Diversity Conference 2008:
"Diversity in the 21st Century: Is it Still Relevant?"
Thursday, September 25
“How do Graduate Students in English (TESL/TEFL) and Foreign Languages (Spanish) embrace, foster, and celebrate diversity on-and-of campus?”
- 9:00am - 10:30am
- Lory Student Center - Room 213-215
- Jenny Levin (M. A. student), Amanda Pawelski (M. A. student), Christiana McCormick (M. A. student), Cheyne Kirkpatrick (M. A. student), Mikyong Choi (M. A. student), Hee-Jung Kim (M. A. student), Kyungwood Lee (M. A. student), Yukari Ura (M. A. student), Taryn U’Halie (M. A. student), Adrienne Harris, (M. A. student), Gwen Shonkwiler (M. A. student), Israel Linarte (M. A. student),and Fabiola Ehlers-Zavala (Assistant Professor in English/TESL-TEFL)
This presentation demonstrates how CSU graduate students came together to develop a plan to foster and celebrate diversity on and off campus, thus practicing the scholarship of community engagement. This session showcases how students took leadership roles in planning, organizing, seeking funding, and carrying out a week-long grass-root effort to embrace diversity. Their work offers a blueprint to continuously foster collaboration and partnerships between university students and community-based organizations, such as CORE (Community Organizing to Reach Empowerment). In doing so, these students have contributed to advance CSU’s mission and its strategic plan in regards to diversity.
“Exploring Global Citizenship and Civic Engagement”
- 10:00am - 11:30am
- Lory Student Center - Room 203-205
- Martha Denney, Director of International Education; Jen Johnson, SLICE at CSU
What is Global Citizenship? Is it real or just a figment of our imagination? Is it related to civic engagement and mobilizing students to become active participants in our increasingly globalized world? Can it be taught or must you figure it out on your own? Are humility and introspection necessary prerequisites to being a good global citizen? These questions and others will be explored in this interactive session. We will present conceptions of global citizenship, how other campuses are using the concepts to involve students in civic engagement processes, and what CSU is doing to contribute to the development of CSU graduates as engaged, globally-minded citizens.
“The Realization of an Intercultural/ Transnational Community: Turning A Cultural Dream into A Cultural Reality on the Inaugural Voyage of The Scholar Ship”
- 11:00am - 1:00pm
- Lory Student Center - Room 220-222
- Dr. Patricia L. M. Vigil, Director of Early Outreach and Retention Initiatives
This planet is becoming increasingly culturally diverse and knowledge of basic cultural constructs, communication and divergent styles is necessary. Understanding cultural contrasts and application of cultural competency skills in relating with individuals from other cultures is essential. The vehicle for traversing these concepts will be offering my personal experience as Associate Director of Onboard Life and Director of the Counseling Center aboard the inaugural voyage of The Scholar Ship. Individuals from fifty different countries built relationships, explored various countries, collaborated on common goals and learned skills of intercultural communication, and appreciation of cultural contrasts on this journey in becoming a transnational community.
“So You Think You Know About Gender??”
- 12:00pm - 1:30pm
- Lory Student Center - Room 213-215
- Monica H. Collins, Coordinator Instructor-Office of Women's Programs & Studies, Ethnic Studies
"Yeah, yeah ...I get it. Women are oppressed". If this thought flashed through your mind when reading the title of this session, this workshop might be for you! Using an interactive activity, we will explore the complexity of gender identity and socialization. This workshop is intended to be an intermediate level exploration of gender and will cover topics like the social construction of gender, the intersection of sexual orientation and gender expression and the transgender experience.
“Confronting Privilege in Social Justice Movements”
- 1:00pm - 2:30pm
- Lory Student Center - Room 203-205
- Chris Linder, Director, Women’s Programs and Studies & Dr. Katrina Rodriquez, Assistant Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership, University of Northern Colorado
History and experience tell us that many people have felt marginalized in social justice movements as a result of people not exploring privilege within the context of marginalization. The results of this critical cultural social action study help provide an understanding of this marginalization within feminism. This session will provide participants with an historical overview of issues of power, privilege and marginalization within feminism; voices of students who have experienced such marginalization; and the opportunity to learn about and brainstorm effective strategies for addressing these challenges through programming and staffing.
- 1:00pm - 2:30pm
- Lory Student Center - Room 214-216
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Kathy Thornhill (Academic Advisor, College of Business), Katya Stewart-Sweeney (Academic Advisor/Counselor, College of Business), Shayna Lindeman (Business student)
This interactive session explores what classism is in the United States and how it relates to all of us. Thirteen year old Zoe Greenberg takes on the taboo subjects of wealth, poverty, and class in her film “Enough: A Kid’s Perspective.” The film reveals what society is and is not saying about class. Through small group conversations, the session will facilitate an open exploration and discussion of class issues.
Whether we realize it or not, classism affects us all. This session will help us to bring awareness about assumptions we make about class and how those assumptions impact our daily interactions and activities.
“Interconnections: Buddhist Views on the Self, Beings, and Global Harmony”
- 4:30pm - 6:00pm
- Lory Student Center - North Ballroom
- Zen Master Jian Hu of Chung Tai Zen Center
Modern technology and the Internet have effectively created a global community that transcends physical boundaries, a fact that, interestingly, parallels the ancient Buddhist view of a global, interconnected community bound not by blood or culture but by karma. Since ancient times we have been inter-related by our actions and interactions that span the past, present, and future. We explore and explain this world view and how it brings insights on attaining global harmony. For more information please visit: http://lamar.colostate.edu/~zenclub/comingevents.htm
"7th Annual Evening of Music and Dance"
- 7:00pm - 9:00pm
- Lory Student Center Theatre
- El Centro
El Centro Student Services at Colorado State University welcomes and invites everyone to the 7th Annual Evening of Music and Dance will be held on Thursday September 25, 2008.The program to be held at the Lory Student Center Theatre begins at 7:00PM. (Doors will open at 6:30PM).This year the focus is on Youth talent. Individual and group performances will include but not limited to; Salsa/Meringue dancing, solo classical piano, Hip Hop, Tex-Mex and traditional Latin music. Also included in this year’s program will be a Latina Fashion Show you do not want to miss!
For more information, contact El Centro Student Services at 970-491-5722 or 970-491-0590.