Presidents' Statement on Racism

In June of 2003, the presidents of area colleges signed the following statement below. President Nicholas V. Kroeze was a part of this and is committed to the diversity efforts of the campus and community.  He continues to be a part of this group of college presidents and multi-cultural leaders that meet monthly and Kuyper College also hosts the group on a bi-monthly basis.

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The West Michigan College and University presidents together commit to combat racism whenever and wherever it appears in our institutions of higher education and in our community. To that end, we commit to education and ongoing training that will enable our leadership, faculty, and staff to better identify and address systemic and cultural racism in our institutions. We will encourage efforts to address the issues of racism, diversity, sensitivity and understanding in curricular and co-curricular ways for all students. And we pledge that our institutions will work together to:

• share efforts and resources,
• support activities of other institutions,
• engage in appropriate reciprocal partnerships with the broader community,
• hold each other accountable to these goals,
• Cooperate in concrete ways to promote anti-racist efforts and cultural diversity on our campuses.

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