Weber State University has always been a diverse community. Its present diversity initiative, a campus-wide determination to capitalize on the University’s resources for the benefit of all, developed gradually in earnest over a period of the last 35 years. This pro-active philosophy led to former President Paul H. Thompson’s 1990 public commitment to diversity enhancement and to the institution’s collective pledge to welcome post secondary candidates from all regions, nations, and cultures, and to be a leader in addressing the particular needs of diverse students. 

Weber State’s explicit focus on creating a diversity-committed educational community which recognizes that human diversity should be understood in its broadest sense to include everyone on the basis of the infinite ways in which humans vary and which contribute to each individual’s uniqueness, has been the primary focus of numerous programs and projects since the early 90's.  As an extension to this idea, WSU believes that the primary mission is the need to embrace and value the diversity of its members. (see Inclusivity Statement)

Today, the University’s equity efforts continue to move us toward fully recognizing diversity as a core value under the leadership of President F.Ann Millner.  WSU has cultivated a critical mass of scholars, students and community leaders, who for the first time, engage diversity as a genuine and serious core consideration of our central administration, student academic support, and faculty governance systems.