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Each CWRU undergraduate student is matched with a navigator, a full-time professional staff person who stays with them all four years. Sometimes your navigator will connect you with the person who can help answer a question or resolve a problem. Or perhaps reach out to let you know about a speaker or other event on campus that aligns just perfectly with a potential post-graduation interest. Or simply "check in" to see how you're doing.

Your navigator will work closely with your faculty advisor so that they're up to date on academic progress, experiential education activities, and any other developments important to your overall well-being.

Meet the navigators.

SOURCE, the university’s centralized office for undergraduate research, assists and prepares students to engage in research and creative endeavors. 86% of CWRU undergraduates take part in research and creative endeavors, on projects of their own and as part of research teams on campus, throughout our neighborhood and beyond. SOURCE helps students identify research opportunities and even provides funding for student research projects, including stipends for summer research projects and funds to travel to conferences to share their findings.

Your entire time as an undergraduate is filled with opportunities to learn, from your classes and extracurricular activities on campus to study abroad and co-op programs with employers in Cleveland and around the country.

Students can work with faculty on research, create their own companies, secure internships, become civic engagement scholars and much more. Your navigator will help you identify and connect with experiential learning experiences that meet your goals, and 99% of CWRU students take part in at least one experiential learning experience. Two-thirds take part in three or more hands-on learning activities.

Learn more about Experiential Education.

Preparing for life after graduation is part of every year of your undergraduate experience. You may be planning to continue your education or you may want to start your career immediately. Your navigator will have career planning in mind and is an ideal resource. CWRU also hosts a number of career fairs, networking opportunities, mock interview experiences and other ways to help our students be career-ready.

Additionally, pre-professional students connect regularly with expert advisors to help them prepare for law school, medical school and other professional programs.

Check out our post-graduate planning support.

The Office of First-Year Experience and Family Programs organizes the orientation process for all undergraduates and a variety of programming throughout your first year, such as Discover Days, an orientation program full of opportunity to get to know the campus, Cleveland and new friends. The office also helps with parent and family resources to help inform parents, guardians and family members how to best support their students throughout their college experience.

OMA serves all CWRU students, with particular emphasis on addressing the unique needs of diverse, marginalized and underrepresented students. CWRU students often call the office their “home away from home”—where they find community and share time with staff and each other in our lounges, study tables and event spaces.

More than just a “home base,” OMA is a nexus of social justice and anti-racism work, engaging across campus to ensure our campus is a wholly welcoming environment where all students find success.

Get to know us at OMA.

The annual Unity Banquet & Scholarship Dinner celebrates the academic accomplishments of underrepresented students and graduating seniors at Case Western Reserve University. The evening also serves as an opportunity to recognize future students and CWRU community partners.

Sustained Dialogue engages members of the CWRU community in dialogues that cultivate strong, trusting relationships and foster respect for each individual and their ability to contribute to positive change. This program is a collaborative between the Division of Student Affairs and the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity.

Multicultural Kickbacks are a monthly gathering of undergraduate student organization leaders in the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Cultural Dinners celebrate foods from around the world.

International Education Week is a national celebration of the benefits of international education and global exchange. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education is an effort to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.

MLK Day Celebration is a weeklong celebration that includes a range of activities including workshops, films, panel discussions and acclaimed speakers.

The Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative (UDC) is an umbrella organization that aims to support organizations which advocate for the advancement of diversity and inclusion at Case Western Reserve University. The UDC serves as an advocating body for diversity groups, a platform for voicing student diversity concerns, and a resource for organizations in regards to diversity programming.

All undergraduate students and many campus offices are trained in Diversity 360, a campus-wide diversity education program for students, faculty and staff developed in collaboration between the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Office for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equal Opportunity.

The program increases capacity to recognize and engage in dialogue across the breadth of differences; deepens understanding of how affiliations in privileged and marginalized groups impact treatment on campus, campus climate and productivity; deepens awareness of types of microaggressions and how they affect experiences on campus and in the local community; and allows participants to discover ways to become a change agent and diversity champion with new knowledge, ideas, and resources about university policies, programs and best practices.