EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS

Freestyle Friday

Join us for pizza and conversation on Friday's! You bring the topic; we bring the pizza.

Heritage Month Celebrations

OIA leads a committee of campus partners, including students, faculty and staff, to celebrate cultural heritage months across campus. Look out for announcements of our events and let us know if there is a month you would like to see celebrated.

Student Leadership and Identity

OIA provides discussion groups to support underrepresented students who participate in student organizations. Students will discuss their roles on campus and how their identities impact their roles and experiences.

"What Does It Mean?" Series

OIA staff and ambassadors provide discussion groups for underrepresented students and welcome all intersecting identities. Students discuss contemporary issues and expectations and build relationships by sharing personal experiences and engaging in exploring their own identities.

Exploring Your IDEAS (Identity Development, Experiences, Actions and Support)

The Office of Intercultural Affairs provides a space for student reflection through our Exploring Your IDEAS workshops. These workshops provide an opportunity for students to discuss and explore ideas related to social identity, intersectionality, inclusion and bias in our environments.

IDEAS: Social Identity

Examine and discuss the social identities of students and how power and privilege interact and engage with those identities.  

IDEAS: Intersectionality

Explore how identities and differences such as sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and religion intersect and contribute to marginalization and privilege. Students will reflect and discuss how intersecting identities influence daily experiences.

IDEAS: Inclusion

Examine the concepts of diversity and inclusion in order to understand the differences between each concept. Support the creation of practices that develop inclusion. 

IDEAS: Bias

Define and explore the origins of bias. Examine how bias plays a role in our daily lives and identify techniques to reduce the impact of bias.  

IDEAS: Student Organization Bias

This workshop provides student organization leaders with a space to reflect on biases they may bring into their organization and existing biases within their organization. Develop an action plan to minimize bias.