Community, Opportunity, and Engagement
MechSE is a community of innovators and leaders where embracing a wide range of personal, cultural, and disciplinary perspectives is essential for achieving excellence. Expanding the backgrounds and experiences of our faculty, staff, and students strengthens our mission to develop engineers who collaborate to solve critical global challenges. This commitment enhances the reach and impact of our academic programs, research, and reputation. We invite you to explore our efforts and achievements in fostering an environment where all individuals can thrive and contribute to MechSE's continued success.
Purposeful scholarships, fellowships, and other recruiting tools enable us to accelerate the diversity
of our academics, research, and future workforce.
Learn how a gift to our First Generation Fund can help us recruit and support our first generation MechSE students.
Give to our First Generation Fund
For more information about giving opportunities, contact Kendra Wolf, kjwolf@illinois.edu, 217-300-7297
Illinois Campus Resources
- Campus Belonging Resources
- Chez Veterans Center
- CU Women in Tech Forum (through the Research Park at UIUC)
- Disability Resources and Educational Services
(accessibility and accommodations) - First Generation Students
- Religious Inclusion
- Request a Training or Workshop
- Request Co-Sponsorship
- Religious, Spiritual, and Secular Inclusion
- Land Acknowledgment for Events
- Communications Protocol with Native Nations
- Report a Barrier to Access
- Submit a Request for a Reasonable Accommodation
- Campus Calendar of DEI Events
Grainger Engineering Resources
- Academic and Research Leadership Network (ARLN)
- Accelerating Women and UnderRepresented Entrepreneurs (AWARE)
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
- Academic Redshirt in Science and Engineering (ARISE)
- Engineering Graduate Student Advisory Committee (EGSAC)
- Morrill Engineering Program (MEP)
- Multicultural Engineering Recruitment for Graduate Education (MERGE)
- National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE)
- Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM)
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- Support for Underrepresented Groups in Engineering (SURGE) Fellowship Program
- Sloan University Center of Exemplary Mentoring at Illinois
- Women in Engineering (WIE)