Leading For Diversity: A Summit for Oregon’s Public Universities
Please take a look at the Agenda for a more detailed view of the Leading for Diversity Summit.
The link for hotel registration is below at University Place. Attendees would need to make their hotel arrangements directly with University Place and state the Summit to get the University rate. http://cegs.pdx.edu/stay/upl/contact.php
Background
Oregon is undergoing rapid and massive sociodemographic changes and becoming increasingly pluralistic. Within this context, universities must respond to these changes by ensuring equitable access to educational opportunities by the next generation, committing to an educational excellence mission in which diversity and inclusion are fully integrated, and maintaining a steadfast focus on doing all that is possible to ensure inclusive and welcoming multicultural learning environments.
In advancing these goals, the purpose of this summit is to bring together diversity officers and practitioners from throughout the Oregon public university system to: (1) identify shared challenges and opportunities, (2) identify and circulate best and promising practices, (3) foster cross-institutional networking and collaboration, and (4) inform and influence system-level policies and practices that advance institutional diversity goals.
- Keynote presentation by Dr. Damon A. Williams, Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer, University of Wisconsin, Madison in diversity organizational development and best practices in higher education
- Topical panel sessions:
- Diversity Assessment: How Do We Know We Are Succeeding?
- Sitting at the Table: Creating an Inclusive Campus Climate
- Beyond the Usual Suspects: Building Alliances and Nurturing Shared Ownership for Diversity
- Focused discussion to develop shared strategies for taking action in each topic areas from within and across the public university system
- Forum to identify mechanisms to develop and sustain efforts to share best practices across institutions
Board of Higher Education members, presidents; provosts; diversity officers; administrative professionals with diversity-related portfolios in student affairs, affirmative action, multicultural affairs, etc.; central administrative leaders, deans, and diversity scholars from Oregon’s public universities.
Portland State University
January 8th, 2009 - 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. Social to follow
January 9th, 2009 – 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION CLOSES JANUARY 6th at 5pm!
The link for hotel registration is below at University Place. Attendees would need to make their hotel arrangements directly with University Place and state the Summit to get the University rate. http://cegs.pdx.edu/stay/upl/contact.php
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Executive Assistant,
Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity
University of Oregon
(541)346-3175
lorraine@uoregon.edu
website: http://oied.uoregon.edu/
Tom Ball – Assistant Vice Provost Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity (UO)
Martha Balshem, Professor, Special Assistant to the President for Diversity (PSU)
Kelle Lawrence, Coordinator of Diversity Programs (PSU)
Charles Martinez, Vice Provost, Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity (UO) - Chairman
Terryl Ross – Director, Community & Diversity (OSU)