Fayneese Miller, Dean
]]>May 13, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
427A Waterman Building
Title: Exploring Why Students Stay in School: Inuit Perceptions of
Nutaaq Inuksuit (Modern Guideposts)
April 10 at 4:30 p.m. Fleming 101
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Social Justice Activists Award winner
Nichole Henderson-Roy : Environmental Studies
Outstanding Athlete Award winners
Corrine DiPietro - Social Work
Kathleen Lesniak - Political Science and Sociology
Nicole Underhill - Nursing
Outstanding Ally Award winners
Phil Ortego - Secondary Education English
Andrew Graham - Community and International Development major
Mariafranca Morselli Leadership winner
Illiana Vazquez-Spickers - Engineering
Edith D. Hendley winner
Hannah Hauser - Masters in Social Work
Presents: Diversity Works, Inc.
Topic: Uncovering Cultural Bias in the Hiring Process
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April 7, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grace Coolidge Room 501
Waterman Building
Title: Everyone’s Child: Perceptions about the Relationship between a Primary School and a Village in Rural Kenya
]]>- Curriculum & Instruction: Going Beyond Conversations on Diversity and Enhancing Our Abilities to Respond to Our Diversity *Mission* with Dr. Shakti Butler.
- Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible
- Deaf Culture in the Classroom* with Keri Ogrizovitch
- Trans 101 for Faculty with Jackie Weinstock and John Mejia
March 26, 9:00-11:00a.m. Memorial Lounge, Waterman
This workshop will provide a forum for members of the University of Vermont to learn more about themselves and how to best serve the diverse needs of students on our campus. Shakti Butler will lead a discussion based on three articles and clips from her movies "The Way Home" and "Making Whiteness Visible".
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*"Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible" *is a brilliant documentary and a must-see for all people who are interested in justice, spiritual growth and community making. It features the experiences of white women and men who have worked to gain insight into what it means to challenge notions of racism and white supremacy in the United States.
6:00p.m at McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College.
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*Deaf Culture in the Classroom* with Keri Ogrizovitch.
Tues. April 8, 2008 1-4p.m. in 104 Allen House
Focus: An introduction to key themes and concepts related to Deaf Culture in general and specific exercises and discussion to look at these issues related to class practice (especially, issues of language in curriculum, issues of students' self-identifying and resources for further self learning or teaching tools).
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*Trans 101 for Faculty with Jackie Weinstock and John Mejia*
April 11, 2008 Room 104 Allen House. Time to be announced
An introduction to key themes and concepts related to Trans (gender/sexual) identities and specific exercises and discussion to look at these issues related to class practice (especially, issues of language in curriculum, issues of students' self-identifying and resources for further self learning or teaching tools).
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*For full descriptions of workshops and to register, please go to our website at http://www.uvm.edu/%7Eccpuvm.
*PLEASE REGISTER by email mheining@uvm.edu or calling 656-9511.*
]]>April 4, 2008
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Senate Conference Room 327
Waterman Building
Title: Giving Rise To Leadership: Exploring Through Conversation
]]>March 21, 2008
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
427A Waterman Building
Title: Cultivating extension Communities of Practice
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1. Faculty Implementation Grants for Service-Learning:* these grants (up to $1000) are available to support faculty in creating or revising service-learning courses, or creating long-term partnerships that will enhance service-learning courses. Grant applications and more information are available here.
2. 2008 Outstanding Service-Learning Awards:* these awards recognize faculty, community partners, and students who have contributed meaningfully to successful service-learning projects/courses. ALL NOMINEES are recognized at a reception on April 29th. Take this opportunity to shed light on the amazing work that is being done to support student learning and community initiatives. A call for nominations and nomination forms are available here.
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9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
University Heights South 1 Multipurpose Room
Title: Exploring a Relationship Between Organizational Virtuousness and Organizational Culture in Higher Education
]]>March 17, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building
Title: Examining the Web of Bio-Psychosocial Associations Between Multiple Risk Behavior Attributes, Depressive Symptoms And The Social Environment Among Adolescents: The Factor Structure of the 2007 Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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