Ensure student transition, orientation, and onboarding programs are designed with students from underrepresented and underserved populations in mind.

Owners/Accountable Party

• Vice Provost for Student Success and Campus Life
• Associate Vice Provost for Student Success

Actions

Near-term Actions

• Fund graduate student participation in Stolen Waters Summit
• Fund Indigenous Speakers Series through IGSA

Future Actions

• Add communicating across difference and free expression modules to new student orientation in summer 2025
• Increase the diversity in UM Advocates to better reflect student body
• Develop online New Student Orientations for specific underrepresented student populations, including but not limited to transfer students, adult learners, and veterans

Completed and Ongoing Actions

• Launched and assessing online New Student Orientation modules
• Continuing the Keeping UM Connected working group to develop proactive ways to enhance student belonging and inclusion, including community engagement, wellness resources, and identity-based activities
• Launched Griz Hub as a clearinghouse for opportunities to connect
• Providing ongoing graduate affiliate group outreach and support
• Established Native Griz orientation programming and Moving Camp for Native students and their families
• Maintaining annual AISS, NAS, and Tribal Relations -supported cultural events (e.g., Cobell Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, AI Heritage Day, MMIW)
• Funded RA positions to generate interest in a peer-to-peer mentoring program among Native graduate students
• Founded a Native American Graduate Student group at UM (IGSA)
• Delivered Native Graduate Student Welcome Dinner
• Funded Native writing support group via IGSA
• Began affiliate group outreach: Asian Student lunch
• Developed orientation programming specific for populations (e.g., Missoula College, TRiO, Native American students)
• Updated Bear Tracks to ensure easier, more inclusive access to orientation tasks