Stetson University
- Diversity

They Really Are Trying

There's a lot of different groups of people at Stetson, we have tons of exchange students and the school tries to encourage diversity as well as things like tolerance on a daily bases. It's still a mostly white school, but it's really trying to change and open it's self up. there's a couple clubs that try to help with this, like kaleidoscope and such, but there's still some students that refuse to change which there always will be no matter how hard you try to get rid of it. But it is a small percentage.

The Reason Why I Love Stetson!

My first impression of Stetson's diversity was really negative, and I was afraid that there wouldn't be much diversity of any kind. Boy was I mistaken! I'm a student org junkie, and we have an org for everything and everyone. Yeah, there are a lot of white students at Stetson but there are more ways to be diverse than race. We have many religions represented, tons of sexual diversity, and many students from other cultures. The subject of Stetson's Values Day this year was religious diversity. One of the most active club on campus right now is the Kaleidoscope club (our Gay-Straight Alliance.) Last year, one of the most visible and active clubs was CSO (the Caribbean Student Organization). For more info on clubs, search for Stetson Orgsync in Google and view our clubs list.

Family Feeling for All

Stetson University is the #1 Private Universities in the State of Florida. As a transfer student who is not only a minority, but also an older student, I am pleased of the great diversity on campus compared to the past statistics. There are so many student organizations from religion to sexual orientation. Though there may still be a "few" students who are not supportive, majority of the student population is supportive and accepting of the diversity and challenges that come across our every day lives. From the administration to the employees, there is a great amount of cultural differences, ethnic backgrounds, but it is a "family" feeling on campus. I feel this is of great importance for someone who is a minority and older!!