The mission of the Office of Inclusive Excellence (OIE) is to operationalize the inclusive excellence paradigm by ensuring that the principles and practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion are embedded into all aspects of university life, including, but not exclusively, recruitment, admissions, hiring and promotion processes; curriculum and co-curriculum, and administrative structures and practices.
Inclusive Excellence is the recognition that institutional excellence depends on how well we value, engage, and include the diversity of our campus community. Embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion to create a community of belonging is core to NKU’s identity.
Inclusive Excellence is an organizing paradigm that supports student success through fostering a campus-wide ethos of a robust belief in our students, addressing the social and intellectual development of our students in diversity learning and cultural competence; and embedding inclusive excellence into all aspects of university life.
Inclusive Excellence is a cultural change process.
Northern Kentucky University
100 Nunn Drive, AC 834
Highland Heights, KY 41099
Phone: (859) 572-6630
Email: inclusiveexcellence@nku.edu
