University of South Florida Lakeland Diversity Office is dedicated to creating a community in which students, faculty, staff and community members value the rich diversity each person contributes to our campus and the world. The USF Lakeland Diversity Office fosters an environment that:

• Sustains a campus and community atmosphere that is inclusive of race, ethnicity, sex, age, language/dialect, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, socio-economic status and religious conviction
  
  
• Creates a setting that embraces individual differences and cultivates a campus atmosphere that is free from bias
  
  
• Provides a sense of community and a place to learn about the different aspects of community life
  
  
• Fulfills your educational goals
  
  
• Provides counseling that allows individuals to address challenges (e.g., academic, social, financial, professional or personal)
  
  
• Improves leadership and direction for the continuous assessment and improvement of university-wide diversity efforts and
  
  
• Creates a sense of inclusion

USF Lakeland Diversity Office will continuously work to create a place to maximize the benefits of a multicultural perspective and to help sustain a more inclusive community of learners regarding diversity. “Touching lives and improving the world.”