Schedule
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021
Diversity Day Kickoff
12:00 pm
SIU System Conversations of Understanding Perspectives on an Anti-Racist, Equitable and Inclusive SIU
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021
Diversity Day
Pre-Recorded Welcome Videos:
Chancellor Pembrook
Vice Chancellor Harris
Diversity Day Welcome and Opening
8:30 AM – 10:15 AM
• Opening Welcome on Behalf of the Diversity Day Planning Committee
• Greetings from School of Business, Dean Tim Schoenecker
• School of Business Alumni Panel Discussion
• 9:15 AM – Discussion on "Exploring Systemic Racism via a New Economics Class
Morning Engagement Sessions
10:30 am – 11:30 am
• The SIUE TRHT Campus Center: A State of the Work and an Invitation
• Campus as Refuge: Cultural Humility in Negotiating Belongingness
• Making an IMPACT with Intention
SIUE Ed Talks (15-minute session, 11:00 – 11:15am)
o Holistic Admissions for Nursing Students
o Punitive Practices or Professional Protocols: Getting Our Students to Work
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Supporting the Underrepresented Student
• This is How We Do It: Creating and Sustaining Community as Black Faculty
• Creating and Sustaining Excellence in Changing Times: Care, Support and Managing Expectations
SIUE Ed Talks (15-minute session, 11:30-11:45 am)
o Evaluating T&P Criteria in Department Operating Papers through a DEI Lens
o Equity in STEM Outreach
12:00 pm - Keynote Address: Dr. Tia Brown McNair
Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Afternoon Engagement Sessions
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
• Insights from a Year of Equity Advising
• Embedding Equity in Guided Pathways
• Intentionally Recruiting for Diversity in Librarianship
• Interfaith Cooperation at SIUE
SIUE Ed Talks (15-minute session, 2:00 – 2:15pm)
o Recognizing diversity in student populations and modeling inclusivity in advising
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
• Advocating for the Success of Student Veterans in the Classroom
• Transformational Curricula
• Graduate Partnerships for Collegial Mentorship in High Needs Schools
SIUE Ed Talks (15-minute session, 3:00 – 3:15pm)
o Fostering Inclusive Excellence with Campus Advocates and Allies
o Seek to Understand: Cultural Humility in Undergraduate Nursing Students and Faculty
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Documentary Photographer: Armed Doesn’t Mean Dangerous
• Inclusive Mentoring Practices for Graduate Students
• A New Era in EOA
SIUE Ed Talks (15-minute session, 3:30 – 3:45pm)
o Testing a Model of Social Influence to Broaden Participation in STEM
o Improving anesthesia provider communication with parturients across all ethnicities
Closing Remarks and Thank You
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks - Lindy Wagner
Click HERE to Register for Diversity Day 2021!
