Just in Time for Prof Dev Planning!
President’s Equity Commissions Seek Applications for Membership This is a great professional development opportunity, and the Affiliate, one year Membership can be less taxing on your workload, as well...
View ArticlePenn State Earns Highest LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Score
In case you missed the Penn State Live article (I did when it first came out), Penn State recently announced that it has earned the highest score for being an LGB-friendly campus. Penn State received...
View ArticleLGBTQQ Session at Penn State This Weekend
Penn State is hosting the program Huddle with the Faculty: “Stormy Weather: The State of Higher Education for LGBTQQ People” on Saturday November 17th from 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the Nittany...
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History of Hanukkah
Hanukkah is going on now–it started last Saturday evening (December 6) and will last through next Saturday (December 14). Hanukkah is often considered the Jewish Christmas, but that’s a bit of an...
View ArticlePenn State Students to Address Diversity Awareness
I saw this article (PSU-FASE plans different diversity awareness approach) this morning. The article, which I encourage you to read for yourself, points out that a newly formed student group–PSU for...
View ArticleBlack History Month at Penn State
February is Black History month, and Penn State has quite a few activities planned. I’ll highlight a few here, but check the Penn State Diversity Events and Exhibits Calendars that can be found on the...
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Central Park Five–Free Screening
A free, advanced screening of Ken Burns’ movie, The Central Park Five, is going to be shown at the Lewis Katz Building Greg Sutliff Auditorium on April 8 at 6 p.m. It’s being presented by Penn State...
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Watch this year’s TLT Symposium Keynote talk about importance of diversity to...
Frans Johansson presenting at this year’s TLT Symposium More than 350 Penn State faculty and staff heard presentations on relevant educational technology subjects such as massive online open courses...
View ArticleWhy There Aren’t Enough Women in Technical Fields
“Culture fit” is apparently a new and trendy way of making excuses for not hiring someone who doesn’t have particular traits, as in “Hey, you have a strong resume and background, but we don’t think...
View ArticleAnti-Bullying Update: Education
I recently wrote about the work that C&D is doing related to its anti-bullying initiative. Since then, the C&D anti-bullying sub-committee has had a joint meeting with ITS Collab, HR, and IT...
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