Learning Opportunities

Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month

This is a month-long celebration and uplifting of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) identities, experiences, histories and cultures. Nationally, APIDA Heritage Month is recognized in May. Because this is after the end of the academic year, the Center for Belonging and Social Change (CBSC) host our programming during April. The APIDA Heritage Month theme for 2024 is “Dream Forward.” Together we explore issues that you are passionate about, ideas that evoke high emotion, and our shared investment in celebrating and uplifting APIDA identities, experiences, histories and cultures. Are you hosting an event for APIDA Heritage Month? Let us know! Submit your event, and we'll add it to the calendar!

You can also join the OSU Center for Belonging and Social Change for events during April.  2024 calendar of events.

Practice Makes Progress: Navigating Difficult Diversity Equity and Inclusion Conversations

A fundamental part of skill building is practice. This workshop offers participants the opportunity to practice the dialogue building skills and de-escalation techniques introduced in our Navigating Difficult DEI Conversations workshop. Participants will be given different workplace scenarios and will collaborate with one another to apply these dialogue building and de-escalation skills in real time. Note: This workshop is designed to be attended after our Navigating Difficult DEI Conversations workshop.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

• Thursday, 11, 2024 | 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, 16, 2024 | 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Register for an upcoming Practice Makes Progress: Navigating Difficult DEI Conversations Workshop

Leaders Forum

Are you interested in expanding your network or learning more about moving into a leadership role in academia? The event is open to all staff and faculty in the Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Business, and Engineering. It will provide insightful information that can be applied in many fields while centering the experiences, perspectives, and needs of staff and faculty of color.  

Space is limited, so register today, Monday, April 15, 2024, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

Registration Link 

CARE Connect event in collaboration with HR

Join us on Friday, April 19, 2024 at 12pm to learn best practices to complete the annual review process. You may register for the event here. This is a staff-specific event.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

College of Engineering Coffee Chat

Join the College of Engineering Racial and Social Justice Community of Practice for their virtual Coffee Chats:

April 17, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ETS related topics with Yuri Melendez

April 30, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Incorporating Racial and Social Justice into an Undergraduate Engineering Core Course with Rachel Getman.

Join the conversation: CarmenZoom Coffee Chat

Meeting ID: 981 6728 7749

Password: 776812

College of Engineering Autism Awareness Month Event 

In honor of April as Autism Awareness Month Engineering Advancement Community Committee is partnering with OSU’s Nisonger Center to present an in-person workshop on neurodiversity. Please join us to learn more about neurodiversity at OSU and how to develop strategies for creating a neurodivergent-affirming culture. Staff from OSU’s Nisonger Center will share information about neurodiversity, what it is and isn’t; define neurodivergence and other key terms; and provide specific ways to develop campus and workplace strategies to support everyone! In addition, we will talk about some of the philanthropic opportunities from corporations such as JP Morgan Chase and AT&T that support Autistic and Neurodivergent students at OSU and other universities. You will leave with specific tools for communication, avoiding labels/stereotypes, and addressing microaggressions. Presenters from the Ace! program at the Ohio State Nisonger Center are Erin Harris, MSW, LISW-S; Karen Krainz Edison, MSW, LISW; Jastyn Wallace, MSW, LSW; Harley Crisp BSSW. Seats are limited and registration for this workshop is highly encouraged.

Neurodiversity, OSU, and You

April 30, 2024, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Scott Lab E100

Register now!

Prior to the workshop, to acquaint yourself with some of the ways Autistic and Neurodivergent folks are portrayed in the media, please watch the first episode in the series “Autism in Love,” (trailer) available on PBS; or “As We See It,” (trailer) available on Amazon Prime. This is optional but will give you a helpful background heading into the workshop.

Here are some resources if you want to learn more about Ace! and Neurodivergent students at OSU:

• Ace! Program video. 
• Ohio State News article on JPMC partnership 
• The Lantern article about the Autistic Student Union 
• Spectrum News Article on Ace! member and Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities College2Career 
• College Autism Summit info video (scroll down) 

On-Demand Learning

BuckeyeLearn provides on-demand training and access 24/7. 

• Accessibility Fundamentals: Disability Etiquette Basics
• Diversity Basics 
• A Glimpse into Emotional Intelligence
• Conversations on Performance Management
• Student Wellness Center's 9 Dimensions of Wellness
• Cultural Diversity and Cultural Competence 

Review an on-demand video on the university’s shared values: Shared Values Overview