Student Engagement and Inclusion

The Office of Student Engagement & Inclusion (SEI) at Genesee Community College (GCC) fosters innovative and collaborative practices that empower students to feel a sense of belonging, explore their interests and passions, and become leaders in a globalized world. Complimenting the academic mission of the college, SEI integrates student learning through social, extracurricular and co-curricular opportunities; each activity achieving one or more core objectives:

• Recreational: activities supporting socializing and socialization among students, faculty and staff.
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice: activities promoting DEI principles, values and advocacy. Enhancing a sense of belonging among students. Fighting against social injustices to promote equity, access, and equality.
• Health & Wellness: activities promoting holistic health (i.e., physical, mental, spiritual, etc.) to achieve life balance.
• Community Engagement: activities promoting engagement in collegiate and personal residential communities; developing and sustaining connections to enhance community goals.
• Global Citizenry: activities promoting engagement abroad (outside of GCC’s landscape) to develop diplomacy, cultural awareness, competence and humility, and appreciate difference in worldview.
• Social & Professional Development: activities promoting development in social and professional capacities; preparing students to enter a globalized and competitive labor market.

SEI supports an inclusive student life environment and promotes opportunities that enable personal growth, leadership development, intellectual inquiry, social and environmental responsibility, community advocacy, and cultural competence and humility. SEI strives to build affinity to GCC among students, during and after their tenure at GCC.