The President's Office Sixth Annual Conference on Diversity

Diversity: Avenues for Engagement

Course# TD1660


Monday, March 19, 2012
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM - Lunch included (with TD1660 registration)*
Festival Conference and Student Center

Online Registration for the conference is now closed.  Registration will be available at the door on the day of the conference with limited concurrent session options.

NOTE: You must pre-register for the conference (TD1660) and each concurrent session you plan on attending. Registration of TD1660 includes the opening session, lunch and closing session.

****Lunch will only be provided for individuals registered for TD1660.****

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.      Check-in & Morning Refreshments 

9:10 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.      Welcome and Opening Remarks - Art Dean and David Owusu-Ansah

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.    Concurrent Conference Sessions I

  • TD1638:   Multicultural Competency Training/SAUP Diversity Workshop
  • TD1639:   International Engagement as Faculty/Staff Development: Fulbright Program Avenues for Increasing Diversity
  • TD1640:   Culture Shock**
  • TD1642:   Madison Research Fellows for Human Diversity
  • TD1643:   Working WITH Us: Implementing Successful Accommodations in the Classroom**
  • TD1644:   Two Sides of Diversity: The Experiences of Preparing Future Faculty Diversity Fellows and Mentoring Faculty
  • TD1645:   A Different World? Black College Students in Television Sitcoms
  • TD1646:   Praying in the Closet: Insight Into the Experiences of Muslim American Students and Their Religious Identity**

10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.   Concurrent Conference Sessions II

  • TD1647:   Lazy Brains**
  • TD1648:   Pedagogy of Vulnerability: The Promises and Pain of Self-Disclosure in Teaching Diversity
  • TD1640:   Culture Shock
  • TD1641:   Environmental Stewardship and Diversity: Competing Values or Complementary Principles
  • TD1649:   Professor-In-Residence Panel
  • TD1650:   Class of 2013: A Peer Mentoring Program for Academic Persistence
  • TD1651:   They're Here! Now What?: Working Effectively with International Students Inside and Outside the Classroom**
  • TD1646:   Praying in the Closet: Insight Into the Experiences of Muslim American Students and Their Religious Identity
  • TD1655:   Panel: Critical Africana Studies Across Disciplines

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.     Lunch 

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.       Keynote Address - Dr. Linwood Rose

1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.       Concurrent Conference Sessions III

  • TD1647:   Lazy Brains
  • TD1652:   A Roundtable Conversation: The Cultural Connections Artists-in-Residence Program and Diversity at CVPA
  • TD1653:   True Life: We are Multicultural Fraternities and Sororities at JMU
  • TD1654:   Diversity in the Classroom: African-American Student Experiences at JMU
  • TD1643:   Working WITH Us: Implementing Successful Accommodations in the Classroom
  • TD1651:   They're Here! Now What?: Working Effectively with International Students Inside and Outside the Classroom
  • TD1657:   Making A Difference in Our Community  New Session - Just Added!

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.      Closing Reception

*Speakers and schedule subject to change without notice.

**Session is repeated at a later time.

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