August 30-31,
2011
Multicultural Kickoff (hosted by Multicultural
Center for Academic Excellence)
September 8, 2011
The Consensual
Project: From Hookups to Relationships
Time: 5:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Location: The Whole Coffman Memorial Union
Cost: Free
Description:
What turns you on? What turns you off? Are you
interested in trying? The Consensual Project strives to inform
students on the merits, strengths, and empowerment of consent. Free food and
free sex toys. Dance party after!
Sponsored by: Women's Student Activist
Collective, The Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education, Medical Students for
Choice, University Pro-Choice Coalition, MPIRG, Health Advocates, SHADE, Womens
Center, GLBTA Programs Office
Circle of
Indigenous Nations Open House
Time: 11:30-1:00 PM
Location: (3rd floor of
Appleby Hall)
2011 Hispanic Heritage
Month (September 15-October 15)
September 16,
2011
American
Indian Cultural House Fall Feast
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Comstock Ballroom
September 20,
2011
Religious
Accommodation
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: 655 West McNamara Alumni Center
Cost: Free but registration
required
Description:
The University has an obligation to prevent
mistreatment based upon religious preference and to accommodate individuals for
their religious needs. In this interactive workshop we will explore rights and
responsibilities, University policies, and state and federal law pertaining to
religious discrimination and reasonable accommodations. Gain insight into the
type of claims that may arise and how requests for accommodation should be
handled.
Facilitators: Kimberly Hewitt, Maria Eustaquio
Audience: Faculty, instructors, supervisors,
managers, HR Pros, EOAA Liaisons.
Sponsored by: Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Reservation
Information:
To register online go to
http://www.eoaffact.umn.edu/services/training.html or call the EOAA Office at
612-624-9547.
MCAE St. Paul
Open House
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: St. Paul Student Center
Women Faculty
of Color Fall Luncheon
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Carlson School of Management
Cost: Free
Description:
You are invited! Please join other women faculty of
color at the University to network, to share resources and strategies, and to
learn about additional opportunities.
We are being extra careful during these economic
times. Help us by saying yes to lunch IF you are sure you can come, and calling
IF you need to cancel. Thanks!
RSVP by September 12 to women@umn.edu or
612-625-9837.
Sponsored by: Womens Center
Reservation
Information:
RSVP by September 12 to women@umn.edu or
612-625-9837.
September 29,
2011
Equity and
Diversity in the Search Process
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: 655 West McNamara Alumni Center
Cost: Free but registration
required
Description:
This workshop describes how to incorporate equity
and diversity throughout all stages in the search process, including writing a
position description and interview questions, using diverse recruiting sources,
understanding your unit's Affirmative Action goals and workforce statistics,
and recordkeeping.
Facilitators: Michael O'Day; Kim Boyd
Audience: All University staff involved in the search process.
Sponsored by: Office of Equal Opportunity
and Affirmative Action
Reservation
Information:
To register online go to
http://www.eoaffact.umn.edu/services/training.html or call the EOAA Office at
612/624-9547.
STEP UP!
Allies for Women's Equity (Part 1)
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Room 1-149 Carlson School of Management
Cost: Free
Description:
How do you respond to the rumors that women have
reached equality? What can you to say when you hear a sexist joke, or when you
think someone is being put in an uncomfortable situation? In this interactive
workshop, participants discuss their experiences, increase their knowledge of
women's status today, think about intersections of gender with race, ethnicity,
sexuality, ability, and culture, discuss language and privilege, and practice
bystander interventions. Leave with concrete tools to be more effective allies!
Register online at http://workshop.umn.edu/Leadership_and_Advocacy/.
Sponsored by: Womens Center
Reservation
Information:
Register online at http://workshop.umn.edu/Leadership_and_Advocacy/.
October 2011
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
October 10,
2011
Circle of
Indigenous Nations: Pipe Ceremony
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Circle of Indigenous
Nations, 3rd floor of Appleby Hall
Developing
Intercultural Skills and Competency
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: 530A STSS Bldg. East Bank
Cost: $12.00; registration
required
Description:
The ability to effectively serve and work with
diverse populations and to create inclusive and multicultural organizations is
dependent on our cultural competence. Participants take the Intercultural
Development Inventory (IDI) to gain insight into how to improve their
interactions, understanding, and worldview of different cultures. Taking this
course is a step towards working more effectively in a multicultural
environment.
Note: Participants must complete the IDI inventory
prior to the workshop. Registration closes on September 26 and participants
will be sent a link to complete the inventory online by October 3. (Workshop
fee covers the cost of the inventory.)
Course Fee: $12.00 (covers the cost of the
inventory)
Facilitators: Kimberly Simon & Maria Eustaquio
Audience: All members of the U community
Sponsored by: Office of Equal Opportunity
and Affirmative Action
October 12,
2011
Addressing
Bullying Behavior in the Workplace
Time: 9:00
AM - 12:00 PM
Location: 655 West McNamara Alumni Center
Cost: Free but registration
required.
Description:
Bullying behavior affects morale, productivity,
creativity, and retention in work and learning environments. In this workshop
we will describe the harmful effects of bullying, consider how it is often seen
as discriminatory, and identify steps to promptly and effectively address it.
Facilitators: Kimberly Hewitt; Gabrielle Mead.
Audience: All members of the University community.
Sponsored by: Office of Equal Opportunity
and Affirmative Action, Office for Equity and Diversity
October 12,
2011
Uncovering the
Past, Charting the Future: The Rise of Women in Science
Date: 10/12/2011
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Cowles Auditorium Hubert H. Humphrey Center
Cost: Free
Description:
Studying the history of science has allowed
Professor Sally Gregory Kohlstedt to combine her long-standing interest in
science and math with her fascination with the detective work of uncovering the
past. Gregory Kohlstedt, past president of the History of Science Society, also
served for five years on the Board of Directors of the largest scientific
society in the country, the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. Her most recent book, Teaching Children Science: Hands-On Nature
Study, 1890-1930, is a study of the ways in which innovative women teachers
introduced science into the public school for the first time in the early
twentieth century. Professor Gregory Kohlstedt's lecture will pose questions
that persist about what women's engagement in science over the past century has
meant and what it signals about the future. Why are there unexplained
differences in participation rates among the sciences and engineering fields?
Has feminism in any way changed science and science practice? Do women select
career paths that are distinct from their male counterparts? Are the
opportunities for girls and women commensurate with their ambitions and
abilities? Historical experiences provide some tantalizing clues.
This award honors a University of Minnesota woman
faculty member's exceptional research, scholarship, teaching and leadership
contributions via a public lecture. Information about Ada Comstock and other
awards can be found at www.umn.edu/women.
Dessert reception follows in the HHH Atrium. Please
announce to classes and colleagues.
Sponsored by: Womens Center, University
Libraries, Graduate School, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic
Affairs and Provost
Reservation
Information:
This lecture is free and open to the public. RSVP
online at z.umn.edu/ada2011
October 15,
2011
Beauty Mark:
Body Image and the Race for Perfection
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: Twin Cities
Cost: Free
Description:
In this courageous, deeply personal new film, Diane Israel
examines American culture's toxic emphasis on thinness, beauty, and physical
perfection. Israel, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and former champion triathlete,
talks candidly about her own struggle with eating disorders and obsessive
exercising, fearlessly confronting her own painful past as she tries to come to
terms with American culture's unhealthy fixation on self-destructive ideals of
beauty and competitiveness.
The film lends context to Israel's personal odyssey
with fascinating insights from athletes, body builders, fashion models, and
inner-city teens, as well as prominent cultural critics and authors such as Eve
Ensler, Paul Campos, and Naomi Wolf. In a special bonus feature, Israel talks
in detail about where she is in her recovery 2 years after the filming of
Beauty Mark.
Discussion follows the film, which will be screened
as part of the Social Justice Film Festival.
Sponsored by: Womens Center
November
Native American Heritage Month
November 1,
2011
STEP UP!
Allies for Women's Equity (Part 2)
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: Room 15 Hubert H. Humphrey Center
Cost: Free
Description:
How do you respond to the rumors that women have
reached equality? What can you to say when you hear a sexist joke, or when you
think someone is being put in an uncomfortable situation? In this interactive
workshop, participants discuss their experiences, increase their knowledge of
women's status today, think about intersections of gender with race, ethnicity,
sexuality, ability, and culture, discuss language and privilege, and practice bystander
interventions. Leave with concrete tools to be more effective allies! Register
online at http://workshop.umn.edu/Leadership_and_Advocacy/.
Sponsored by: Womens Center
November 9,
2011
Handling
Discrimination Concerns Effectively
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: 655 West (6th Floor) McNamara Alumni Center
Cost: Free but registration
required.
Description:
Effective and efficient resolution of discrimination
concerns is critical to creating an inclusive and respectful workplace. This
hands-on workshop helps managers, and supervisors understand their key role in
resolving discrimination concerns. Case studies and interactive exercises
provide opportunities for participants to learn different approaches and share
best practices in handling discrimination concerns.
Facilitators: Kimberly Hewitt & Kimberly Simon
Audience: Supervisors, administrators
Sponsored by: Office of Equal Opportunity
and Affirmative Action
November 11, 2011
Mestenhauser
Lecture Series on Internationalizing Higher Education
Time: TBA
Location: Carlson School's 3M Auditorium
Description:
This annual lecture provides an academic forum in
which scholars from around the world present innovative and thought-provoking
scholarship on the internationalization of higher education. The lectures are
recorded and posted online, and the resulting paper is published by the GPS
Alliance.
The lecture is named in honor of Josef A. Mestenhauser,
Distinguished International Emeritus Professor in the Department of
Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development at the University of
Minnesota in its College of Education and Human Development. His more than
fifty-year long career included being teacher, researcher, administrator,
counselor and consultant.
November
14-18, 2011 International Education Week
November 16,
2011
Sexual
Harassment: Awareness, Prevention & Response
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: 432 STSS Bldg & via UMConnect
East Bank
Cost: Free but registration
required
Description:
In this workshop, we will define and identify sexual
harassment and learn the signs of potential sexual harassment. We will also
discuss strategies for preventing and responding to sexual harassment,
including the formal complaint process and corrective action that can help
remedy sexual harassment situations in the classroom or on the job.
Facilitator: Michael O'Day & Gabrielle Mead
Audience: All members of the U community
Note: This
session will also be offered online via UMConnect. Registrants for the
November session wishing to participate via UMConnect, will be emailed the web
address for access several days prior to the workshop.
Sponsored by: Office of Equal
Opportunity and Affirmative Action