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What Does Diversity Mean To You?

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1- What does diversity mean to you?
2- How has being a student at the University of Utah been?
3- What is the University doing to make you feel welcome on campus, and how can it be more welcoming?
4- Do you feel there are enough educational opportunities for students on campus to learn about people of different races, ethnicities, and other identities? Are the educational pieces working towards creating a more welcoming campus?
5- What do you feel is the greatest challenge you faced or are facing in college?
6- Which of your identities do you feel most aware of on campus?
7- When you face these challenges how do you go about solving them, do you find resources?
8- Is it difficult finding resources on campus? Resources that can relate to

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