Our commitment to students, staff, and community
Overview
Living our Mission
Verto Education is committed to fostering community and embracing diversity on all semesters. Institutionally, we are committed to implementing hiring practices that result in faculty and staff who are reflective of our diverse student population. We also continue to encourage and create more opportunities for every student, especially those who are underrepresented in higher education and study abroad.
Through our daily practices, we strive to strengthen our community and make all feel welcome, included, and valued. Verto is dedicated to being an organization in which faculty, staff, students, and alumni feel seen, supported, and affirmed. Our community and the following initiatives continue to open constructive dialogue and bring about positive change:
- Actively diversifying our faculty and staff to be reflective of Verto students and alumni, identifying bias blind spots to create equal representation, high employee retention, upward growth, and productive recruitment
- Creating an evolving, robust training program for our faculty and staff to better understand and anticipate the needs of all students and alumni through cultural competency and collaborative onboarding experiences
- Researching and facilitating safe spaces and providing mental health resources for all faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
- Continuing to diversify our students, high school counselors, independent educational consultants, and partner institutions to promote accessibility within higher education through presenting merit scholarships and need-based grant opportunities
If you are an enrolled student or parent, prospective student or parent, or prospective faculty and staff member, Verto invites you to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office Hours and Virtual Events.
Events
Panel Discussion: Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Abroad with Verto Education from Monday, June 29th
Recent Articles
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Perspectives From First-Generation College Students
How Do We Achieve Diversity In Study Abroad?
Partner College Resources for Minority Students
Partner Colleges with over 30% of incoming students who identify as Black or African American; Hispanic; Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; American Indian or Alaskan native; or two or more races (2019):
- William & Mary – (49%)
- Temple University (31.8%)
- Case Western Reserve University (36%)
- Rhodes College (30% – Multicultural & International Students)
- Pace University (34%)
- Richard Bland College of William & Mary (46%)
- Adelphi University (44.6%);
- Mills College (63%) – College for Women and Gender Non-Binary Students
- Portland State University (32.85%)
- Goucher College (38%)
- University of Auckland, NZ (63% Non-European Students)
- University College Dublin, Ireland (32%)
Common student organizations on campus you could join:
- Black Student Association (BSA), Black Student Union (BSU) or African-American Student Association (AASA)
- National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)
- National Black Graduate Student Association (NBGSA)
- National Indian Education Association (NIEA)
- Alpha Pi Omega
- National APIA Panhellenic Association
- Latinx Student Union (LSU)
- India Student Association (ISA)
- Indigenous Student Association (ISA)
- Students for Palestine Association
- Asian American Cultural Association (AACA)
- Hawaiian and Pacific Islander club (HAPI)
- Common Ground Alliance (CGA)
Partner College Resources for LGBTQ+ Friendly Students
Partner Colleges that are LGBTQ+ Friendly (Top 50 Nationwide):
- Portland State University
- University of Oregon
- Case Western Reserve
- University of Vermont
- Mills College
- William & Mary
- Lynn University
- Naropa University
Common student organizations on campus you could join:
- Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA)
- VISION
- LGBTQ+ Support Group
- OUTreach
- Pride Alliance
- Pride Law
- Queer Transgender People of Color
- Gender Spectrum Support Group
- Common Ground Alliance (CGA)
- Queer Student Union (QSU)
- Students for Trans Awareness and Rights (STAR)
Partner College Resources for First-Generation Students
Partner College Resources for Religiously-Affiliated Students
Partner Colleges with Religion-Focused Majors/Minors
- Belhaven University (Biblical Studies and Ministries)
- William & Mary
- University of Tennessee- Knoxville (Judiac Studies and Religious Studies)
- Temple University (Religion Major)
- Grinnell College (Religious Studies)
- Clark University (Jewish Studies)
- Rhodes College (Jewish, Islamic, & Middle East Studies)
- Ohio Wesleyan University (Pre-Theology & Religion)
- Springfield College (Religion Minor (Humanities)
- Valparaiso University (Theology and Ministry)
- Catholic University (Pastoral Ministry (Cert.), Sacred Theology, and Theology and Religious Studies)
- Muhlenberg College (Jewish Studies & Religion Studies)
- Regis University (Religious Studies)
- Hanover College (Theological Studies)
- Mills College (Religious Studies)
- Portland State University (Judaic Studies)
- Cornell College (Religion)
- DePauw University (Religious Studies – Minor)
- Naropa University (Religious Studies)
- Merrimack College (Jewish/Christian/Muslim Relations – Minor, Religious and Theological Studies – Minor & Science and Religion – Minor)
- Belhaven University (Biblical Studies)
Common student organizations on campus you could join:
- Campus Ministry
- Center for the Study of Jewish Christian Muslim Relations
- Christians United for Israel
- Hillel Foundation
- Muslims Students Association (MSA National)
- United Council of Christian Fraternities and Sororities (UCCFS)
- Catholic Students Association (CSA)
- Chaltuzim
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FSA)
- Multi-Faith Council (MFC)
Partner College Resources for International (Non-US) Students
Partner Colleges with over 15% International Student Population
- Lynn University (18%)
- University of Auckland, NZ (23%)
- University College Dublin (29%)
- Rhodes College (31% – Multicultural & International students)
- Wooster Colleges (16%)
- Ohio Wesleyan University (29.2% – Multicultural & International students)
- Illinois Institute of Technology (42%)
Common student organizations on campus you could join:
- World Student Association
- English Language Program (ELP)
- Cultural Exchange Club
- Conversation Partner Program
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