The mission of the Center for Student Diversity (CSD) is to meet the needs of underrepresented and historically marginalized students by providing support, advocacy, guidance, and training services for the greater Mount community. We develop students, faculty, staff, and administrators who are more culturally aware and accepting of others who may be different from themselves to produce an environment that is mindful of causes associated within social justice.
The Center for Student Diversity is a model for diversity education and multicultural student success, and fosters a climate within the campus community which recognizes the value that multicultural diversity brings to the total educational experience.
Mr. Ruben Rosario, J.D.
Director of the Center for Student Diversity
Mr. Kevin J. Turner II, M.Ed.
Deputy Director for Diversity Programs & Belonging
Office Hours
9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Monday- Friday
The Center for Student Diversity is dedicated to enabling personal growth of Mount St. Mary's intercultural students through a variety of clubs and organizations. The following organizations are available on campus to support our diverse student population:
The purpose of the African Student Association is to educate the Mount community on African culture, issues, and accomplishments while enriching the diversity on campus. To provide an environment rich with cultural experiences for African students and make available this cultural experience for the Mount community.
We are friends of Africa and Africans coming together to celebrate and raise awareness on Africa’s diversity and heritage. The African Student Association is an organization geared towards bringing light to the issues that Africa faces by not only stating the problems but also trying to solve them. As an organization we strive to unify the Mount community. We promote awareness through dance, music, social events, discussion forums, and community service.
The Asian Culture Club seeks to promote the unity, culture, and heritage of Asian students which participates in the wider efforts to encourage and promote multicultural awareness. The purpose of the Asian Culture is to learn about and engage with a multitude of Asian cultures in a social, open, and friendly environment. The Asian culture club serves as a liaison between cultures to help foster community within the Mount.
The Black Student Union is in effect to realize the purpose to educate its members in multiple aspects of the black community, to help acclimate black students into the wider student body of the Mount to provide a locale where issues and concerns of the black community can be discussed in open conversational dialogue amongst students in order to discover solutions for community development, to provide a networking system, and promote group unity amongst its members.
The Peer Educators and Advocates for Campus Equality, or popularly known as P.E.A.C.E., Leaders is an experiential program is a premiere leadership group that puts students in front of their peers to serve as ethical role models and facilitators of conversations about diversity and inclusion.
The primary purpose of the SOL is to celebrate and promote an awareness of Latin American culture on campus.