2024 News 2024: UMass Dartmouth Recognized as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting

UMassD is one of 471 colleges and universities recognized for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation in the 2024 election

UMass Dartmouth has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. The ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting recognizes colleges and universities' outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation. The University joins a group of 471 colleges and universities recognized by ALL IN for completing four core actions:

• Participating in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
• Sharing 2022 NSLVE Reports with campus voting data with ALL IN
• Developing and submitting a 2024 democratic engagement action plan with ALL IN
• Having a current signatory to ALL IN's Higher Education President's Commitment to Full Student Voter Participation

“UMass Dartmouth has long been committed to assisting in the civic education and involvement of our students and community.  Educating oneself on the issues and voting is a critical part of any democracy. Our students recognize this and have taken it upon themselves to become informed and active citizens,” said Dr. Matthew Roy, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Career & Civic Engagement.

"The research is clear: colleges and universities that make intentional efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement have higher campus voter registration and voter turnout rates. This year, we saw more colleges than ever before step up their efforts to ensure that their students were registered and ready to make their voices heard at the ballot box," said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, Executive Director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. "These Most Engaged Campuses are setting the standard for nonpartisan civic engagement work for colleges and universities across the country."

During the last election cycle, the Leduc Center and campus partners held a presidential debate watch party, visited classrooms and tabled across campus to encourage students to register to vote, hosted the "Lunch and Learn" lecture series with the Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality, and hosted a "Ballot Questions" discussion with the Political Science Department. The University is also home to a polling station for the town of Dartmouth, and students serve as poll workers, interfacing with the town administrators and local voters.

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. Campuses that join the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge complete a set of action items, with the support of ALL IN staff, to institutionalize nonpartisan civic learning and voter participation on their campus. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge currently engages 10.8 million students from more than 1,075 institutions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.