The College established an annual plan to guide DEIB strategies in 2024-2025 and builds upon that plan in the proposed new annual plan for 2025-2026. One of the College’s core values is Diversity, defined as 'being culturally conscious and inclusive by embracing the visible and invisible human differences that affect the learning and success of students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community members.” The 2025–2026 DEIB Strategic Plan, approved on June 11, 2025, by the FCC Board of Trustees, reflects this commitment.

In 2025, ODEIB piloted a new Professional Development initiative which allows faculty and staff to explore identities, histories, and societal structures that impact how students experience their time at FCC. Want to become an Empathy Ally or learn more? Email Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at [email protected].

For Undocumented Students, DACA Students, and Maryland Dream Act Students

• Maryland Dream Act: Information for Undocumented Students
• Maryland Dream Act Application
• Are you an immigrant student who needs support while navigating FCC? We are here to help you! Here are some of the people who can support you:
  • José Moreno, Transitions Specialist, [email protected]
  • Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, [email protected]
  • Molly Carlson, Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs, [email protected]
  • Disability Access Services (DAS), [email protected]

As part of a Board of Trustees Annual Strategic Priority in FY 2019-2020 and FY 2020-2021, the College undertook a process of assessing the data around access and success from a racial equity perspective. Using the tools of the Center for Race and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and engaging national experts on how colleges address racial equity gaps, the College developed an Institutional Racial Equity Plan to close all gaps in access or success by race by 2027. Click here to review the  Institutional Racial Equity Plan that was approved by Senior Leadership and the Board of Trustees in May 2021. The first racial equity data summit will be in April 2022 as part of the President’s Diversity Council. The plan focused on: 1) the development of Key Performance Indicators where benchmarks have been determined which will be initial indicators of equity, 2) the adoption of high impact practices to address institutional barriers in access and success, 3) a focus on Dual Enrollment as a high impact practice, and 4) establishing equity as an institutional principle, where it is part of the culture, climate, fabric of the institution.

The College takes steps to improve access for people for whom English is not their first language and includes a Language Access Plan. The purpose of the Language Access Plan is to create a framework to provide language assistance, training of staff, and notice relative to language assistance to the College community, local LEP communities, and all other partners. 

Engaging Hispanic and Latino Community

 

 

Language Access - Limited English Proficiency Assistance

• Gender & Sexuality Alliance: The GSA student club offers social and support services for gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/queer/questioning + students, faculty, staff and straight/cis allies. For more information, contact Chelsea Daggett at [email protected] or Chris Ceary at [email protected]
• Name Change: Need to change your name in the FCC system? Fill out the Name Change Form.
• Have other needs/questions and/or concerns? Contact Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at [email protected].

Frederick Community College is dedicated to creating a culture and climate that respects people of all identities to ensure a welcoming and inclusive environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. 
 

Title IX

Non-Discrimination Policy and Procedures

Hate-Bias Response Protocol 

Frederick Community College (FCC) is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. One of our core values at FCC is welcoming difference and celebrating the diversity of our institution and the larger Frederick community. We believe that in order to be an excellent institution we must be inclusive. In order to be inclusive, as a community, we need to prevent, deter, and develop an awareness of the impact of hate and bias. The first step in preventing future bias is reporting it. 
For additional policies for students, click here. For additional policies for employees, click here.

Do you have other needs at the college or ways that you believe FCC can be more inclusive? Are there better ways FCC can serve you? Email the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at [email protected].

Every semester, ODEIB, the Center for Teaching & Learning, and Human Resources, does an extensive professional development calendar for faculty and staff who are interested. Professional development supports employees in becoming more culturally conscious and responsive to diverse populations including first-generation students, Students of Color, immigrant students, LGBTQIA+ students, low-income students, students experiencing housing and/or food insecurity, student parents, non-traditionally aged students, student veterans, religious minority students, students with disabilities, members of the Deaf or Hard of Hearing community, among others.

There are Alternative Credit packages available to full-time faculty who want to focus on strengthening their culturally responsive practices in the classroom and beyond. Every year from 2018-2021, there were Cultural Competency & Global Competency Summer Institutes for full-time and part-time faculty to complete course transformations. FCC also offers employees the ability to take the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) a personal assessment of your intercultural competence. Dr. Molly Carlson at [email protected] is the current IDI administer at FCC. After taking the IDI, we can help you action plan how to strengthen your intercultural awareness and skills.

Are you looking for specific types of professional development in this area? Contact the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at [email protected].

In addition to leading College-wide strategic planning, ODEIB is available to provide strategic or technical support for individuals, units, departments, clubs, student groups, among others who seek to strengthen their inclusive practices and/or programming. Have questions? Contact the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at [email protected].