SHS Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At Student Health Services, we are committed to the culturally responsive and inclusive care of all our UVU students and developing the multicultural capacities of its staff. We value and appreciate the diversity of the students, staff, and faculty here at UVU and the inherent strengths of all of our intersecting identities.  We recognize that various forms of discrimination based on race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, ability, age, class, religion, size, and other forms of identity contribute to our students’ medical, psychological, and relational difficulties.  We further recognize that multiple levels and forms of discrimination often keep these populations from receiving competent medical and psychological care. 

In response, we at Student Health Services are committed to:

• actively working to create a culturally sensitive and aware environment for all our students to explore and understand all facets of their identity.
• continuously educating ourselves through formal monthly training on current societal and diversity topics so that we can provide culturally competent medical and psychological care for all our students.
• continually developing and creating outreach media and activities to better support our underserved populations on campus and build community connections.
• inviting and collaborating with other departments at UVU to create a more socially just, inclusive, and equitable campus environment.  
• continually evaluating our cultural competence through formal assessments and personal / group reflection.
• being receptive to feedback from students and other stakeholders about unintentional bias and then adjusting our care to serve all our students more equitably.

In engaging in these processes, Student Health Services hopes that our community will continue to broaden its scope of awareness, develop empathy for different perspectives and life experiences, challenge stereotypes and biases, and serve as models for civility and social justice. Our commitment to diversity is an ongoing and open-ended journey.