TRAINING & EVENTS
Heritage Months
Heritage Months celebrate and recognize the accomplishments and contributions that underrepresented groups have made to American history, society and culture. VSB recognizes that influence and impact through the commemoration of these months.
"I am proud to be part of a VSB community that recognizes that we must do more to promote an equitable and inclusive culture at VSB, and has taken significant steps to expand upon DEI efforts that will continue to drive meaningful, measurable progress. These efforts align perfectly with VSB’s mission to develop business leaders for a better world."
Christine Dorfler ’97 VSB
Vice Chair, Dean’s Advisory Council
CFO, NBC Sports Group, NBCUniversal
Training Examples
The following concepts are used to develop training workshops for students, faculty, and staff.
Diversity 101
This workshop aims to prepare staff for culturally and ethnically sensitive situations in the workplace through the exploration and discussion of sample case studies.
Inclusive Environments for Teaching and Learning
This discussion-based workshop asks faculty to consider what it means to create an inclusive classroom and how to incorporate current events dealing with diversity and inclusion into the classroom. Small group discussions will be centered on sample case studies and connections to how outside events affect the lives of students.
Inclusive Hiring
This series provides faculty and staff hiring managers with the knowledge and skills needed to execute a search that is equitable, fair and able to produce a diverse pool of applicants from which the best candidates will be selected. These blocks of training will help participants recognize how some decisions are made not on the best information but on habitual and comfortable ways of thinking.
Inclusive Language
Language is not neutral. Historically, rhetoric and language have been used to empower some and exclude others. Developing sensitivity to language is key to understanding the principles that unite and divide us. This is a guide for using inclusive language to improve leadership skills and strengthen inclusive practices on campus (classrooms, meetings, service interaction).
Introduction to Implicit Bias
We as humans quickly jump to conclusions. This workshop asks students to read a set of statements that make up a story and then determine whether a different set of statements about that story is true or false. The purpose of this activity is to reveal unconsciously made inferences that are typically incorrect.
Moving from Multiculturalism to Intercultural Communication
This interactive discussion presents an understanding of the latest thinking in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion. It also discusses best practices emerging from these new understandings useful in higher education.