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Charting
Diversity: Commitment, Honor, Challenge
A Symposium and Workshop/Feb. 18-19
Diversity is "the most idealistic and most essential
mission in all of American education." -- U.Va. President
John T. Casteen III.
The
University is launching a year-long initiative to deepen understanding
of diversity around Grounds and foster new ways of responding
to the changing needs of our community. U.Va. is sponsoring a
kick-off conference on Feb. 18 and 19 that will feature roundtables
on eight topics -- policy and procedure, curriculum and pedagogy,
student development, recruitment and retention of students, recruitment
and retention of faculty and staff, physical space and environmental
assessment, community, governance and leadership -- to stimulate
discussion about the ways in which the University treats and responds
to its diverse community. This year of introspection will conclude
with a colloquium in the fall of 2001.
Sponsored
by the Office of Equal
Opportunity Programs and the president's
office, the Feb. 18-19 symposium will culminate in devising
a plan of action to realize and sustain diversity in all activities.
For more information, see http://www.virginia.edu/chartingdiversity.
The
Schedule:
| Friday |
Old
Cabell Hall Auditorium |
| 8
a.m. |
Continental
Breakfast |
| 8:30
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Welcoming
Remarks and Charge to Participants U.Va. President John T.
Casteen III |
| 9:00
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Session
I: Diversity in Higher Education: Why It Matters William E.
Kirwan, president, Ohio State University Sylvia Hurtado, associate
professor of education, University of Michigan |
| 10:30 |
Coffee
Break |
| 10:45 |
Session
II: Shaping the Entering Class: Determining Merit for Admission
Angela E. Oh, attorney, head of the Los Angeles City Human
Relations Commission and member of the President's Commission
on Race (1997-98) Michael T. Nettles, professor of education,
University of Michigan |
| 12:30
p.m. |
Lunch Break
|
| 2:00
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Session
III: Where Are We Now? Self-Assessment and Strategic Change
Michael A. Olivas, professor of law, Director of the Institute
for Higher Education Law & Governance, University of Houston
Law Center Edgar F. Beckham, senior fellow, American Association
of Colleges andUniversities |
| 3:15 |
Coffee
Break |
| 3:30 |
Session
IV: Realizing the Vision: University Initiatives Lee C. Bollinger,
president, University of Michigan Gladys Brown, associate
director, Office of Women in Higher Education, American Council
on Education |
| 4:45 |
Summary
and Challenge to Roundtable Discussion Groups Edward A. Snyder,
dean, U.Va. Darden Graduate School of Business Administration |
| 5:30 |
Reception
at the Bayly Art Museum |
| Saturday
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Newcomb Hall Theater 8 a.m. Continental Breakfast
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| 8:30
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Welcoming
Remarks and Charge to Roundtable Discussion Groups Glenna
Chang, assistant dean of students, U.Va. |
| 9:00 |
Roundtable
Discussions I: Identifying Issues and Concerns |
| 10:15 |
Coffee
Break |
| 10:30
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Roundtable
Discussions II: Setting a Plan for Action |
| Noon
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Closing
Remarks Patricia H. Werhane, professor of business ethics,
Darden School |
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