USU’s Annual Inclusive Excellence Symposium
As a part of ongoing efforts to create a more equitable and inclusive community, the USU Inclusive Excellence and Inclusion is launching its Inclusive Excellence Symposium. This year's Inclusive Excellence Symposium aims to identify, define, and relate inclusive excellence and its practices to research, teaching, leadership, and academic excellence through formal workshops and TedED-style presentations. We also hope to facilitate and recognize collaborative efforts advancing diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence at USU postering and other asynchronous methods highlighting work across campus and the community.
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- The objective of the TedED style talks is that participants identify, relate, and recognize collaborative efforts that advance diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence at USU through presentations that highlight work across campus and in the community.
- The objective of the formal workshops is that participants identify, define, and relate inclusive excellence and its practices to research, teaching, leadership, and academic excellence.
Symposium Schedule
The IE Symposium will take place in the USU Eccles Conference Center On October 12th and 13th.
Thursday, October 12 | |||
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9:00 am | IE Welcome/Keynote | Dr. Jane Irungu | USU Vice President of Inclusive Excellence |
9:20 am | Cultural Competency and Humility | Isaiah Jones | USU Senior Director of Inclusive Excellence |
9:38 am | Implementing USHE Equity Framework | Lais Martinez | Assistant Commissioner of Inclusive Excellence |
9:58 am | Inclusive Excellence in Hiring at USU | Christy Glass and Danielle Anderson | Professor of Sociology and HR Employment Specialist |
10:18 am | Inclusive Excellence in USU Admissions/Recruiting | Cyril Mensah | Assistant Director of Access & Multicultural Engagement |
10:36 am | Inclusive Excellence in Mentorship | Sarah Pope | School of Graduate Studies Senator |
10:54 am | Inclusive Excellence in Event Planning | Alex Garces and Emily Hill | USUSA Diversity VP and Resident Life Student Leadership |
11:12 am | Inclusive Excellence in the Student Achievement Collaborative | Heidi Kesler and Janet Anderson | Office of Academic Belonging & Learning Excellence. Executive Director |
11:30 am | Inclusive Excellence in Advising | Mykel Beorchia | University and Exploratory Executive Director |
1:00 pm | Inclusive Excellence in Event Planning Workshop w/Alex Garces and Emily Hill (ECC Room 201) Participants will be able to identify, define, and recognize key strategies for Event Planning in student programing and events at USU. |
Inclusive Excellence in USU Admissions Workshop w/Cyril Mensah (ECC Room 203) Participants will discover, identify, and recognize strategies for inclusive excellence in recruiting at USU. |
Implementing the USHE Equity Framework w/Lais Martinez (ECC Room 205) Participants will be able to define, recognize, and implement the USHE Equity framework to their professional areas. |
2:00 pm | Inclusive Excellence in Advising Workshop w/MyKel Beorchia (ECC Room 201) Participants will be able to identify, relate, and recognize strategies for inclusive excellence in advising at USU. |
Inclusive Excellence in Hiring Workshop w/Christy Glass and Danielle Anderson (ECC Room 203) Participants will be able to identify, relate, and recognize strategies for inclusive excellence in hiring at USU. |
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3:00 pm | End of Symposium |
Friday, October 13 | |||
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9:00 am | IE Welcome/Keynote | Dr. Jane Irungu | USU Vice President of Inclusive Excellence |
9:05 am | Inclusive Excellence in Leadership at USU | Abraham Rodriguez and Alex Garces | USUSA President & Diversity & Organizations Executive Director |
9:23 am | Inclusive Excellence in Campus-community Advocacy | Dorothy Wallis and Chris Babits | Assistant Professor of Social Work and Assistant Professor of History |
9:41 am | Inclusive Excellence in Academic Belonging & Student Success | Chloe Ridenour and Jenny Willmore | Aggie First Scholars Program Coordinator and Assistant Director (Learning Excellence) |
10:00 am | Inclusive Excellence in the Community |
Darren Parry | Former candidate running for Utah Congressional District One, Author, Storyteller, and Shoshone Tribal Leader |
10:18 am | Inclusive Excellence in the Community | Amy Anderson | Regional Outreach Coordinator for A Bolder Way Forward |
10:36 am | Inclusive Excellence in Sustainability | Caitlin McLennan and Patrick Belmont | Sustainability Program Manager and Head of the Department of Watershed Sciences |
10:54 am | Inclusive Excellence in USU Statewide | Cameron West | Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator |
11:12 am | Inclusive Excellence in Career Design | Rachel Hollingsworth | Career Design Specialist - Education & Human Services |
11:30 am | Inclusive Excellence in Community Engagement | Jayme Walters | Assistant Professor | Director of the Transforming Communities Institute |
1:00 pm | Inclusive Excellence in Campus-community Advocacy Workshop w/Dorothy Wallis and Chris Babits (ECC Room 201) To foster campus-community advocacy, faculty must recognize the different opportunities that we have to research (and come up with innovative solutions) to the State of Utah. As Utah’s land-grant institution, we have a special mission to Utah and its land and peoples. Because of this mission, USU faculty should push themselves to engage with local communities and statewide nonprofits and organizations. |
Inclusive Excellence in Community Workshop w/Nelda Ault-Dyslin (ECC Room 203) Are you having a tough time seeing how you can engage with your community, whether with your class, your research, or your social group? Explore the various ways to approach community engagement and learn about best practices and resources at USU. |
Inclusive Excellence in the Community Workshop- w/Jayme Walters (ECC Room 205) Developing thoughtful partnerships: Are you prioritizing community partner needs? |
2:00 pm | Inclusive Excellence in Sustainability Workshop w/Caitlin McLennan and Patrick Belmont (ECC Room 201) Connecting the work of sustainability and IE at USU and in the community |
Inclusive Excellence in Academic Belonging & Student Success #5 Workshop w/Chloe Ridenour and Anthonie Nichols (ECC Room 203) Asset framing for academic belonging and student success at USU |
Inclusive Excellence in Leadership at USU #6 Workshop w/Abraham Rodriguez & Alex Garces (ECC Room 205) How to effectively lead at USU |
USU President's Office
USU The College of Humanities & Social Sciences
USU Office of Global Engagement
USU Student Association
USU Libraries
USU Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services
USU Division of Student Affairs
USU Department of Psychology
USU Department of Sociology
USU Social Work and Anthropology
USU University Marketing and Communications
USU The Center for Intersectional Gender Studies and Research
USU The USUSA Graduate Senator.
Rachel Wishkoski | USU Reference and Instruction Librarian
Travis Thurston | ETE Director of Teaching Excellence
Shelley Arnold | ETE Instructional Coordinator
Delia Lucatero | USU Event Coordinator
Jennifer Caines | TEAL Academic Advisor
Amand Hardiman | Inclusive Excellence Graduate Student Assistant of Assessment and Evaluation
Yenny Lopez | Latinx Cultural Center Program Coordinator
Alex Garces | Diversity & Organizations Executive Director
Nate Trauntvein | Associate Professor Kinesiology and Health Science
Katie Freeman | USU Supportive Measures Specialist
Jacob Van den Akker | Director Academic Advising for Statewide Campuses
Akira Averett | Inclusive Excellence Student Administrative Assistant Campus and Community Engagement
Tessa Evens | Student Affairs & Inclusive Excellence Marketing and Communications Director
Past Symposiums