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The working definition of diversity created by The Auburn University Multicultural Diversity Commission is:

Diversity at Auburn University encompasses the whole of human experience and includes such human qualities as race, gender, ethnicity, physical ability, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, economic status, and veteran status. These and other socially and historically important attributes reflect the complexity of our increasingly diverse student body, local community, and national population. Auburn University recognizes and values the considerable educational benefits emanating from diversity as we prepare our students for life and leadership in a multicultural world. Students who interact with and learn about people from a variety of backgrounds are more apt to understand, appreciate, and excel in the community they inhabit. In this context, diversity is aligned with Auburn University's land grant mission of providing its students with a superior education in service to the needs of Alabama, the nation, and the world.

In 2008, the committe surveyed the faculty, staff and student bodies to understand what services should we provide to diversity students.

Members of the committee are working in multi-departmental grants aimed at improving the access of minority students to the CoAg of Auburn University.