The Office of Inclusion and Diversity integrates into Culture Team

The University said Wednesday it was reviewing programs to comply with Trump administration rules.

By LAUREN KIM & ADAM YOUNG

February 28, 2025

The University is integrating the Office of Inclusion and Diversity into its Culture Team to “foster collaboration tied to our culture work,” Provost Andrew Guzman and Senior Vice President of Human Resources Stacy Giwa wrote in a community-wide message Friday afternoon.

In a statement on Wednesday, President Carol Folt wrote that the University would work to review and ensure its programs “comply fully with evolving legal requirements” amid the Trump administration’s efforts to remove “wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Guzman and Giwa’s statement made no reference to the review process.

The merged team will work to continue developing “programming and initiatives that support” the “shared sense of community” in all its endeavors, the Friday statement read.

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At present, Karrie Kingsley, María Romero-Morales and Shannon Bradley, who were part of the leadership in the Inclusion and Diversity team, do not appear on the Culture Team’s website.

The Office of Inclusion and Diversity Team’s mission statement was to communicate efforts for “better meeting the needs of a diverse and inclusive community.” The Culture team website does not include diversity initiatives, but includes DEI as one of its six core values.

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