The Center for Diversity and Enrichment (CDE) brings together under one umbrella a variety of programs, offices and services that work to create a welcoming climate for students, staff and faculty from communities underrepresented in higher education.

A merger of Support Service Programs and Opportunity at Iowa, the CDE provides leadership and coordination for outreach and service to underserved students from diverse backgrounds, including students of color, first-generation students whose parents have not received a baccalaureate degree and students from low-income families.

CDE offers:

• community building
• tutoring
• individualized guidance
• summer programs
• academic skill development
• connections to UI and community resources
• pre-college student development and recruitment

CENTER – a place of concentrated activity, influence or importance: focus, headquarters, heart, to concentrate, to draw together

DIVERSITY – inclusive representation of the variety of people served, programs offered and an easily recognizable term

ENRICHMENT – the act of making fuller, or more meaningful or rewarding

CDE Newsletter

Full Press Release

Mission Statement

Iowa Faculty Investing in Recruiting Student Talent (Iowa FIRST)