USU’s Annual Inclusive Excellence Symposium

As a part of ongoing efforts to create a more equitable and inclusive community, the USU Division of Diversity, Equity, 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.

Symposium Schedule

The IE Symposium will take place in the USU Eccles Conference Center On October 12th and 13th.

Thursday, October 12
9:00 am	IE Welcome/Keynote	Dr. Jane Irungu	USU Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
9:20 am	Cultural Competency and Humility	Isaiah Jones	USU Senior Director Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
9:38 am	Implementing USHE Equity Framework	Lais Martinez	Assistant Commissioner for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
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.
3:00 pm	End of Symposium

Friday, October 13
9:00 am	IE Welcome/Keynote	Dr. Jane Irungu	USU Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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 DEI 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

Past Symposiums