Funding Initiative: The Diversity Fund

Established by Fordham Trustee Valerie Rainford, the Diversity Fund is a current-use fund that fosters greater diversity among the student body at Fordham by providing financial support to students of color and those from first-generation or lower-income backgrounds. It was created in early 2021 to ease the burdens of student loans and part-time work that disproportionately affect Black and Latinx students. The fund provides “last-dollar” aid that closes the final financial gap for students, helping them not only enroll but also take advantage of on-campus housing and other opportunities.

Uses of the Diversity Fund include the following:

Financial aid
Housing funds
Study abroad

Give Now to Support Diversity at Fordham

Interested in endowing funds, naming opportunities, or have other questions? Please contact Michael Boyd, senior associate vice president of development and university relations, at 212-636-6525 or mboyd7@fordham.edu.

Supporting Diversity at Fordham

Black History Month Events 2023

To celebrate Black History Month, Fordham is offering a variety of events and programs on the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses. Some programs are also offered virtually. *This is a working list. It will be updated as new events are planned. Wednesday, February 1 Policing Black Families and Black Bodies: A Conversation with Dorothy …

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Fordham Professors Earn $530K Grant to Advance Diversity in STEM Fields

Fordham has received a $530,000 grant as part of a nationwide effort to expand the ranks of students enrolled in STEM fields. Last year, Fordham joined the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s first Inclusive Excellence 3 Learning (IE3) Community. The goal of the initiative is to improve STEM teaching and learning for first-generation college students, transfer …

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Scholar Connects Haitian Revolution to Juneteenth Celebrations

Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 when news of the Emancipation Proclamation was delivered to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas—more than two years after President Lincoln issued the order freeing them. It came about 60 years after the Haitian war of independence. But both cases involve the intentional suppression of news of newly granted freedom, …

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Quarterly | June 2, 2022

An update on Fordham’s efforts to carry out the University’s action plan, Addressing Racism, Educating for Justice. ENROLLMENT GOAL: Develop Robust Admissions Strategies for Effective Recruitment of Students of Color to Fordham. The Office of Undergraduate Admission continues to center diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of our admission and recruitment practices. By design, we are …

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Fordham Joins New Nationwide Initiative to Diversify STEM Classes

Through a new nationwide initiative, Fordham is working with its peers in higher education to show students that they can be successful in a STEM major and career, especially students who have been historically excluded from the sciences. “Everyone brings something important to the table, regardless of the level of education you have,” said J.D. …

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Women’s History Month Events 2022

Below is a list of events for Women’s History Month. It will be updated as new events are planned. Tuesday, March 1 Women’s Herstory Month Kickoff Luncheon Rose Hill Campus: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.; McGinley 234 and 235 Lincoln Center Campus: 12:30 – 2 p.m.; Atrium Sponsored by OMA Friday, March 4 Violence Against Migrant …

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Biography of Trailblazing Fordham Law Grad Eunice Hunton Carter Earns PROSE Award

Once overlooked, Eunice Hunton Carter has been getting her due in recent years, not only for being the only woman—a Black woman, no less—on the legal team that successfully prosecuted infamous mob boss Charles “Lucky” Luciano in 1936 but also as an early civil rights leader. This is thanks in part to a new book …

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Friends from Distant Quarters: Celebrating Lunar New Year with Fordham’s Newest Alumni Group

It begins with a roar: lion dancers are marching through the streets brigaded by drummers pounding away, snare and bass, with children smashing cymbals to their sides. It is nearly mid-February, the second weekend of the perennial Lunar New Year celebrations that roll across Gotham’s Chinatown every winter, and the parade up Mott Street is …

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Quarterly | February 1, 2022

An update on Fordham’s efforts to carry out the University’s action plan, Addressing Racism, Educating for Justice. ENROLLMENT GOAL: Develop Robust Admissions Strategies for Effective Recruitment of Students of Color to Fordham. Undergraduate Applicant Pool Updates Building on last year’s success in enrolling the largest and most diverse class of students in Fordham’s history, the Office of Undergraduate …

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Lunar New Year Events 2022

Below is a working list of events for the Lunar New Year. It will be updated as new events are planned. Monday, January 31 Red Envelope Event Rose Hill Campus: 1 – 3 p.m.; McGinley lobby Lincoln Center Campus: 1 – 3 p.m.; LL Plaza Sponsored by the AAPI Committee Tuesday, February 1 Paper Lantern …

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Black History Month Events 2022

To celebrate Black History Month, Fordham is offering a variety of events and programs on the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses. Some programs are also offered virtually. *This is a working list. It will be updated as new events are planned. Week 1: Jazz & Hip-Hop Sponsored by WFUV As part of WFUV’s month-long …

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