# @thelanternosu on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGl2YIkxPXW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26976812-thelanternosu-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-27T21:30:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Lantern (@thelanternosu) — https://gondola.cc/thelanternosu

## Caption

Ohio State’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Center for Belonging and Social Change will be discontinued effective Friday, and related professional staff positions will be removed, university President Ted Carter Jr. announced at Thursday’s University Senate meeting.

University spokesperson Ben Johnson confirmed 16 employees will remain employed for 60 days, during which they will work with the university to find alternative positions. The Lantern is working to identify the affected individuals and their current roles. Additional staff positions beyond these 16 may be reassigned to other university offices.

The Hale Black Cultural Center, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and other DEI-related units at the university are currently under the president’s review, though they remain open at the time of publication. According to a campus-wide email sent by Carter Thursday, certain services within ODI will continue, though the email states programming and services offered by CBSC will be discontinued.

Despite these institutional changes, no Ohio State student with a current scholarship will lose that scholarship, nor will they lose current financial aid, according to Carter’s email. Students with a job in ODI or CBSC will be offered alternative jobs at the university. 

📸 Ohio State President Ted Carter Jr. at Thursday's University Senate meeting, during which he confirmed the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Center for Belonging and Social Change will be discontinued effective Friday, and related professional staff positions will be removed. Credit: Sandra Fu | Photo Editor

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Lantern | @thelanternosu | https://gondola.cc/thelanternosu | Newspaper |
| Sandra Fu | @s6ndra | https://gondola.cc/s6ndra | Photographer |

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