Diversity in Action
The President's Office Third Annual Conference on Diversity

NOTE: You must pre-register for lunch and each concurrent session you plan on attending.
No registration required for the Opening Remarks or Closing Conversation.

Monday, April 6, 2009
8:30 AM – 4:15 PM - Lunch included (with prior registration)
Highlands Room, Festival and Student Conference Center

8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Check-in and Poster Presentations/Displays

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks - Dr. Linwood Rose

9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions:

  • TD1324: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone: Learning to Rethink Biases
  • TD1325: Developing a Multicultural Mind: All Starts with the Person in the Mirror**
  • TD1326: Transcending Race: Issues in Cultural Diversity**
  • TD1327: Enhancing Community Partnerships: Negotiating the Digital Divide at Harrisonburg High School
  • TD1328: What Do You Mean DIE? - Descriptive Interpretation Evaluation
  • TD1329: Illustrating Privilege**
  • TD1330: Madison Art Collection Tour**

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions:

  • TD1330: Madison Art Collection Tour
  • TD1331: Insider Views: What JMU Focus Groups Reveal about Diversity
  • TD1332: Emotional Triggers: Harmless Intentions that Lead to Harmful Results**
  • TD1333: How am I Preparing Them and How do They Feel Prepared for Diversity?
  • TD1334: Diversity Day-to-Day: Celebrating Difference Where You Least Expect It
  • TD1335: How to Bring International Fulbright Scholars to JMU**
  • TD1336: Religion and Spirituality at the Public University

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. TD1234: Lunch and Roundtable Discussions

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions:

  • TD1325: Developing a Multicultural Mind: All Starts with the Person in the Mirror
  • TD1326: Transcending Race: Issues in Cultural Diversity
  • TD1329: Illustrating Privilege
  • TD1332: Emotional Triggers: Harmless Intentions that Lead to Harmful Results
  • TD1335: How to Bring International Fulbright Scholars to JMU
  • TD1337: Educational Ethnographies: Deconstructing the Concept of "Hispanic"

3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Closing Conversation: Moving Forward - Art Dean and David Owusu-Ansah

*Speakers and schedule subject to change without notice.

**Session is repeated at a later time.

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