Upward Bound Award recipients glance down at a Certificate ofAppreciation for their participation in the program in 2010.

The back view of Central Campus provides a view of nature.

Additions to Central Campus have changed student life significantly since last year.

The scenery near Salem State is unrivaled by other local schools.

Salem State President Patricia Maguire Meservey cut the cake as university status was celebrated in 2010.

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Salem State’s campus, faculty, staff and students are part of the ongoing mis-sion to create a diverse learning environment where all students can flourish.

Governor Deval Patrick speaks to graduates during the Class of 2011 commencement ceremony.

“Many of the alumni of color spent a lotof their time here feeling like they weren’tincluded,” said Jannell Frederick, Staff As-sistant of Institutional Advancement, andan alumna of color herself. “The school ismaking strides in diversity and we’re try-ing to keep them updated on the changesin the population here. We’re trying to getthem to come back for more events to telltheir stories of how they supported theongoing mission.”

Frederick said that there is an automaticinhibition when being invited to an eventhere, possibly because of that feeling thatthey didn’t belong while they were here,due in part to what was going on in soci-ety depending on their time of atten-dance.

For example, while she was attendingschool here, there wasn’t one person ofcolor in the Student Government Associa-tion or on the Program Council. Althoughthat has changed significantly over time, itmight not have if it wasn’t for studentslike her getting involved and being thechange.

Frederick created an event in 2007 that, inits name as well as its guest list, includeseveryone: the Multicultural AlumniSoiree.An annual event, the soiree is anopportunity for all alumni to come to-gether to tell old stories, create network-ing opportunities, and promote thediversity that the school has becomeknown for.

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diversity to alums“The majority of the attendees from thefirst year said that it was the first eventthey had attended since they graduatedfrom here,” said Frederick. “That’s huge.”

This year’s event isn’t scheduled yet, butFrederick said they’re aiming for anearly March date and that invitationswill be out before the New Year. Everyalumnus will receive an invitation inhopes that the numbers will continue togrow for this event, as well as the otherevents held throughout the year.

“It’s important that our alums recognizethe changes happening here and supportthem,” said Frederick. “It’s a differentplace now and it’s only growing and get-ting better. The alumni support and thediversity of the students and faculty areproof that the mission is on its way tosuccess.”

For more information on this and otherevents held at Salem State, visit salem-state.edu/alumni/events or email Jan-nell Frederick directly atjfrederick@salemstate.edu.

With more than 400 international stu-dents living on campus and people from70 countries pursuing both graduate andundergraduate degrees at Salem StateUniversity, it’s no wonder that manywould consider the university one of themost diverse schools in the state.

Both the Student Support Center and theLearning Center at the university offerservices to first generation students,whose parents didn’t graduate from col-lege, or those from low-income families,allowing them to receive helpful trainingand student-specific tutoring to increasetheir chance of being successful. Regard-less of situation, support is always of-fered to every student.

Throughout the history of Salem State,with the ups and downs of the rest of so-ciety, diversity wasn’t always supported.Many alumni of different backgroundsfaced controversy and adversity duringtheir time in college, and it has causedsome question of whether or not thingsremain the same or if they are changing.