Programming & Events
This list represents the events and programs offered and/or co-sponsored by the Diversity Committee and the Office for Diversity and Inclusion from Summer 2017 through Fall 2019.
August 30: Intercultural Faculty-Staff Opening Reception, 3:00-5:00, Sykes Common Room
September 6: Building an Inclusive Community BBQ, 6:00-7:30, Enchanted Forest
September 9: Campus Climate Survey for Diversity & Inclusion Open Forum, 7:00-8:00, Winston Room (additional forums to be announced)
September 12-October 3: Raising Cultural Awareness 101, Thursdays 2:30-4:30, Atwood Chapel
September 15-October 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 22: Chapel Open House and Doggie De-Stress Day, 2:00-4:00, Gunnison Chapel
September 25: Diversity & Inclusion Book Club: Inclusion by Jennifer Brown, 12:00-1:00, Crandell Room of the Student Center
September 27-29:Family Weekend, Diversity Milestones Display in the Alumni Living Room of the Student Center
October: National Disability Employment Awareness Month
October 17: Laurentians in Residence, featuring former SLU Presidential Diversity Scholar Elizabeth Pimentel (’07), Hannon Room of the Student Center
October 28: "Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation", Winston Room, 5.30 to 6.30 pm
November: Native American Heritage Month
Nov 1: Presidential Diversity Scholar, Karla General, was the keynote speaker for Women's Leadership Institute's "Agents of Change" conference
November 13 Diversity & Inclusion Book Club: Life Isn’t Binary by Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi, 12:00-1:00, Crandell Room of the Student Center
November 18-22 International Education Week
November 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance
December 13 Intercultural Faculty-Staff Holiday Reception, 3:00-5:00, Sykes Common Room
Spring 2019
January 17: "Welcome Home" Potluck for PDS, KDS and Int'l Students
January 19: Theater of the Oppressed for Student Leaders
January 21: Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
January 22: National Day of Racial Healing
January 24: Celebration of Jeffrey Campbell ('33)
February 5: Conversation on Racial Healing
February 20: Book talk with alumnus LaQuan Elijah Bell
February 27 - March 2: Gospel Workshop
March 2 - 8: Diversity and Inclusion Week
April 11 - 12: Celebration of Diversity
May 1: EOY Gathering with Multi-cultural Faculty/Staff and their friends
June 2 - 5: Diversity and Civility in the Liberal Arts Institute
Spring 2018
January-March: Meetings with Faculty Candidates
January 15: International Student Orientation
January 16: Workshop for CAs: A Conversation about Diversity and Inclusion
January 16: Laurentian Leadership Conference: Presentation about Citizenship
January 17: MLK Celebration
Jan. 19-Feb. 23: Faculty/Staff Reading Group: Transforming the Academy
January 23: Webinar: Racist Messages on Campus
January 24: Workshop for Admissions Staff: Diversity and Inclusion, What Are Your Questions?
January 28: Workshop for Admissions Ambassadors: Diversity and Inclusion: What Are Your Questions?
January 28: Workshop: A Conversation About Conflict
January 30: PALS Class: Discussion about Implicit Bias, readings from Blindspot
January 31: Webinar on Micro-aggressions
February 1: Webinar on Interrupting Racism
February 12: Open Forum: Questions about Climate Survey
February 12: PDS Dinner, Planning for Future PDS Programming
February 14: Open Forum: Questions about Climate Survey
February 19: Guest Lecture in honor of Black History Month: Starting a Dialogue (Alcee Walker, ’11)
February 20: Campus Climate Survey Launch
February 28-March 3: Gospel Workshop
March 1-3: Gender and Sexuality Conference, Panel Discussion
March 2-April 20: Raising Cultural Awareness: Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Course
March 6-10: NADOHE Conference, Washington DC
March 8: Laurentian Engagement Event, Washington DC
Fall 2017
August-December: Diversity Advocate Pilot Program for Tenure-Track Faculty Searches
August-December: Preparations for Campus Climate Survey
August 7: Workshop on Cultural Effectiveness for Dana Dining Services
August 11: Micro-aggression Training for RCs
August 11: Workshop on Cultural Effectiveness, Diversity, and Inclusion at SLU for Safety and Security
August 25: International Student Orientation
August 28: Diversity and Inclusion Workshop featuring Verna Myers’ book, What If I Say The Wrong Thing? First-Year Orientation
September: SAFE (SAINTS Activists for Equity) grant coordinator hired
September 15: International Student Services advisor hired
September 11: Workshop on Navigating a Tense Classroom for Faculty
September 12: Guest Lectures: Robyn Ochs, Embracing An All-And Identity in an Either/Or World (Lunch and Learn) and Beyond Binary evening presentation
September 13: Admissions Ambassadors, Diversity and Inclusion at SLU
September 14: Diversity and Inclusion component for FY Convocation
September 15: Faculty Recruitment: Consortium for Faculty Diversity Conference at Grinnell College, IA
September 19: Webinar on Classroom Civility
September 20: Open Forum, International Students
September 25: Cultural Competency Training for LGBTQIA Issues (Part 1) by ACR Health
September 27: Diversity and Inclusion Planning Meeting, Leaders of Multicultural Student Organizations
September 29: Guest Lecture: Teaching Difficult Topics in the Age of Trump (Dr. Nancy Khalek, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Brown University)
September 29: Minority Access Award Presented to SLU: Minority Access Role Model Award Presented to University Chaplain Kathleen Buckley
October 3: Co-facilitation of Faculty Caucus discussion on Classroom Conflict and Academic Freedom
October 5: PDS Ice Cream Social
October 5: Workshop on Micro-Aggressions
October 16: ACR Health provides part two of two training for faculty and staff Cultural Competency
October 16: Panel Discussion at Roxy Theater, I Am Not Your Negro
October 17: FY Orientation Follow-Up: Verna Myers’ What If I Say The Wrong Thing? – Two Additional Habits
October 18: Diversity and Inclusion Planning Meeting, Leaders of Student Organizations
October 20: Diversity and Inclusion Workshop for SLU’s Board of Trustees
October 25: Open Forum, International Students
October 26: Dinner with LGBTQ Students of Difference
November 2: Dinner with members of BSU
November 3: Workshop on Diversity and Inclusion for Community Mentors
November 7: Open Forum: A Conversation with Kimberly Flint-Hamilton
November 13: FY Orientation Follow-Up: Embrace Difference – We Have More in Common Than You Think
November 29: Traditional Native American Haudenoshaunee Social Dance in honor of Native American Heritage Month
November 30: Guest Lecture: Chris Mosier – All American Duathlete Speaks about Being an Openly Trans Man
December 1: Dinner with LGBTQ Students of Difference
December 3: PDS Winter Break Social
December 6: Guest Lecture: Alan Santinele Martino, It is Easier Not To Think About It – Silences and Possibilities at the Intersection of Disability and Sexuality
December 6: Open Forum, International Students
December 12: Open Forum: A Conversation with Kimberly Flint-Hamilton
December 15-17: Three-Day Restorative Justice Training Workshop
December 19: Luncheon with Graduating International Students
Summer 2017
June-August: Trainings for RCs, OLs, and Faculty/Staff volunteers for Diversity and Inclusion Workshop for First-Year Orientation
June 12: Workshop on Cultural Effectiveness for SLU’s University Advancement
June 24: Laurentian Engagement Alumni/ae Event, NYC
June 25: NYC Pride March with Laurentian Engagement and Alumni/ae
July 25: Workshop for HEOP students on Diversity and Inclusion
July 26: Workshop for Diversity, Inclusion, and Cultural Effectiveness for SLU’s Finance Office
July 2017: LGBTQIA Sensitivity Training for HEOP mentors and mentees
August 2017: LGBTQIA terminology training for Global Gateways students