United for Undergraduate Socio-Economic Diversity (U/FUSED)
U/FUSED - United for Undergraduate Socio-Economic Diversitywww.ufused.orgwww.twitter.com/ufused Louis, Saint Louis University, and Duke University. Louis.
U/FUSED was formally founded in April 2010 by the student governments of Washington University in St. In spring of 2009, Chase Sackett and Fernando Cutz developed the first U/FUSED affiliate organization, WU/FUSED (Washington University for Undergraduate Socio-Economic Diversity) at Washington University in St. In December 2009, Chase and Fernando began reaching out to other schools to form a nati
onal network of student groups and student governments working to increase socioeconomic diversity. Spencer Eldred, then the Duke Student Government VP of Student Affairs and head of Duke’s student-led effort for socioeconomic diversity, indicated Duke’s interest in joining. Jamie James, then the Saint Louis University (SLU) Student Government Association Vice President of Diversity and Social Justice, expressed a desire to start a member organization at SLU. After several months of preparation and discussion, SLU founded a chapter, SLU/FUSED (Saint Louis University For Undergraduate Socio-Economic Diversity), and all three schools’ student governments passed resolutions formally joining U/FUSED. From that point, U/FUSED has continually expanded to include many more affiliated student organizations across the country. Over the two years since U/FUSED’s founding, its team has developed a robust array of resources for its affiliates while providing one-on-one assistance to each affiliate’s leadership. U/FUSED has also developed a Board of Advisors composed of national experts on undergraduate socioeconomic diversity. U/FUSED is currently developing an initial Board of Directors. In the summer of 2010, U/FUSED joined the Coalition of Student Advocates (COSA). COSA is the premier network of national student organizations committed to working together to share information, build relationships and engage in cooperative advocacy. U/FUSED has taken a large role in assisting COSA’s development to date.
