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Helping minority students achieve their goals

Building diversity awareness on campus

Promoting an inclusive community

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The Handbook for Underrepresented Ethnicities (HUE) is a resource to improve the experiences of individuals from historically underrepresented ethnicities while attending the University of Rochester.

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OMSA provides counseling, disseminates information, initiates programs, and acts as a liaison with other departments of the university to enhance the environment in which minority students live and learn.

In aggregate, underrepresented minority enrollment has grown at the University from 7.6 to 9.6 percent between fall 2006 and fall 2014.

Past MLK Commemorative Address speakers have included Martin Luther King III, Jesse Jackson, and Melissa Harris-Perry.

Summer Spotlight

Summer program gives African students bridge to college

More than 30 students from sub-Saharan Africa are River Campus this summer as part of the Early Connection Africa program, preparing for college life and taking classes in math, economics, writing, and politics.

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Know a student who you think could benefit from our services? Use the form below to send us a referral.

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We're Better Than That

Educating the University community on ways to approach divisive topics and to stop hate speech and racism at Rochester.

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