I am firmly committed to diversity and equity in all areas of campus life. In this class, we will work to promote an anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels safe and welcome. I recognize that discrimination can be direct or indirect and take place at both institutional and personal levels.
Be specific about how you engage with your students, peers, and research communities to promote inclusivity, explicitly state your values (e.g., the writer spoke of building relationships and trust) and provide demonstrable examples (e.g., the writer provided student testimony).
Your statement will have to tell how you support the school's objectives of inclusion and diversity in your life. Think about class, gender, race, culture, sexual orientation and even religion. How do you interact with people that are different to you? Make a list of your experiences, organize it, then tell your story.
I believe equal opportunity is extremely important and every student is unique in their own way. I strive to create an open, inclusive, and equal environment in which every student has the opportunity to flourish.
The EDI statement is typically one-page long and might include one or more of the following elements: A description of present challenges faced by underrepresented groups (URGs) in engineering: An applicant might discuss awareness of current hurdles faced by underrepresented groups in engineering.