MEO was created by students for students, with the goal of enhancing diversity and better supporting the needs of a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multicultural university. The student group T.E.A.M. (Together Everyone Accomplishes More) presented the concept of Minority Education Office (MEO) to President Paul Risser in the spring of 1996. President Risser approved the request to create MEO, which opened in the fall of 1997. The Indian Education Office which had been in existence for several years was joined by the Asian/Pacific American Education Office, Casa Educacional Office, and the Ujima Education Office.