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Multicultural Education Resources
The Office of Multicultural Affairs offers a variety of training seminars, a resource library, cultural programs and other resources for faculty and staff.
We can also coordinate a diversity education workshop, seminar or retreat tailor made for your department, office or organization. Past workshops and seminars have been coordinated for the following offices:
- University Advising Center
- Kansas University Athletics
- Department of Student Housing
- University Daily Kansan Newspaper
- Journalism Department
- Office of Admissions and Scholarships
- TRIO Programs
- and many more…
Diversity Training Institute
The purpose of the diversity-training institute is to provide KU faculty and staff with an intensive experience where they can focus on their own learning and development to increase their competencies in the area of multiculturalism. In addition, we will assist individuals and organizations to examine their assumptions about diversity and multicultural issues. Specifically, the training goals include the following:
The purpose of the diversity-training institute is to provide KU faculty and staff with an intensive experience where they can focus on their own learning and development to increase their competencies in the area of multiculturalism. In addition, we will assist individuals and organizations to examine their assumptions about diversity and multicultural issues. Specifically, the training goals include the following:
- Increased understanding of the dynamics that race and ethnicity has at the university levels.
- Discuss the breadth of institutionalized racism.
- Explore the group dynamics of dominant and subordinated groups on a college campus.
Brown Bag Diversity Discussions
The Brown Bag Diversity Discussions are held on Wednesdays at noon in the Multicultural Resource Center. These informal programs feature KU faculty/staff or Lawrence community members. They allow audience members to dialogue about specific issues regarding multiculturalism and diversity. Participants may bring their lunch.
The Brown Bag Diversity Discussions are held on Wednesdays at noon in the Multicultural Resource Center. These informal programs feature KU faculty/staff or Lawrence community members. They allow audience members to dialogue about specific issues regarding multiculturalism and diversity. Participants may bring their lunch.
Diversity
Dialogues
The Diversity Dialogues are held on the first Thursday of every month at 7pm. These programs educate the campus comunity on issues related to diversity and multiculturalism on a predominantly white campus. Each session opens with a short program and then audience members discuss the topic in small discussion groups led by trained facilitators.
These programs are ideal for faculty to incorporate into their curriculum and use in conjunction with other assignments to help fulfill a course requirement. We would be happy to collect names of your studens and report this information back to the respective professors for grading/extra credit purposes.
The Diversity Dialogues are held on the first Thursday of every month at 7pm. These programs educate the campus comunity on issues related to diversity and multiculturalism on a predominantly white campus. Each session opens with a short program and then audience members discuss the topic in small discussion groups led by trained facilitators.
These programs are ideal for faculty to incorporate into their curriculum and use in conjunction with other assignments to help fulfill a course requirement. We would be happy to collect names of your studens and report this information back to the respective professors for grading/extra credit purposes.
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