Responding to the needs of our diverse undergraduate student body, MIRC promotes an inclusive college climate by acting as an educational resource that prepares students to succeed in a heterogeneous and ever-changing society. MIRC provides a supportive environment for intercultural communication, constructive interaction and mutual understanding as a conduit to human development. Our goal is to create a greater sense of community and improve the quality of life for Daytona State College students.

MIRC offers a variety of resources which aim to facilitate an engaged campus environment that actively and collectively addresses many areas of diversity, including race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status and gender identity/expression. It seeks to strengthen and enhance the richly diverse fabric of the Daytona State College community by providing and supporting programs and services in the following areas:

• Diversity Education and Training
• Social Justice & Inter/Intra Cultural Programming
• Leadership Development and Training
• Advocacy
• Etiquette Training
• Professional and Ethical Leadership
• Tutoring
• Face-to-Face Mentoring
• Financial Aid
• Peer Mentoring
• Academic Monitoring
• Civil Sensitivity
• Cultural Enrichment
• Career Planning
• Intellectual Enrichment

Our diversity education and training programs are designed to encourage dialogue and interaction among students about issues related to diversity. Taking a proactive rather than reactive approach to diversity education, we seek to build competencies and thought processes among Daytona State College students that prepare them to excel in our diverse college community and beyond. Diversity education will take many forms including facilitated discussions, workshops and guest speakers.