Carnegie Mellon University

Programs

The Center promotes student success and engagement by building a supportive and intellectual community that is inclusive of all Carnegie Mellon University community members.

The Center offers programs to enhance the student experience in dimensions such as access, success, social justice, campus climate and intergroup dialogue. Here's a sampling of some of the initiatives coordinated by the Center:

  • High school, pre-college, and incoming first-year student programming

  • LGBTQ+ initiatives

  • Race and ethnically-focused programs

  • Transgender and non-binary student programs

  • Women's empowerment programs

Current Student Programs

Drawing of Martin Luther King Jr. promoting the annual Writing Awards and Celebration

Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture Series

Celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. through writing awards, programs, and lectures.

Students at ORIGINS hold each other's shoulders in a single file line during a game

ORIGINS

ORIGINS is a pre-orientation program focusing on diversity, inclusion and leadership development for historically and socially minoritized first-year students, specifically focusing on those social identities in gender, gender expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, as well as those who are the first generation in their families to go to college and Pell grant recipients. 

Graduate Students of Color Gatherings

For more than 30 years, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have partnered to bring together graduate and professional students to help build community. In 2022, Duquesne University joined the celebration of community and culture. This series is an opportunity to create supportive networks for students to expand their network, enhance their academic experience, and confirm that they are not on this journey alone. The events are open to any graduate student who may benefit.

Graduate Women Gatherings

The Graduate Women Gatherings (GWG) are opportunities to meet that focus on issues of particular concern to graduate women. All graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty and administrator communities are invited and welcomed to network, share ideas and experiences and gather resources.