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Each week UA Crossroads provides a list of upcoming
opportunities to engage the rich diversity of identities and experiences at UA.
If you are interested in having an event included,
please contact the Crossroads office at 348-6930
or
email us at [email protected].
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Happening this Week!
- see attached flyers below for more details -
Follow this link for:
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Monday, February 13
- Hallowed Grounds Campus Tour - Autherine Lucy, Forgotten Hero
11:00 am, Departs from the main steps of Reese Phifer Hall
- Start Smart
2:00 - 4:30 pm, 329 Lloyd Hall
- International Study Break
6:30 - 9:00 pm in the lounge area in front of UA Crossroads (3rd floor Ferguson Student Center)
Tuesday, February 14
- Tuesday T - 1:00 pm, Ferguson Student Center Great Hall
This week's dialogue circles include: Why Nott Talk Interfaith Understanding Open Topic Circle
Wednesday, February 15
- Women of Color
6:00 pm, Intercultural Diversity Center
- Hallowed Grounds Campus Tour, Slavery at the University
2:00 pm, Departs from the Gorgas House
Thursday, February 16
- “The Biggest Small-town They’ll Ever Call Home: Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in UA Classrooms”
8:30-9:30 am, 205 Gorgas
- Hallowed Grounds Campus Tour, UA African American Heritage
11:00 am, Departs from the main steps of Reese Phifer Hall
- Education, Poverty and Criminal Justice
12:00 pm, Law School, Hayes Conference Room (Room 344)
- Teen Talk and Tweets with Dr. Patton
5:00 - 7:00 pm, Bryant Conference Center (Rast Room) *RSVP Required. RSVP at: Teen Talks and Tweets Event
- Why Nott Talk: Second Stories
5:30 - 7:00 pm, 205 Gorgas
- Blend Bowling Night ($7 unlimited bowling)
9:00 pm - midnight
Friday, February 17
- "For the Culture: Showcasing New Age Black Artists"
Opening Reception 5:00 pm, Ferguson Student Center Art Gallery
- Innovating Gang Violence Prevention with Qualitative Analysis and Natural Language Processing
1:00 - 2:00 pm, Bryant Conference Center (Rast Room)
- Desserts and Coffee with Dr. Desmond Patton
1:00 - 2:00 pm, Bryant Conference Center (Rast Room)
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Spaces are limited! Sign up today!
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Discerning Diverse Voices: Communication & Information Symposium on Diversity
Call for Papers, Posters and Panels Presentations Submission Deadline: February 15, 2017
Monday, March 27 205 Gorgas Library
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Clara Chu Director, Mortensen Center for International Library Programs The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences’ Communication and Diversity Forum invites you to submit paper, panel or poster proposals for eighth annual Discerning Diverse Voices research symposium that addresses the communication and information needs of diverse populations. The purpose of the symposium is to encourage research about diversity and communication in all of its manifestations. Conference presentations are sought in all areas of diversity including, but not limited to the following:
- Organizations: leadership and management, recruitment and retention, mentoring, organizational culture, motivation and conflict in the workplace and community-based organizations.
- Knowledge: the educational, recreational, informational, political, medical and cultural needs of diverse populations.
- Mediated representations: communication and rhetorical strategies, communication effects, and historical and contemporary images of diverse populations.
- Cultural criticism and commentary (politics, social media, film)
- Intersectionality and identity (including, but not limited to studies of race, gender, LGBTQA+, social class, ability and age)
- Social Justice/Movements (i.e. Black Lives Matter, #bamasits, We Need Diverse Books)
- Popular Culture (reality television, sports, fashion, news, music)
This symposium is highly interdisciplinary and hopes to attract a wide range of topics and methodologies used in researching diversity in our society. Proposals are encouraged from faculty, staff, community activists, graduate and undergraduate students. Please submit electronic submissions ONLY according to guidelines for papers, panels and posters to the submission site by February 15, 2017.
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“The Biggest Small-town They’ll Ever Call Home: Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in UA Classrooms”
For: UA Faculty, Instructors and Graduate Teaching Assistants
How do we, as teachers, create a welcoming educational environment in diverse classrooms? The Inclusive Classrooms Workgroup, with generous support from the Office for Academic Affairs, is facilitating a series of four Spring 2017 teaching workshops on promoting diversity and inclusion in the classroom.
Register online through Skillport to attend one or all presentations by clicking this link Promoting Diversity and Inclusion to enroll in the presentation(s) of interest. You can also register for individual sessions by clicking the links below the workshops. Note: Please help us manage seating, refreshments and the catering of meals by being timely with your registration.
For questions on Skillport and registering, please see http://hr.ua.edu/learning-development/online-learning/skillport. For questions concerning login access in Skillport, please contact HR Learning & Development at 205-348-9700 or [email protected].
Breakfast - Thursday, February 16, 8:30-9:30 a.m., 205 Gorgas “Sneaking Diversity into the Classroom” Professor: Chris Roberts, Student panelist: Mary Virginia Ireland
Coffee hour - Wednesday, March 8, 4-5 p.m., 205 Gorgas “Notions of Identity in the Classroom” Professor: Dr. Utz McKnight Student panelists: Lizzie Emerson and Andrea Dobynes
Lunch - Friday, April 14, 12-1 p.m., 205 Gorgas "The Other Side of the Lectern: Students on Diversity and Inclusion” Professor: Norm Baldwin Student panelists: Katie Jane Childs and Vic Harris
UA Faculty are the target audience for these presentations.
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Alabama Students Without Borders Presents:
Charlas con Cafe
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Every Thursday from 4:00 - 5:00 pm
at the Ferguson Center Starbucks. Drop in for an hour, enjoy a cup of coffee, and practice your Spanish.
The table will be marked with a Latin American Flag.
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