Diversity Awareness

One definition of diversity is simply “variety”. IDOT seeks to value all segments of people in the economic and social domains. A diverse workforce includes people from various classes, race, ethnicity, age, gender, physical abilities, sexual orientation, religions, educational backgrounds and geographical locations. Equal Opportunity Employment and Affirmative Action programs cannot create a diverse environment on their own. Building alliances across differences, increasing awareness and working together to overcome obstacles in business, the community and personnel practices are also needed to create diverse environments. To have a diverse workforce in the future a comprehensive plan is needed to engage young scholars through engineering activities, mentoring and scholarship opportunities. Many IDOT programs will focus on females and minorities in the field of Civil Engineering.

We hope you enjoy browsing the IDOT Diversity Page. Here is a little of what you will find…

Kids Corner will take young scholars (and their parents) on a journey to help them see how important civil engineers are to our society. For some fun learning experiences you can gain access to a few exciting math and science focused games.

Scholarships link gives information on the IDOT Civil Engineer Scholarship program.

Transportation in the Classroom is a section that explains how IDOT is involved in communities throughout the state in mentoring activities.

Take a look at a few of the exciting careers IDOT has to offer!  
Engineer Technician
Civil Engineer
Highway Maintainer