Professional Development Institute on Cultural Competency Impact Projects
2020-2021 Impact Projects
Racial Healing Circle: MAC Series Culmination hosted by 澳门六合彩官网直播
2-hour workshop session for coaches and staff, part of the Mid-American Conference Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Series
Fall 2020
Facilitator: Luchara Wallace
Cultural Competence Training & Development
2-hour bi-weekly workshops with 澳门六合彩官网直播 Volleyball and Women's Golf Teams
Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Facilitator: Luchara Wallace
The Sum of Our Parts: DEI Cross Collaboration
8-hour training for Enrollment Management and 澳门六合彩官网直播x staff
Spring 2021
Facilitators: Shanta James & Toni Woolfork-Barnes
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workshop
3-hour workshop for College of Arts and Sciences DEI Committee
Spring 2021
Facilitators: David Paul & Lisah Crall
The 5 Appreciation Languages & Their Intersection with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
90-minute training for 澳门六合彩官网直播 staff
Spring 2021
Facilitator: Melissa Holman
DEI Curriculum Review
Strategic planning for enhancing the Lee Honors College delivery of DEI-related courses
Spring 2021
Facilitator: Irma Lopez
Community Collaborations to Serve the Needs of Underrepresented Students
Collaborating with community partners (e.g., Kalamazoo College Arcus Center, Out Front Kalamazoo) to create annual programs (e.g., Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month, Pride Month
Spring 2021 & Ongoing
Facilitator: Nathan Nguyen
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workshop
90-minute training for primary and co-instructors of First Year Experience (FYE) course
Spring 2021
Facilitator: David Paul
Leveraging Your Strengths for Social Justice
5-hour training for peer educators in the Office of Health Promotion and Education
Spring 2021
Facilitator: Cari Robertson
Experiential Learning Module X: 鈥淩eal World鈥 Conflict
2-hour workshop for Student Affairs Diversity & Inclusion Professional Development Subcommittee & Student Affairs staff
Spring 2021
Facilitator: Michael L. Smith
Cultural Competency and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Ongoing training and engagement of students, staff, and faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences
2021-2022 Academic Year
Facilitator: John Spitsbergen
Institutional Equity Guide to Understanding your Utilization Analysis Report
Interactive on-line resource for university personnel, hiring agents, and senior administrators
Ongoing, beginning Summer 2021
Facilitator: Adam Wall
DEI Professional Development for Aspiring Academic Leaders and the Mentors
1-day training for 澳门六合彩官网直播 Dream Fellowship Program
Summer 2021
Facilitator: Evelyn Winfield-Thomas
How to Respond to a Disclosure of Sexual or Gender-Based Harassment or Violence
90-minute in-person course sponsored by Office of Institutional Equity
Ongoing, beginning Fall 2021
Facilitator: Felicia Crawford
Department of Theatre Kick-Off Event: Engaging Social Justice, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
90-minute event for 澳门六合彩官网直播 Theatre incoming majors, select upper class students and faculty
Fall 2021
Facilitator: Lofton L Durham
2021-2022 Impact Projects
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Professional Development
Academic year engagement with Family and Consumer Science Faculty
Spring 2021 (ongoing)
Facilitator: Suzan Ayers
Multi-Phase Departmental Equity Assurance Training and Colloquium
Ongoing development, implementation, and evaluation for Department of Psychology faculty, staff and students
Spring 2022 (ongoing)
Facilitator: Jonathan Baker
Professional Development Enhancement on Cultural Competency
8-hour professional development for Staff Compensation System Job Evaluation Committee members
Fall 2021 & Spring 2022
Facilitators: Amy Brimmer, Erika Carr, Lisah Crall, Deveta Gardner, and Maria Roche-Dean
Critical Conversations Project
Ongoing series with 澳门六合彩官网直播 Medical School, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Lewis Walker Institute, and Kalamazoo Community
Spring 2021 (ongoing)
Facilitators: Gus Calbert
Justice, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Academic Kick-Off
90-minute offering to first year students and faculty in the Department of Theatre
Fall 2021
Facilitator: Lofton L. Durham
First-Year Experience DEI Train the Trainers Enhancement
Training for 60 primary instructors and co-facilitators of FYE course
Spring 2021 & Fall 2021
Facilitator: Adrienne Fraaza (with David Paul and Luchara Wallace)
How Do "Well-Meaning" Faculty of Privileged Identities Sustain Inequity?
75-minute workshop for participants at different in-person conferences
Spring 2022 & Summer 2022
Facilitator: Charles Henderson
澳门六合彩官网直播 Employee Leadership Development Program
8-month (1/2 day once a month) leadership skill development program for 澳门六合彩官网直播 staff
Fall 2022 & Spring 2023
Facilitator: Warren Hills
Enhancing College of Arts & Sciences Diversity and Inclusion Website
Collaboration with various university departments to provide DEI resources to CAS community
Spring 2022
Facilitator: Becky Huntley
Equity-Minded Syllabus/Curriculum
Creation and implementation of an equity-minded syllabus and curriculum for AAAS 3000: The African American Experience and History from the Beginning to 1865
Spring 2021
Facilitator: Mariam Konate
Experiential Learning Model: 鈥淩eal World鈥 Conflict
1-hour workshop with COM1700 Interpersonal Communication course
Spring 2022
Facilitator: Megan Larson
Anti-bias Antiracist Education Series - 3C's: Community, Communication, and Curriculum
6-hour curriculum delivered to faculty and students in the Education (primary audience), English, Math, Music and Science
Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022
Facilitator: LaSonja Roberts
Diversity Gatherings
3-part offering engaging faculty and student in Music and Education
Spring 2022
Facilitator: Lori Sims and LaSonja Roberts
Processing and Understanding the Intercultural Development Inventory
3-hour engagement with 澳门六合彩官网直播 Faculty and Staff participating in Academic Leadership Academy
Fall 2021
Facilitator: Chris Sligh
WeTalk, Free Speech Cafes
Monthly offerings for students, faculty, staff, and others in the 澳门六合彩官网直播 Community
Spring 2022 (Ongoing)
Facilitator: Jessica Swartz
Quarterly Departmental Cultural Competency/DEI Staff Engagement
4-hour professional Development for professional staff and student employees in Government Relations and Community Partnership
Facilitator: Kara Wood
2022-2023 Impact Projects
Offensive Disruption (What We Say Matters): Creating and Inclusive Environment Through Mindfulness and External Meditation
90-minute professional development workshop for full-time staff members in the Merze Tate College
Fall 2022
Facilitator: Matthew Bracey, Jim Herman & Ewa Urban
Thriving & Belonging
3-part DEIA workshop for College of Fine Arts faculty and staff (total of 12+ hours)
Spring & Summer 2022
Facilitator: Lofton L. Durham
Department of Theatre Kick-Off Event: Engaging Social Justice, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
90-Min event for 澳门六合彩官网直播 Theatre incoming majors, select upper class student and faculty
Fall 2022
Facilitator: Lofton L. Durham
Zhang Center and SPuRs Team Building Series
Semester-long weekly trainings to two Haworth College of Business units (15 hours total)
Fall 2022
Facilitator: Danielle Field
UNIDOS: Inclusivity for a Stronger Community
Hispanic Heritage service project collaboration between 澳门六合彩官网直播 students, staff and faculty and Kalamazoo Public Schools students
Fall 2022 & Fall 2023
Facilitator: Maria Mata
The Power of Latina Professionals' Stories in Kalamazoo
4-hour leadership development program for Latina professionals in the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek area
Fall 2022
Facilitator: 脕ngela P茅rez-Villa
Health Equity
60-minute professional development workshop for faculty in the School of Interdisciplinary Health (SIHP)
Fall 2022
Facilitator: Jill Rowe
Application and Impact of Inclusive and Bias-Free Language in Class Content
New DEIA curriculum added to Family Science Diversity Course
Fall 2022 & Spring 2023, ongoing
Facilitator: Jou-Chen Chen
Autobiography of Students: Individual Book Project Activity
In-class experiential learning module for nursing students in five sections of three different courses
Fall 2022 & Spring 2023
Facilitator: Pamela Wadsworth
2023 Respecting Differences Lecture Series
Community-wide collaboration fostering greater competency around issues of disability bias and ableism
Spring 2023
Facilitator: Gretta Clay
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Mentoring Events for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ Graduate Students in the Department of Psychology
2-day event including panel presentation, social event, and mentoring breakfast
Spring 2023
Facilitator: Amy Damashek
澳门六合彩官网直播 Student Media Staff Meeting Workshop
Incorporation of DEI activities as part of regular student media staff meetings
Spring 2023
Facilitator: Glen Dillon
Culturally Competent and Socially Just Based Conflict Resolution
60-minute professional development workshop for Housing and Residence Life staff members
Spring 2023
Facilitator: Andrea Mellendorf
Community Building and Community Outreach Day
Two workshops designed for School of Music professional student organizations
Spring 2023
Facilitator: Yu-Lien The
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Workshop
60-minute presentation with faculty specialists and teaching assistants in the Department of Chemistry
Summer 2023
Facilitator: Megan Kowalske, Lisah Crall
澳门六合彩官网直播 Student Affairs Onboarding
2-hour long onboarding session for all new employees in Student Affairs
Summer 2023, ongoing
Facilitator: Reetha Raveendran
PDI Logic Model and Evaluation Development
Creation of PDI Logic Model and Newly Developed Extensive Evaluation Measures
Fall 2022 - Summer 2023
Facilitator: Kelly Roberston
2023-2024 Impact Projects
Bridge Builders: Abriendo Caminos
Two 30-minute presentations to Southwest Michigan Latinx Community Serving migrant and seasonal farmworkers
Spring 2023 & Fall 2023
Facilitator: Adriana Cardoso Reyes
Orientation Student Leadership Training
1-hour presentation as part of Orientation Student Leadership Training
Summer 2023
Facilitator: Mo Brooks
Production and Screening of "The Western Activist"
Community-based engagement around short video focused on student activism
Summer 2023
Facilitator: L. Lusike Mukhongo
Office of Sustainability Bi-Weekly Staff Meetings DEIA Training
Bi-weekly engagement with student employees at the Office for Sustainability
Fall 2023
Facilitator: Bri McCann
Introduction to DEIA on campus
1-hour presentation to 4 FYE classes in College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Fall 2023
Facilitator: Lisah Crall
Introduction to DEIA on campus
1.5-hour presentation to Haworth College of Business
Fall 2023
Facilitator: Lisah Crall
DEIA Curriculum Infused into COM 3350 Leadership Course
Undergraduate course revision to highlight DEIA content in the context of Leadership & Communication
Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Facilitator: Randy Ott
Undergraduate Course Development & Research Mentorship
Work one-on-one with undergraduate College of Arts & Sciences students on DEIA-related projects
Spring 2024--Ongoing
Facilitator: Lisah Crall and David Paul
Essential Needs Food Pantry Ramadan Outreach
5-hour team project designed to provide culturally-appropriate food addressing nutrition security and equity
Spring 2024
Facilitator: Donielle Easlick
Inclusion and Accessibility in Student Employment Forum
2-hour professional development workshop for 澳门六合彩官网直播 campus supervisors of student employees
Spring 2024
Facilitator: Amanda Jeppesen
What's Your Story?: Individual Book Project
Semester-long project for First Year Experience class: Alpha Student Section
Spring 2024
Facilitator: Jordan Johnson
The Culturally Sensitive Music Teacher: Fostering and Inclusive Space
1.5-hour presentation to students in 澳门六合彩官网直播's School of Music
Spring 2024
Facilitator: Yu-Lien The
澳门六合彩官网直播 Librarian DEIA workshop series
1-hour professional development workshops throughout summer session
Summer 2024
Facilitator: Dylan McGlothlin
BCM Special Topics Course: Communicating DEIB in Business
Creating new semester-long class focused on DEIB issues in Business
To be offered in 2025
Facilitator: Marie Moreno
Recruiting & Advising Through DEI Lens: Ongoing Training
Annual training for mentors and FYE co-facilitators in TRIO Future Teachers Program
Ongoing
Facilitator: Tammy Eaton
Zhang Center and SPuRs New Student Team Training
1-hour DEIA & Team Building workshop
Ongoing
Facilitator: Danielle Field
Revised Course: CECP 6080 (Counseling and Lifespan Development
Semester-long course development and implementation
Ongoing
Facilitator: Olivia T. Ngadjui