Workshop Summaries

Cultural Competency and Civility Workshops

Become more culturally competent while challenging innate bias and rethinking what it means to be inclusive in the workplace and classroom. These workshops are suitable for everyone.

  • Success for All

    This three-part interactive series requires participants to attend each session in sequence. Each session engages participants to reflect on their worldviews and introduces concepts that broaden awareness of systemic inequities and individual bias. The workshops emphasize belonging, unity, and diversity, and are suitable for faculty, staff, and students at all learning levels.

    Learn more about each workshop below:

  • Success for All: Conflict Resolution for Leaders

    This interactive workshop is designed as a "train-the-trainer" session, equipping participants with the tools to excel as Restorative Leaders in their respective campus roles. Attendees will gain practical skills, including facilitation of Restorative Circles, conflict resolution through guided discussions, and strategies to foster team building, all aimed at enhancing collaboration and achieving optimal success.

  • Success for All: Cultivating Connection (Restorative Practice)

    Restorative Practices is a transformative approach to building relationships and enhancing team dynamics. This interactive training offers an in-depth exploration of Restorative Practices, emphasizing their role in fostering healthy relationships, promoting team cohesion, and cultivating a culture of care across campus. Participants will engage with the foundational principles and evidence-based strategies of Restorative Practices, focusing on their application within classroom settings and professional campus teams. The training incorporates culturally responsive teaching methodologies and hands-on restorative activities. It equips attendees with practical tools to implement a restorative culture of care. By embracing these practices, individuals in all campus roles will be empowered to enhance engagement, foster accountability, and support academic and professional success.

  • Success for All: Social Intelligence 

    Social Intelligence is part of the Success for All series. In this workshop, participants will assess their own emotional and social intelligence and learn why strengthening these skills is important. They will also discover how emotional intelligence can enhance relationships.

  • BYou Circles

    UDiversity Educational Institute and The University Counseling Center presents BYou Healing Circles. In this workshop, participants will acknowledge the harm of historical and systemic racial injustices, learn effective communication skills to foster empathy, learn active listening skills to create a safe space for open dialogue on sensitive racial issues, and develop an action plan for ongoing commitment to racial healing and social justice. Lunch will be served!

  • Understanding the Bias Response System and Title VI

    Participants will understand the importance of responding to a suspected bias incident or hate crime by learning about the university's policies and federal laws that prohibit all forms discrimination. This session will include details about the process for submitting an online bias incident and the role of the university's Bias Incident Response Team. All faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.

Engagement and Retention

Our mission, in part, is to increase the recruitment and retention of faculty and staff from historically underrepresented or marginalized groups, and to ensure that we are serving a diverse student population.

  • Inclusive Pedagogy Series

    This is an engaging interactive 3-part series held in a hybrid format covering several topics that include:

    • Part I.
      Creating a Shared Dialogue
      Evaluating the Syllabus
      Universal Design Approaches for Learning
    • Part II.
      Understanding Stereotype Threat and Growth Mindset
      Managing Classroom Disruptions
    • Part III.
      Leading the Civil Dialogue in the Classroom

    These workshops are intended for teaching assistants, faculty (e.g. adjunct, assistant, associate, clinical, etc.) and professional staff that work as academic advisors. Participants will attend one session each month and can elect to attend in person or via Zoom. Lunch is provided for in-person participants and registration is encouraged. Participants will be provided with 鈥渢ip sheets鈥 after each session. Offered fall semester only.

Student Development 

Students can find other diversity and equity-focused workshops through the Q Center and Multicultural Resource Center.