal employment opportunity and affirmative action policies and requirements. These procedures guide the Office of Affirmative Action when handling any incident of alleged discrimination related to the Bloomington campus. See website for more information on the steps taken in response to alleged discrimination.

IU's GLBT Student Support Services office has a Google map of gender-inclusive restrooms that is updated regularly: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z4zFly_UviU4.koFioeROhtTc&msa=0&dg=feature