![Q&A at the DU screening of Blackkklansman](https://embed.widencdn.net/img/du/pwj6fi7c0i/590x453px/201904111956_BlacKKKlansman Screening & Q&A.jpg)
Over the past 20 years there has been an increase in DU's institutional efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive campus.
![Issac Vargas (left) and James Artis laugh together at a BSA meeting](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/black-student-alliance-meeting-2017-300x242.jpg)
In two years at DU, I've had no more than three black classmates. Since only 20 percent of our campus population is comprised of people of color, my experience is likely similar to most white students.
![Imam Shafi speaks at the Jummah Prayer](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/students-jummah-prayer-2017-men-300x242.jpg)
Is DU truly creating an "inclusively excellent" environment for its Muslim students, a student population who may be faced with religious or racial prejudice? Further, how much can a college campus really do when it comes to protecting its students?
![A commonly used campus stock photo shows four students of different skin tone sitting on the grass on campus](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/campus-diversity-stockphoto-2011-300x242.jpg)
Since coming to DU as a graduate student last fall, I have seen the term "Inclusive Excellence" everywhere. It is prominent in syllabi, sprinkled across marketing materials and used frequently in conference rooms across campus. But what does this phrase mean and why does the university use it so much?
![Students gather at the Free Speech wall in October 2017 for a "Take a Knee" event hosted by the Social Justice Advocacy group on campus](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/students-take-a-knee-2017-300x242.jpg)
Programs like 1GenU, along with The Center for Multicultural Excellence and student affinity groups, are working to support first-generation college students at DU.
![Elton Chimwemwe Chavura (left) and Ivey Bostrom (MA '18) stand in front of a building with a thatched roof in Malawi](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/thumbnail_img_1516.jpg)
In the summer of 2017 two IIC students had the incredible opportunity to evaluate a shallow wells program as part of a faculty-led student team from DU and Virginia Tech in Malawi, Africa.