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2012 EIUnity Diversity Conference 

Friday, February 10, 2012

 EIUnity

"Identifying the Dynamics of Diversity: 

Educating a NEW Generation"

8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Agenda


 

TimeEvent
8:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.

Safe Zone Training

Effingham Room

10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

“EIU Students' Perceptions of Each Other and Their Role in Building an Even Better Campus Climate"

Cynthia Nichols, Caridad Brito & Jennifer Muser

Charleston-Mattoon Room

11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

"HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention Efforts"

Amanda Messinger, Cordy Love

Charleston-Mattoon Room

"Third Culture Kids:  A Small World, After All"

Krishna Thomas

Greenup Room

"Race and Ethnicity"

Janice M. Collins, Ph.D.

Casey Room

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

LUNCHEON

Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Chandra Gill

1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.

Inclusivity for a (mostly) invisible population

Lisa Taylor, Ph.D.

Charleston-Mattoon Room

Class (Still) Matters:  Framing Dimensions of Poverty and Inequality

Michael Gillespie, Ph.D.

Greenup Room

"Aging Perspectives Among LGBT College Students"

Michael Stopka

Casey Room

2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

"Multiculturalism in Fraternities & Sororities:  Cultural Barrier or Social Acceptance"

Shawn D. Peoples, Ph.D.

Charleston-Mattoon Room

School Prayer, Free Speech, and Constitutional Justice?

Andrew Robinson, Ph.D.

Greenup Room

"A Model Minority?  Questions of Asian American Stereotypes"

Krishna Thomas

Casey Room

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Charleston-Mattoon Room  

Please join us for the EIUnity Diversity Conference
Deadline Date for Registration: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012

Register here