As a Christian institution, Whitworth University takes seriously Christ's example of loving across racial, ethnic, gender, socio-economic and religious differences.

With such a high standard, we are far from satisfied with the ethnic and gender diversity of our faculty, staff and student body. So, we remain focused on being an inclusive community that seeks out and welcomes people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives who support our mission.

Whitworth partners with the Northwest Leadership Foundation on the innovative Act Six leadership program that brings a multicultural cadre of up to 10 mostly first-generation, lower-income students from, Spokane to Whitworth each year. Whitworth, the first college to join the program, provides scholarships covering 100 percent of financial need as well as extensive training to student participants.

In addition, Whitworth recently expanded its general education requirements to include foreign language, American diversity and global perspectives content. And the School of Education leads the field in engaging all prospective teachers in an intercultural field immersion experience to prepare them for working with students from diverse backgrounds.