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UDiversity Educational Institute spring 2019

The Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in conjunction with the Black Student Union hosted the Alumni of Color Professional Panel Saturday, Feb. 23, in the University Union. Various alumni of color will met with Binghamton students as well as a variety of students from local middle schools, high schools and community colleges. The event included speed networking, a panel discussions and more. The Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in conjunction with the Black Student Union hosted the Alumni of Color Professional Panel Saturday, Feb. 23, in the University Union. Various alumni of color will met with Binghamton students as well as a variety of students from local middle schools, high schools and community colleges. The event included speed networking, a panel discussions and more.
The Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in conjunction with the Black Student Union hosted the Alumni of Color Professional Panel Saturday, Feb. 23, in the University Union. Various alumni of color will met with Binghamton students as well as a variety of students from local middle schools, high schools and community colleges. The event included speed networking, a panel discussions and more. Image Credit: Jonathan Cohen.
March 19, 2019

This quarter, the UDiversity Educational Institute provided 13 trainings (one workshop for faculty/staff, 11 workshops for students and one program for the campus and community) with a total of 380 participants (328 undergraduate students, 19 graduate students, two faculty and 31 staff). DEI organized a train-the-trainer within the division for our Building Bridges to Cultural Competency Phase I workshop for graduate students. This session examined ways to build cultural awareness for faculty, staff and students.

DEI sponsored its annual Alumni of Color Professional Panel in conjunction with the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, Campus Activities, CCPA Career and Professional Services, the Student Association and the Black Student Union. The panel featured 10 alumni who represented all schools at Binghamton. About 50 attendees were able to meet with alumni to discuss the challenges of their fields and what students need to do now to prepare for the workforce.

UDiversity co-sponsored a program with the Multicultural Resource Center, Residential Life, Student Affairs Divisional Diversity Officer, Binghamton University NAACP and the Black Student Union as part of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Week of Welcome events. The event featured Wes Bellamy, Charlottesville, Va. city councilman, whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and Huffington Post, and who has made appearances on CNN, MSNBC, PBS News hour, NPR and On One with Angela Rye. He provided a dialogue on his book, Monumental: It Was Never About a Statue. He also shared his experiences and ideas on ways to improve and build campus and community cultural relationships.

UDiversity also facilitated a workshop on “Addressing Unconscious Bias in Hiring” with Residential Life. This particular session was a part of the residential assistants’ spring professional development training.

Presentations this quarter included:

January 2019

  • Building Bridges to Cultural Competency Train the Trainer (DEI graduate students, one session)
  • Addressing Unconscious Bias in Hiring Practices and Res Life (students and staff, two sessions)
  • Building Bridges to Cultural Competency Phase I (students, one session)
  • Martin Luther King Program: Dr. Wes Bellamy - Monumental the Fight Lives On (students, faculty, staff and community members)
  • Building Bridges to Cultural Competency Phase I and Health Promotion and Prevention Services: REACH Program (Students and staff, one session)
  • Inclusive Recruitment and Harpur’s Ferry (students, one session)

February 2019

  • Building Bridges to Cultural Competency Phase I (students, one session)
  • Building Bridges to Cultural Competency Phase I and Fleishman Center (students, one session)
  • Building Bridges to Cultural Competency Phase I and Hinman College Council (students, one session)
  • Building Bridges to Cultural Competency Phase I and Res Life: Apartments Community (students, one session)

March 2019

  • Building Bridges to Cultural Competency Phase I (faculty/staff, one session)
  • Culturally Competent Leadership and Education Minor Students (students, one session)
  • Building Bridges to Cultural Competency Phase I: UNIV Global Leadership (students, one session)

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