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Michelle Lasecki-Jahnke

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS – 2017 Diversity Conference

August 17-18

Teaching All Students Well

Proposals are due April 7.

Sessions can be either 50-minute presentations (with question-and-answer periods) or 80-minute panels or interactive activities. They should directly address the conference focus on inclusive pedagogy.

Potential topic areas include:

  • Strategies for eliminating the achievement and opportunity gap
  • Diversity in curriculum and its impact on learning, development and student engagement
  • Performing and visual arts as diversity education
  • Increasing participation of low-income students and students of color in high-impact educational experiences
  • Creating inclusive classrooms where all students feel they belong
  • Recruiting and/or retaining diverse teachers and faculty
  • Partnering with diverse communities to ensure student success
  • Strategies for effectively handling potentially controversial topics in the classroom
  • Classrooms as laboratories for civic engagement and leadership development

Proposals should include: 

  • Presentation title
  • Names and job titles of presenters
  • Organization
  • Summary (for use in conference program)
  • Detailed description, including statement of relationship to theme, purpose and learning outcomes, presentation techniques and strategies to engage audience in active learning
  • Technology needs
  • The proposal should not exceed 5 pages.

Questions?
Call 920-832-6744 or email michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu

Allies Network Groups

If you are interested in helping Lawrence University become a more inclusive community, join one of our allies network group sessions to learn more.

Staff – Thursday, March 30 (11:30-12:30 pm)

Students – Thursday, March 30 (7-8 pm)

All group sessions are in the Esch Hurvis Room

Please RSVP to Michelle Lasecki-Jahnke at michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu

Community Conversation on Political Common Ground – Part 2

March 31, 1–4 p.m.
Esch Hurvis Room, Warch Campus Center

Facilitators:
Kimberly Barrett, vp for diversity & inclusion and associate dean of the faculty
Jenna Stone, executive director of budget and planning

Community Conversations at Lawrence University are a series of structured dialogues that facilitate authentic communication across some critical area of perceived difference. The purpose is to practice civil deliberation while promoting greater intergroup understanding and trust. We want to help participants begin to move beyond political orthodoxies in order to see ourselves
as diverse but related travelers on life’s journey together with shared concerns and values. It will also serve as a basis to develop collaborative strategies to increase the well-being, civility and participation of people across the political spectrum in all aspects of the life of our campus.

Please RSVP to michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu by Monday, March 27.

Allies Network Groups

If you are interested in helping Lawrence University become a more inclusive community, join one of our ally network group sessions to learn more.

Faculty – Thursday, March 16 (11:30-12:30 pm)

Staff – Thursday, March 30 (11:30-12:30 pm)

Student – Thursday, March 30 (7-8 pm)

All group sessions are in the Esch Hurvis Room.

Please RSVP to Michelle Lasecki-Jahnke at michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu

Community Conversation on Political Common Ground – Part 2

March 31, 1–4 p.m.
Esch Hurvis Room, Warch Campus Center

Facilitators:
Kimberly Barrett, vp for diversity & inclusion and associate dean of the faculty
Jenna Stone, executive director of budget and planning

Community Conversations at Lawrence University are a series of structured dialogues that facilitate authentic communication across some critical area of perceived difference. The purpose is to practice civil deliberation while promoting greater intergroup understanding and trust. We want to help participants begin to move beyond political orthodoxies in order to see ourselves
as diverse but related travelers on life’s journey together with shared concerns and values. It will also serve as a basis to develop collaborative strategies to increase the well-being, civility and participation of people across the political spectrum in all aspects of the life of our campus.

Please RSVP to michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu by Monday, March 27.

Allies Network Groups

If you are interested in helping Lawrence University become a more inclusive community, join one of our ally network group sessions to learn more.

Faculty – Thursday, March 16 (11:30-12:30 pm)

Staff – Thursday, March 30 (11:30-12:30 pm)

Student – Thursday, March 30 (7-8 pm)

All group sessions are in the Esch Hurvis Room.

Please RSVP to Michelle Lasecki-Jahnke at michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu

Cultural Competency Lecture Series: Intercultural Competence

Cecile Despres-Berry, Leah McSorley, and Laura Zuege, will present Intercultural Competence on March 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Esch Hurvis Room.

Lawrence is home to over 200 students with global backgrounds, nearly 200 students that have studied in another country and faculty and staff with a wide range of international professional and personal experiences. Because these varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences make up our community, the skill of global/intercultural competence can help us interact effectively across cultures.

The Cultural Competency Lecture Series at Lawrence features our faculty, students and staff sharing their expertise related to the knowledge and skills necessary to take a culturally competent, equity-minded approach to the work and learning in which they are engaged at Lawrence. Bring your lunch and learn!

Please join us by sending a RSVP to michelle.l.lasecki-jahnke@lawrence.edu by March 2.