Editors: A complete summit agenda is attached.
The University of Colorado at Boulder聮s Fifth Annual Campus Diversity Summit, "Integrating Diversity, Scholarship and Action," will be held Feb. 22-23 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the University Memorial Center.
The summit will use campus expertise to apply diversity scholarship in all areas of the university and will include roundtable discussions with authors of diversity and equity publications, panel discussions and presentations.
Professor Evelyn Hu-DeHart, chair of the ethnic studies department and director of CU-Boulder聮s Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America, will deliver the opening keynote address.
Sessions on the Building Community Campaign initiatives, "Responding to Bias in the Campus Community" and "University 101" will also be held.
On Feb. 23, the Chancellor聮s Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs will present its annual Service Recognition Award to campus units that have worked to "enrich the learning experience of all members of the university community and helped prepare them for the multicultural world in which we live."
To RSVP for the summit call (303) 492-8772 or send e-mail to Sharon.Vieyra@Colorado.edu. Anyone requiring a special accommodation to attend should contact Sharon Vieyra at (303) 735-1332 by Feb. 15.
The summit is sponsored by the Chancellor聮s Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs; the Chancellor's Office; the Office of Diversity and Equity; and the President's Fund for the Support of Diversity.
CU-Boulder Fifth Annual Campus Diversity Summit
"Integrating Diversity, Scholarship and Action"
Feb. 22-23, 2000
University Memorial Center
Tuesday, Feb. 22
7:30-8:15 Continental breakfast (UMC 157/158 A&B)
8:15-8:30 Opening: Chancellor Byyny, CACMA co-chairs Ofelia Miramontes and Eldridge Greer (Forum Room)
8:30-9:15 Keynote Address: Professor Evelyn Hu-DeHart, chair, ethnic studies department, and director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America
9:15-9:30 Break
9:30-11:00 Student Panel: Positive and Negative Diversity Experiences in Classrooms, Programs and Services
11:00-11:15 Building Community Update: Elease Robbins, Jennifer Simpson
11:15-11:30 Break
11:15-12:30 Breakout sessions
(1) Roundtables: Integrating Diversity, Scholarship and Action (East Ballroom)
(2) Building Community: Responding to Bias in the Campus Community (Dennis Small Cultural Center, UMC 305)
(3) Building Community: University 101 (UMC 230)
Wednesday, Feb. 23
7:30-8:15 Continental breakfast (UMC 157/158 A&B))
8:15-8:30 Presentation of CACMA Service Recognition Award (Forum Room)
8:30-9:30 Faculty/Staff Panel: Translating Scholarship into Action
9:30-9:45 Building Community Update: Elease Robbins, Jennifer Simpson
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:15 Breakout sessions
(1) Roundtables: Integrating Diversity, Scholarship and Action
(East Ballroom)
(2) Building Community: Responding to Bias in the Campus Community (Dennis Small Cultural Center, UMC 305)
(3) Building Community: University 101 (UMC 230)
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:00 Closing remarks: Chancellor Byyny, Ofelia Miramontes, Eldridge Greer
To RSVP call (303) 492-8772 or e-mail Sharon.Vieyra@Colorado.Edu. Anyone requiring a special accommodation to attend should contact Sharon Vieyra at (303) 735-1332.
A Building Community Event sponsored by the Chancellor聮s Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs; the Chancellor's Office; the Office of Diversity and Equity; and the President's Fund for the Support of Diversity.