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UCF Statewide Symposium: Researching Undergraduate Research

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The University of Central Florida invites faculty, administrators, and professional staff to participate in a two-day symposium focused on strengthening and developing undergraduate research. All of Florida’s public and private 4-year universities and community colleges are invited to participate in the eighth annual event. Last year, at the seventh annual event, over 90 faculty and […]

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Call for Proposals: Diversity, Learning, and Student Success conference in Jacksonville

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Diversity, Learning, and Student Success: Voices Leading Change A Network for Academic Renewal Conference March 16–18, 2017 Jacksonville, Florida Proposals due Monday, September 12 The Association of American Colleges and Universities  Call for Proposals for AAC&U’s 2017 Conference on Diversity, Learning, and Student Success: Voices Leading Change was just released. The conference will explore how the

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RECAP: Stetson Intergroup Dialogue Institute, Aug 26-28

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In response to a recent call, 21 Stetson faculty and staff from diverse areas of campus spent three days in an Intergroup Dialogue Institute.  The facilitators, Dierdre Johnston and Lorna Hernandez-Jarvis, pioneered the Intergroup Dialogue program at Hope College through which numerous faculty and staff have been trained to facilitate dialogues around issues of diversity and inclusion. Intergroup

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Florida Sea Grant Researcher Helps Cities Plan For Sea-Level Rise

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Dr. Jason Evans, a Florida Sea Grant researcher and assistant professor of environmental science and studies, is finding ways for communities to adapt to sea-level rise. His work was recently featured in an article on the Florida Sea Grant website. “I strongly believe in the liberal arts mission that gives professors the opportunity to provide undergraduate students

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Inclusive Excellence at Stetson University is not Black and White

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Stetson University is a welcoming community that proactively and intentionally engages inclusion both as a core value of our community and intellectual/creative life and as a means to effect institutional transformation at all levels of the institution. We believe individual and cultural differences enhance all aspects of our educational mission, but we also aspire to

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Values Day Common R.E.A.D: Americanah by Chimanda Ngozi Adichie’s

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Values Day: September 20, 2016 Values Day, celebrated in September, is an annual tradition established by Stetson University’s eighth president, H. Douglas Lee. It is a day dedicated to Stetson University’s core values of personal growth, intellectual development and global citizenship. This year, the Values Day Planning Committee has selected Chimanda Ngozi Adichie’s powerful and award-winning book Americanah (2013)

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Meet the 2016-2017 New Visiting & Tenure-track Faculty at Stetson University

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From left to right Row 1: Julia Metzker; Nadine Bascombe; Mary Jo Jackson; Libba Galloway; Lou Sabina; Vernita Glenn-White Row 2: Delphine Prevote Pinet; Joy McGuirl-Hadley; Sandra Sanchez Adorno; Madison Creech; Grace Ramsey; Ana Paula Spalenza Row 3: Song Gao; Antonio Golan; Holley Lynch; Sharmaine Jackson; Stephanie Chung; Shun Kiang Row 4: Molly Brown; Michael Eskenazi; Kelly Hall; Heather Edwards; Danielle Palow Row 5: Nicole Porther; Lonnie Hevia; Karen Coker-Merritt; Randall Croom; Bill Jackson Row 6: Steven Smallpage; Gregory LeFils; Ben Tanner; Tomasz Fediuk; Carol

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Intergroup Dialogue Institute

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Do you struggle to talk with students or co-workers about issues such as #BlackLivesMatter and the Orlando shootings?  Are you interested in leading dialogues around race/ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic class and/or sexual identity but don’t know where to start? August 26-28, Stetson University is hosting its first, three-day Intergroup Dialogue Institute. Consultants Dr. Deirdre Johnston and

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