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Educational Equity's vision is a Penn State community that is an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-half mosaic-position-half"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-jazkarta.tesserae.background_image-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <div class="background-image-tile" style="background-image: url('https://equity.psu.edu/home/@@jazkarta.tesserae.background_image/7652b05be32141618ca74189460cc04a/@@images/bd9fd819-005f-4b14-ba1a-eab2917465ad.png');"> <div class="colored-background"> <div class="content-container"><h5 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Making Penn State welcoming for all</strong></h5> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/equity-at-penn-state/belonging-statement">Belonging Statement</a></strong><br /><strong><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/equity-at-penn-state/penn-state-resources/acknowledgement-of-land">Acknowledgement of Land</a></strong><br /><strong><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/equity-at-penn-state">Equity at Penn State</a></strong></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/calendar">Belonging at Penn State Calendar</a></strong></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/equity-at-penn-state/university-commitment">University Commitment</a></strong></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-row"> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-full mosaic-position-leftmost"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-plone.app.standardtiles.html-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <p><br /></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-row mosaic-row-equal-height"> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-third mosaic-position-leftmost"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-jazkarta.tesserae.content_summary-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <div class="card"> <div class="cardTop"> <a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/student-disability-resources" title="Student Disability Resources"> <img alt="Student Disability Resources" src="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/student-disability-resources/@@images/image/psu_office" /> </a> </div> <div class="cardBottom"> <h4 class="cardTitle"><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/student-disability-resources" title="Student Disability Resources">Student Disability Resources</a></h4> <div class="cardDescription"> Coordinates reasonable accommodations for equal access and full participation; peer interactions and study space; connection with on- and off-campus resources; and promotes disability as an import aspect of diversity. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-third mosaic-position-third"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-jazkarta.tesserae.content_summary-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <div class="card"> <div class="cardTop"> <a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/veterans-programs" title="Office of Veterans Programs"> <img alt="Office of Veterans Programs" src="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/veterans-programs/@@images/image/psu_office" /> </a> </div> <div class="cardBottom"> <h4 class="cardTitle"><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/veterans-programs" title="Office of Veterans Programs">Office of Veterans Programs</a></h4> <div class="cardDescription"> Provides services to military-affiliated students and Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) benefits recipients. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-third mosaic-position-two-thirds"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-jazkarta.tesserae.content_summary-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <div class="card"> <div class="cardTop"> <a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/talent-search" title="Talent Search"> <img alt="Talent Search" src="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/talent-search/@@images/image/psu_office" /> </a> </div> <div class="cardBottom"> <h4 class="cardTitle"><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/talent-search" title="Talent Search">Talent Search</a></h4> <div class="cardDescription"> Our counselors work with over 2,000 Pennsylvania middle and high school students a year to provide services, information, and guidance for their education after high school. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-row mosaic-row-equal-height"> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-third mosaic-position-leftmost"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-jazkarta.tesserae.content_summary-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <div class="card"> <div class="cardTop"> <a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/upward-bound" title="Upward Bound Programs"> <img alt="Upward Bound Programs" src="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/upward-bound/@@images/image/psu_office" /> </a> </div> <div class="cardBottom"> <h4 class="cardTitle"><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/upward-bound" title="Upward Bound Programs">Upward Bound Programs</a></h4> <div class="cardDescription"> UBP staff work with students in many areas providing program opportunities for its participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-third mosaic-position-third"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-jazkarta.tesserae.content_summary-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <div class="card"> <div class="cardTop"> <a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/scholars-programs" title="Office of Scholars Programs"> <img alt="Office of Scholars Programs" src="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/scholars-programs/@@images/image/psu_office" /> </a> </div> <div class="cardBottom"> <h4 class="cardTitle"><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/scholars-programs" title="Office of Scholars Programs">Office of Scholars Programs</a></h4> <div class="cardDescription"> The Office of Scholars Programs is committed to supporting all underrepresented and underserved students across Penn State, in addition to students in its five prestigious scholarship programs. These programs attract students with diverse perspectives, identities, and interests and share a broad goal of enhancing inclusion efforts at the university. Each scholarship program has distinct merit-based eligibility requirements and selection processes. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-third mosaic-position-two-thirds"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-jazkarta.tesserae.content_summary-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <div class="card"> <div class="cardTop"> <a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/senior-faculty-mentors" title="Senior Faculty Mentors"> <img alt="Senior Faculty Mentors" src="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/senior-faculty-mentors/@@images/image/psu_office" /> </a> </div> <div class="cardBottom"> <h4 class="cardTitle"><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/senior-faculty-mentors" title="Senior Faculty Mentors">Senior Faculty Mentors</a></h4> <div class="cardDescription"> Offers guidance that helps facilitate the attainment of tenure, promotion, and advancement at each faculty career stage, particularly for tenure-track faculty members who belong to historically underrepresented groups of faculty members such as those highlighted by the President鈥檚 Commissions for Equity. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-row mosaic-row-equal-height"> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-third mosaic-position-leftmost"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-jazkarta.tesserae.content_summary-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <div class="card"> <div class="cardTop"> <a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/presidents-commissions-for-equity" title="President's Commissions for Equity"> <img alt="President's Commissions for Equity" src="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/presidents-commissions-for-equity/@@images/image/psu_office" /> </a> </div> <div class="cardBottom"> <h4 class="cardTitle"><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/presidents-commissions-for-equity" title="President's Commissions for Equity">President's Commissions for Equity</a></h4> <div class="cardDescription"> Provides the President with recommendations germane to issues of LGBTQ, racially or ethnically diverse, and women-identified persons at Penn State </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-third mosaic-position-third"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-jazkarta.tesserae.content_summary-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <div class="card"> <div class="cardTop"> <a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/equal-opportunity-planning-committee" title="Equal Opportunity Planning Committee"> <img alt="Equal Opportunity Planning Committee" src="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/equal-opportunity-planning-committee/@@images/image/psu_office" /> </a> </div> <div class="cardBottom"> <h4 class="cardTitle"><a href="https://equity.psu.edu/offices/equal-opportunity-planning-committee" title="Equal Opportunity Planning Committee">Equal Opportunity Planning Committee</a></h4> <div class="cardDescription"> Provides seed grant funding to Penn State units for 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