UDiversity Educational Institute, spring 2020
During this quarter, the UDiversity Educational Institute provided 15 workshops (nine for students, two for staff, three for faculty/staff and one for community members) with a total of 608 participants (509 undergraduate students, 23 graduate students, six faculty, 46 staff and 24 community members). Campus groups that received cultural competency training included the Student Association, the Pipe Dream editorial staff and the Student Association Financial Board. Furthermore, the UDiversity Educational Institute initiated a racial healing series for faculty, staff and students with the intention of exploring racial trauma in the U.S. and intergenerational trauma, and discussing ways to work toward healing.
In addition, the institute hosted its first UDiversity Dialogue in February. UDiversity Peers were hired to facilitate dialogues and were trained on intergroup dialogue facilitation and conflict resolution to prepare a campus-wide dialogue to discuss issues around diversity, inclusivity, marginalization and identity. DEI collaborated with Residential Life’s Campus Partner Program by providing monthly cultural competency training to residential life communities throughout the semester and providing a workshop that focused on Best Practices for Campus Speech. Finally, UDiversity Educational Institute also assisted the Student Association during its spring leadership training by facilitating various cultural competency activities. Over 400 student organization presidents and vice presidents were present and trained on cultural awareness and student leadership on campus.
Presentations this quarter were:
January
● Best Practices for Campus Speech (graduate students and staff, one session)
● Cultural Competency and Student Leadership (students, one session)
● Creating Inclusive Organizations: Addressing Implicit Bias (community, one session)
● You Can’t Heal What You Never Reveal (students, one session)
● You Can’t Heal What You Never Reveal (faculty and staff, one session)
● Building Bridges to Cultural Competency: Smart Energy Scholars (students, one session)
● Building Bridges to Cultural Competency: SA Financial Committee (students, one session)
● Building Bridges to Cultural Competency: Smart Energy Mentors (faculty, one session)
February
● Inclusive Recruitment: Harpur’s Ferry (students, one session)
● Building Bridges to Cultural Competency: Freshman Research Immersion (students, one session)
● Building Bridges to Cultural Competency: Pipe Dream Editorial Team (students, one session)
● UDiversity Dialogue: Hyper masculinity and Colorism within the Latinx Community (students, one session)
● Becoming Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams (faculty and staff, one session)
March
● Cultural Competency and Student Leadership (students, one session)
● Cultural Competency and VPMA Dickinson (students, one session)