The Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED) is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible, and diverse intellectual and cultural campus experience at North Carolina State University (NC State). The OIED facilitates and supports efforts to ensure equity and equal opportunity, offers diversity education and training, and promotes inclusive excellence among students, faculty, and staff.  There are four OIED units: Campus Community Centers; Inclusive Excellence and Strategic Practice; Equal Opportunity and Equity; and Bias Impact Response. These units collaborate to ensure accountability to compliance, policy, and community care standards. They also monitor and respond to campus climate needs, facilitate equity and inclusion assessment, education, and training, and support underrepresented and marginalized identity groups within the NC State community.

OIED employs student workers in our main office to help with the overall design and communication needs of the department. We are currently hiring for the following 2023/2024 positions which will begin in August, 2023.

Campus Community Centers

The Campus Community Centers are a unit within the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity. The Campus Community Centers are comprised of the African American Cultural Center, GLBT Center, Multicultural Student Affairs, and the Women’s Center. Our community efforts play a role in increasing the participation, retention, and success of students, faculty, and staff from historically underrepresented groups. They ensure that NC State is an equitable and inclusive environment, one that is free from prohibited discrimination and harassment. Together, creating a community that provides a unified, campus-wide approach ensures that students, faculty, and staff learn and work within a campus defined by the best practices in equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Graduate Student Positions

Please note: Graduate Applications close March 10 at 5 pm

Women’s Center
The NC State University Women’s Center is a part of the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED) and located in Talley Student Union 5210 (5th floor). Our student team members are a vital part of the Women’s Center staff. As a team member, student staff will support the office as a whole, including customer service and providing administrative support, while furthering the mission of the Women’s Center by providing/supporting services and programs focused on gender, equity, and social justice issues. This position is intended to provide students with hands-on experience and professional development opportunities that will be useful to them in a wide variety of fields post-graduation.

LGBTQ Pride Center
The LGBTQ Pride Center, located in Talley Student Union 5230 (5th floor), is one of four campus community centers (with the Women’s Center, Multicultural Student Affairs, and the African American Cultural Center) housed under the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED). OIED facilitates efforts to ensure equity and opportunity, increases awareness of diversity issues through education, and strengthens relationships across diverse groups. Through these efforts, the OIED promotes cultural competence development, thereby fostering a welcoming and respectful campus.

Undergraduate Student Positions

Please note: Applications close March 27 at 5 pm

African American Cultural Center
The NC State University African American Cultural Center is a part of the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED) and is located in Witherspoon Student Center (2nd and 3rd floors). The African American Cultural Center directly serves all students at NC State while also serving as a resource, connection, and partner for faculty and staff at the institution. We take an intersectional approach to serving the campus community. Our practices are social constructivist in nature and rooted in social justice education and trauma-informed care.  The AACC is in an exciting transformative growth space and a hub for Black and Afro-Diasporic experiences at the university. We are looking for someone who would like to build alongside us.

LGBTQ Pride Center 
The LGBTQ Pride Center, located in Talley Student Union 5230 (5th floor), is one of four campus community centers (with the Women’s Center, Multicultural Student Affairs, and the African American Cultural Center) housed under the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED). OIED facilitates efforts to ensure equity and opportunity, increases awareness of diversity issues through education, and strengthens relationships across diverse groups. Through these efforts, the OIED promotes cultural competence development, thereby fostering a welcoming and respectful campus.

Multicultural Student Affairs

The NC State University Multicultural Student Affairs Center is a part of the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED) and is located in Talley Student Union (4th floor). Multicultural Student Affairs strives to To enhance the success of underrepresented and underserved students through advocacy, community-building efforts, and leadership development.  Through impactful and intersectional programming, we also increase campus awareness around equity and social justice while affirming and celebrating the identities of the students we serve.

The Women’s Center

The NC State University Women’s Center is a part of the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity (OIED) and located in Talley Student Union 5210 (5th floor). Our student team members are a vital part of the Women’s Center staff. As a team member, student staff will support the office as a whole, including customer service and providing administrative support, while furthering the mission of the Women’s Center by providing/supporting services and programs focused on gender, equity, and social justice issues. This position is intended to provide students with hands-on experience and professional development opportunities that will be useful to them in a wide variety of fields post-graduation.