The President's Office Seventh Annual Conference on Diversity

Inclusion: A World of Opportunities

Course# TD1800


Monday, March 18, 2013
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM - Lunch included (with TD1800 registration)*
Festival Conference and Student Center

NOTE: You must pre-register for the conference (TD1800) and each concurrent session you plan on attending. Registration of TD1800 includes the opening session, lunch and closing session.

****Lunch will only be provided for individuals registered for TD1800.***

Listing of Conference Workshops by Subject Area

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

  • TD1780:   Enhancing JMU's Gender Climate for Faculty
  • TD1781:   Beyond Accommodations: Using Universal Design to Enhance Learning and Assessment for All Students
  • TD1782:   Another Look : An Inclusive Environment for Diverse Faculty and Staff
  • TD1783:   A Double-Edged Sword: Educational Technology as Access and Impediment for Diverse Populations
  • TD1784:   Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future: The Lewis Mountain Case Study
  • TD1785:   Using Pre-Course "Diversity" Surveys to Enhance Learning and Instruction
  • TD1786:   The Diversity DiSC Workshop Series: An IDEA Grant Success Story
  • TD1787:   CHAMP: Careers in Health and Medicine Programs
  • TD1788:   How to Connect with Minority Students
  • TD1789:   Fulbright Ambassador Information Session: Get Your Questions Answered**

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

  • TD1790:   Diverse Universe: Who Would YOU Choose
  • TD1791:   Disability Rights: A New Form of Human Rights
  • TD1719:   Developing Intercultural Competency
  • TD1792:   What You See Isn't Always What You Get: Exploring the Differences in Disabilities That are Visible and Invisible
  • TD1793:   Changing Definitions of Diversity: Assessing First-Year Perceptions of Diversity Characteristics
  • TD1794:   Discourse & Diversity: Teaching Non-Traditional Students to Read the University
  • TD1795:   Learning Experience in International Email Exchange
  • TD1796:   Safe Zone Training

11:50 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.     Lunch 

12:40 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.       Keynote Address - President Jon Alger
                                               Recognition of IDEA, DEAP & WOD Awards

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

  • TD1797:   Breaking Down Diversity Barriers
  • TD1798:   Building Cultural Competency Workshop: A Multicultural Exploration of Professional Behavior and Self
  • TD1799:   Getting  Military Veterans Acclimated to the Civilian Sector through College Support Programs
  • TD1789:   Fulbright Ambassador Information Session: Get Your Questions Answered
  • TD1776:   Setting the Groundwork for Change: Culturally Competent Care in the Healthcare Setting
  • TD1777:   Beneath the Surface: Place, Identity and Diversity in University and Community
  • TD1778:   Exposing Engineering Students to Diversity Through the Design of Human Powered Vehicle
  • TD1779:   Social Conservatism, Gender and Attitudes towards Homosexuality Across Academic Majors

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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