Diversity and Inclusion

The deadline for Nominations for the D&I Champion Awards has been extended to Friday, April 17, 2020!

Criteria

Each award recipient has demonstrated exemplary achievement in one or more of the following areas:

Once again, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion will recognize the extraordinary individuals who serve as role models for our efforts to create a more inclusive Lawrence. These individuals use their personal power, talents, position, and influence to help the University achieve inclusive excellence in the execution of its mission. Annually four awards are given: one to a student, faculty, staff member, and a community partner.

• Promoting intergroup, cross-cultural understanding
• Fostering the academic and personal success of groups that have been underserved and underrepresented in higher education   
• Creating a campus climate that encourages and supports the expression of diverse perspectives and ways of being
• Helping to prevent harassment, bullying and illegal discrimination
• Contributing to efforts that foster greater diversity among Lawrence students, faculty and staff

Nominations

All Lawrence students and employees are eligible for the award and can make nominations. Community partner award nominees can be from any location or sector. Nominees can be groups or individuals in any of the categories (i.e., student, faculty, staff member and community partner).

Nominations should include:

• a letter of nomination not to exceed 2 pages addressing the aforementioned criteria,
• an additional letter of support from someone other than the person making the nomination, and
• the nominee’s resume or curriculum vitae.

In the case of a group nominee, provide the official mission/purpose and history of the group along with a description of its membership.

To submit a nomination, please send the above-mentioned items to div-inclusion@lawrence.edu.

An ad hoc committee made up of a subgroup of the President’s Committee on Diversity Affairs (PCDA) will choose the award recipients. Announcements and a virtual celebration will occur in May 2020. Additional details will follow soon

Selection

Deadline

Please submit nominations by Friday, April 17, 2020. 

The Winter Faculty Community of Practice Discussion of the 2019-2020 academic year will address the issue of ‘Controversy in the Classroom’. A faculty community of practice discussion is a facilitated peer dialogue that allows members of the professoriate to share practical knowledge about an area of common interest or concern that can be applied to work on campus to enhance teaching, learning and the employee experience.

The following pre-reads will inform our discussion:

• “When the Culture War Comes to Class”:

https://www.chronicle.com/article/When-the-Culture-War-Comes-to/248016?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&cid=at&source=ams&sourceId=4367381

• “Getting Started with Managing Classroom Conflict”:

https://teaching.cornell.edu/resource/getting-started-managing-classroom-conflict

• “Creating a Community of Learners that Reflects Mutual Respect”:

• “Teaching Strategies: Disrespect and Disruption in the College Classroom”:

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/disruption

When:  Wednesday, March 11 from 4:30 pm until 6:00 pm

Where:  Warch Campus Center, Hurvis Room

RSVP:    div-inclusion@lawrence.edu

Paul Saltzman is a two-time Emmy® Award-winning Toronto-based film and television producer-director with over 300 productions to his credit.

After briefly studying Engineering Science, he did congressional civil rights lobbying in Washington, D.C., and voter registration work in Mississippi, which would later lead him to go back to the area to explore the concept of race and racism with ‘Prom Night in Mississippi’.

Film with discussion to follow.

When:  Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm

Where: Warch Campus Center, Cinema

Over 100 years since women were granted the right to vote and 50 years after the feminist uprising of the 1970’s, sexism still runs through our everyday lives. From ongoing transphobia and homophobia to the recent resurgence in virulent and violent forms of public misogyny, sexism is both more visible and somehow more subtle than ever. We will discuss where and how sexism and gender discrimination surface, and how they operate today in our classrooms, workplaces, homes, and communities.

When: Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Where: Warch Campus Center, Esch Hurvis Room (225)

RSVP: div-inclusion@lawrence.edu

Do you want to join the staff of the Diversity and Intercultural Center? On Tuesday, February 11th from 4:30 to 5:30pm, please join us in our space to learn more about our job opportunities, events, resources, and more! You’ll also be able to sign up for an interview slot.