Each year, the President and the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion seek nominations for the President’s Diversity Champion Award, an honor which recognizes the significant achievements of faculty, staff, students and student organizations toward developing a more culturally diverse and inclusive university community.

The Alabama Alliance for Equity in Graduate and Professional Education began in 2017 as an initiative to strengthen the higher education access and success for students who seek admittance into graduate and professional school programs by strategically investing resources to better identify and cultivate instate talent.

The Alabama Association of Higher Education Diversity Officers (ALAHEDO) advise its members on issues, policies, and practices that affect diversity at higher education institutions in Alabama. The association proposes initiatives to ensure that higher education institutions in Alabama fairly meet the needs of its underrepresented faculty, staff and students.