The mission of the WSU Diversity Initiative is:

• To promote campus unity by emphasizing shared experiences and principles, respect for human qualities that differentiate all individuals, and achievement of institutional goals.
• To enhance the development of leadership capabilities within the student, faculty and staff populations.
• To facilitate development of curricula which merge varied perspectives.
• To support recruitment of students, faculty and staff reflective of America's broad spectrum of perspectives, cultures, heritages and backgrounds.
  
• To promote values and ideas of all perspectives, cultures, heritages and backgrounds within the campus community.
• To promote development of support programs for faculty, staff and students who are products of all perspectives, cultures, heritages and backgrounds.
• To encourage networking of interest groups for the benefit of all.