Contact Us
By Phone
508.830.5134
508.830.5135
In Person
0800-1600 M-F
Patrick Nobrega, Director
pnobrega@maritime.edu
1st Company Room 1019
Denise Carrington, Assistant Director
dcarrington@maritime.edu
3rd Company Officer Rm 3004
Diversity and Inclusion
Office of Intercultural Engagement
Learn. Grow. engage.
making valuable contributions in a diverse and globally integrated world
As one campus community, we must come together to embrace diversity head-on. In striving for social justice, it is essential that we promote unity, equity, and inclusion in our effort to denounce racism and every form of discrimination in our society. By promoting civic engagement, advocacy, and awareness of key issues, we prepare our students, faculty, and staff to make valuable contributions in a diverse and globally integrated world. Our efforts to promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion across our campus community are supported by various roles and functions.
The Office of Intercultural Engagement’s mission is to provide faculty, staff, and students with opportunities to support and embrace the intersections of culture and identity to create a community that is inclusive to all populations at the Academy.
Through implementing best practices in the field of international education, the OIE seeks to partner with academic departments to ensure the safety, accessibility, and quality of education abroad programs. By working together, we can serve the academy community to ensure cadets maximize their academic, personal, and intercultural engagement through global learning.
In striving for Inclusive Excellence, the Office of Intercultural Engagement provides the following programs and services:
S.A.L.T Program
The S.A.L.T Program provides comprehensive support services to assist students in graduating successfully. The program is designed to allow first-generation, Pell-eligible/recipient and/or students with learning differences to explore and engage their educational and personal goals within a learning community by offering academic coaching and mentoring.
Education Abroad
Education abroad and global learning are essential to cadet learning and the internationalization of our campus community. Experiential Learning, study abroad, and international co-ops all play a vital role in promoting intercultural awareness, global sensitivity, and job-readiness in a 21st century global workplace.
Speaker Series
The Office of Intercultural Engagement will invest in a speaker series to bring more voices to campus for the benefit of students, faculty, and staff.
June 1, 2022: Brock McGillis Celebrating Price Month
March 31, 2022: CDR Billie Farrell Keynote Celebrating Women & Success
November 9, 2021: Claudia A Fox Tree, M.Ed (Arawak) Anti-Racism from the Indigenous Perspective: Implicit Bias and Stereotypes
October 14, 2021: Lt Col Marisol A Chalas Celebrating Latin eXcellence
Real Talk: An Open Dialogue Forum
Throughout the semester, the Office of Intercultural Engagement offers spaces for students, faculty, and staff to come together in an “open dialogue format”. The goal is to discuss current events and issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our society.
Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor is a campus-wide program to promote inclusion and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community on campus. To do so requires the support and participation of students, staff, and faculty.
Inclusive Excellence
Through the vision and practice of inclusive excellence, the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) calls for higher education to address diversity, inclusion, and equity as critical to the well-being of democratic culture. Making excellence inclusive is thus an active process through which colleges and universities achieve excellence in learning, teaching, student development, institutional functioning, and engagement in local and global communities. Likewise, enhancing inclusive excellence is directly in line with the objectives of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Equity Agenda . Inclusive excellence must become a priority in all aspects of Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
Inclusive Excellence: Strategic Goal
Our Strategic Goal: To advance a common agenda for Inclusive Excellence that aligns institutional strategies with statewide initiatives to transform diversity, equity, and inclusion in every facet of the institution. The focus areas of this common agenda include recruitment & retention of faculty, staff, and students of color, a climate of inclusion, enhanced community engagement, and review of university infrastructure.
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