BY HOPE WEBB AND GORDON CEPURAN<\/p>\n
Students at Bradley often stereotype their own student body as stereotypically dominated by white engineering students from the suburbs of Chicago.<\/p>\n
One resource for students on campus is the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, formerly called the Office of Student Multicultural Student Services.<\/p>\n
Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion Norris Chase said he feels passionately about the importance of diversity on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we talk about diversity that just means differences,\u201d Chase said. \u201cDiversity is important in a lot of ways because it challenges us to be different. It challenges us to think outside of the norm that we probably haven\u2019t been exposed to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chase is in his fourth year at Bradley serving as an advocate for traditionally underrepresented students. He has his master’s degree in education.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are people who deal with discrimination in today\u2019s world. We\u2019re still having a conversation about women and equal pay. We\u2019re still having a conversation about how to provide quality services to people who identify as LGBT,\u201d Chase said.<\/p>\n