Inclusive Excellence
Graduate Student events calendar
At W. P. Carey, we say that “business is personal.” Each student, each faculty member, each employee matters, intrinsically, as a human being. Yet we also must recognize times where we as a community have fallen short of that ideal, and how historical prejudice and systemic racism have pushed members of our school to the margins
We are committed to doing better, and unequivocally state our support of Black lives, Native communities, immigrants,members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disabilities, and others who live at the intersections. You are welcome at W. P. Carey, and this is what you can expect from us.
- We embrace open access to education and opportunity for all students as being central to our mission.
- We believe that diversity is a necessary part of excellence, and reject any false opposition of diversity and merit.
- We support robust and respectful discussion of the most pressing issues in society from the wide variety of perspectives in our community.
- We respect, listen to, and center the voices of marginalized groups, and recognize that the impacts of our actions matter more than the intention.
- We are unequivocal in our support of underrepresented and historically marginalized groups, and will not tolerate discrimination or hate.
Find out more about our commitments here.
As a W. P. Carey graduate student you have the opportunity to enrich your academic experience through participation in a variety of trainings, events and activities focused on these themes throughout your student experience starting at Orientation.
Upcoming Opportunities
We are excited to continue to offer the Inclusive Communities training on Canvas for Graduate Students. This training was developed in 2021 in partnership with the Social Transformation Lab, EOSS and GPSA (Graduate Professional Student Association) with graduate students in mind.
The content in this training was carefully curated with the goal of guiding you to think of power, privilege and bias in a new way and to start establishing human connections with those who appear different. We hope these concepts will be a foundation to allow for more meaningful and inclusive interactions both during your academic career and in the professional setting. Students will be automatically added to this Canvas training prior to Orientation. For more information on the training and how to access this, please contact your Program Operations team.