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Utilizing Diversity Resources at Miami University

Utilizing Diversity Resources at Miami University. Bring the World to your Hall. Overview of Presentation. Diverse diversity and breaking the binaries Activity Miami demographics Miami initiatives Miami resources and organizations How to utilize resources with your students and staff

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Utilizing Diversity Resources at Miami University

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  1. Utilizing Diversity Resources at Miami University Bring the World to your Hall

  2. Overview of Presentation • Diverse diversity and breaking the binaries • Activity • Miami demographics • Miami initiatives • Miami resources and organizations • How to utilize resources with your students and staff • Advocacy

  3. Ground Rules • Be respectful of others • What we share in this room stays between us • It’s okay to put ourselves out there • Challenge by choice • Don’t judge… ask questions… seek to understand • Others… ?

  4. Diverse Diversity • Racial, Ethnic • Sexuality and Gender • Socio-Economic Status • Geographic • Religious • What others should we include?

  5. Breaking Out of the Binary • Binaries are groupings or “dyads” such as man/woman, gay/straight, black/white, etc. • Binaries restrict our range of identifying • One part of a binary is often privileged over another

  6. Activity • Challenge by choice • Man/Woman • Black/White • Gay/Straight • Upper Class/Lower Class • What does this activity do well? • What does it lack?

  7. Miami DemographicsMulticultural Enrollment (2004)

  8. Miami DemographicsInternational Students • In 2003-04, 349 international students (non-immigrant student visas) representing 64 countries enrolled at Miami. • In 2003-04, 88 visiting international professors, researchers, and specialists representing 32 countries visited Miami.

  9. Miami InitiativesInstitutional • Assistant to the President for Institutional Diversity and Associate Provost • University Multicultural Council (UMC) • Miami's Council of Academic Deans (COAD) discussing hiring and retention of women and minority faculty and staff • STRIVE initiative

  10. Miami InitiativesInstitutional First in 2009 Goal 5: Greater Campus Diversity • Center for American and World Cultures • International Study Opportunities University Diversity Statement • University Forums and White Papers on Diversity Topics. • Ongoing Assessment of Campus Climate • Office of GLBT Services

  11. Miami InitiativesDivisional: Student Affairs • Assistant VP of Student Affairs for Diversity Initiatives • Director of Diversity Initiatives • Interim Coordinator GLBT Services • Director of Multicultural Student Enrichment • Center for Black Culture and Learning (CBCL) • Let’s Talk Dialogues

  12. Miami InitiativesDepartment: ORLNSP • Social Justice Series • Ongoing staff development • Special events • Community Development Model

  13. MiamiResources and Organizations

  14. Utilizing Resources • Break into groups for Case Study • Read and discuss case study (15 minutes) • What are the important facts? Who is impacted? How are they impacted? • What resources could you utilize? • Create a “plan of action.” • What is your role as an advocate? • Sharing as a whole group (15 minutes)

  15. THANK YOU!

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