Cultural Diversity Grants
Each year St. Cloud State University distributes grants to faculty, staff and students for projects that address cultural diversity.
The grants are awarded each spring by a sub-committee of the Diversity Advisory Council.
Priority is given to proposals that:
- Promote of retention and success of students of color that leads to higher graduation rates
- Enhance the preparation of students of color for assuming leadership roles in society
- Seek to increase the number of students from racial and ethnic minority groups through active recruitment, marketing and outreach strategies
- Improve the campus community in ways that promote cultural diversity
- Promote cultural diversity in courses and programs that include opportunities for students and faculty to participate in out-of-class activities
- Bring professors or administrators of color to St. Cloud State through lectures, visiting scholar opportunities and other activities
2017 Cultural Diversity Grant recipients
St. Cloud State University granted $69,520 in Diversity grants for 2017-18.
Communication Studies/Conflict Resolution Center
$2323.00 - Secondary School Mediation and Circle ProjectAmerican Indian Center
$1500.00 - Lame Deer Indian Reservation
$100.00 - 25th Annual Spring PowWow
$1283.00 - NIEA 49th Annual Convention
Multicultural Student Services
$1,800 - Ninth Annual Power in Diversity Leadership Conference
$5,500 - Students of Color Employment Initiative Fund FY18
$4,000 - Global Education Study Abroad Initiative Fund FY18
Karen Students United Association
$667 - 2018 Cultural Day
$2,046 - 2018 Mid-West Asian American Student Union Conference
Council of African American Students
$140 - CAAS Study tables
$500 - CAAS Retreat
$250 - CAAS Blast
$1,600 - Ebony Night
$3,200 - Big XII Leadership Conference
$3,000 - CAAS Leadership Conference
$1,000 - Guest Speaker
Asian Students in Action
$1,474 - Midwest Asian American Student Union Conference
$1,068 - Social Justice Week
$500 - Unity Day
Hmong Student Organization
$1,000 - HSO Speakers
$2,766 - Midwest Asian American Union Conference/Conference of Choice
$2,000 - Hmong Night
Somali Student Association
$1,440 - Somali Night
$1,240 - Networking Event
$2,240 - Somali Cultural Week
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán de SCSU
$2,338 - National MeChA Conference 2018 Funding
$360 - MeChA Regional Conference Funding
$4,000 - 2018 National Association for Chicana & Chicano Studies Conference
$747 - Dia de los Muertos 2017 (Day of the Dead)
$2,184 - Chicanx Month 2018 Funding
$500 -16 de Septiembre Remembrance 2017
Korean Student Association
$2,000 - Korean Night 2017
Vietnamese Student Association
$2,520 - VSA Cultural Night
Oromo Student Organization
$1,786 - Viva Oromia Cultural Night
Lindgren Child Care Center
$3,000 - Culturally Relevant Staff Representing Population of Children
Women of Color Collective
$1,588 - Weekly Discussions of WOCC
St. Cloud State University Planetarium
$2,680 - Interdisciplinary STEM and Native Skywatchers-Student Research Experiences
African Student Association
$2,280 - FY18 ASA Activities