Equity and inclusion for all

Equity and inclusion for all are fundamental to our culture and to our mission as a public educational institution.

Statement

At the University of Washington, diversity, equity, and inclusion are integral to excellence. We value and honor diverse experiences and perspectives, strive to create welcoming and respectful learning environments, and promote access, opportunity, and justice for all.

We value and acknowledge the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations. We are committed to a departmental culture that is supportive and welcoming for all people, including American Indian/Alaska Native students, staff and faculty.

Relevance to civil and environmental engineering

Teams made up of people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives are crucial for success in engineering projects and organizations. Diversity brings new ideas and life experiences to the field; diverse teams are more likely to design inclusive solutions for all of society. Encouraging and supporting an inclusive engineering community is important for building a vibrant UW CEE and society at large.

CEE, like many engineering fields, has too often focused only on equations and the application of chemistry, math and physics to solve narrowly defined engineering problems, without acknowledging that engineering impacts a wide range of communities with diverse needs and lived experiences.We are committed to doing better in the education and research that our department delivers.