Message from OCR Leadership
The Office of Corporate Relations is excited to share this high-level overview of diversity based initiatives on campus with our corporate partners. This book contains fast facts, charts and programmatic overviews of programs on campus that empower student diversity, student from low income families, first generation college goers, gender based diversity, students with disabilities, cultural houses, LGBTQ students, veterans, and internationals students. This large and diverse student body coupled with our tremendous breadth and depth in academics make Illinois a top destination for talent acquisition. Diversity and inclusion are at the top of the priority list in the board room today and corporate partners can demonstrate their commitment to diversity and inclusion by investing in programs that impact all students. The staff at the OCR is ready to help you to address your company’s diversity needs.
“The Office of Corporate Relations welcomes our corporate partners to work with Illinois on building a robust diverse pipeline that includes people of varying gender, age, religion, race, ethnicity, cultural background, sexual orientation, religion, languages, education, and abilities.” #1 most disability friendly university. Our freshman class is 46% female and we are a top 3 largest supplier of women engineers. We are reducing financial barriers and fulfilling our land-grant mission by covering tuition and fees for all qualified in-state students. Opportunities abound to engage with our students and develop a robust talent pipeline from the University of Illinois. We have developed this guide to inform, inspire, and most importantly put the Power of I in industry .
Pradeep Khanna, Associate Vice Chancellor for Corporate Relations and Economic Development
Corporations have long sought out the University of Illinois to address recruitment needs to attract high-quality talent. The University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign excels in recruiting and graduating historically underrepresented students and we are home to the largest number of historically underrepresented students in the Big 10. We are also global with 116 countries represented in our international students. We were the first to provide students with disabilities access to all university services, curricula, and facilities, and are recognized as the
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