Rutgers University–Camden has earned the 2024 Richard Guarasci Award for Institutional Transformation from Campus Compact, the largest and oldest higher education association dedicated to community and civic engagement.
Division of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement
Division of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (DICE)
The Division of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (DICE) connects Rutgers–Camden to communities beyond our campus. Working with local partners, we support efforts to meet the challenges facing our host city, county, and region through engaged civic learning, volunteerism and service, community-based research, and integrated efforts and partnerships. Civic and community engagement work is done through intentional, mutually beneficial relationships between the DICE division, faculty, students, and community agencies wherein the work and the product of that work is shared; expectations and limitations are outlined through honest communication; and plans for sustainability and closure are well-understood between those that engage.
Furthermore, we are leading efforts to support the forward movement of Rutgers-Camden towards our diversity goals and to build a beloved community through signature initiatives including the Truth Racial Healing and Transformation Center, the Rites of Passage Ceremony, and more.
Mission and Vision
Mission
Our work strives to educate minds, empower communities, and enact positive change by intentionally weaving DEI with community engagement through/into policy and practice at Rutgers University-Camden. We focus on the continuous progression towards a more just and equitable society on campus, in Camden city, and the surrounding communities.
Vision
Our division fosters campus and community collaborations for a more just, equitable, and democratic society.
Recognition of Our Diversity
Rutgers–Camden is a recognized Minority Serving Institution (MSI), Asian American (AA) and Native American Pacific Islander (NAPI)-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) and is an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), which affords opportunities to receive federal education grants to expand educational opportunities for low-income and minority students.
National Leader in Civic Engagement
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected Rutgers University–Camden to receive its 2024 Community Engagement Classification.
Recent Honors and Awards
Rutgers Today
More than two dozen faculty, staff, students and organizations were recognized by the Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes
Division of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (DICE)
121 Market St. Camden, NJ 08102
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