Course Descriptions
The UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion Training Program is one of the most prolific in higher education. You can pursue certificates and training individually or as a departmental effort to improve performance and our learning and work environments.
- Six-year training impact: 34,546 participants
- Total participants last academic year – 7,996
- Total UCF Inclusion Champions – 326
Workshop Schedule
Please see this semester’s Unity Star for the Fall 2020 workshop and training schedule. For detailed descriptions of the diversity workshops offered, click on the course titles below. All workshops are free unless otherwise noted. Please note that locations vary. Other opportunities for diversity workshops may be scheduled by calling the UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion at (407) 823-6479 or by emailing diverse@ucf.edu.
Registration Instructions
- Faculty, A&P, and USPS: Register online at my.UCF.edu > Employee Self Service > Learning & Development > Request Training Enrollment
- Students and OPS: Email your name, requested course name and date, and UCFID number to diverse@ucf.edu.
Be a UCF Inclusion Champion
The UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) offers the Inclusion Champion program to provide colleges, divisions, and departments with training and education designed to explore foundational concepts in diversity and inclusion. Participants will gain a common body of knowledge and skills to contribute to an inclusive learning and professional environment at UCF.
The program consists of nine hours of core workshops required for all participants, plus a minimum of six hours of training on elective topics selected to meet the particular needs of a group or interests of the individual. ODI offers multiple elective options each semester. Participants (faculty, staff and students) can pursue certification individually or as part of a departmental effort, and can complete the program over a three-year period or less.
Have you completed the requirements for the Inclusion Champion program? Fill out a short questionnaire to let us know! After we verify your training records, you will receive a certificate and pin!
Submit verification questionnaire here
UCF Certificates
ODI offers several certificate options for faculty, staff and students:
- Inclusion Champion: complete 9 hours of core workshops and 6 hours of elective topics
- Diversity Certificate Series: complete all four Diversity Certificate modules
- Continuum of Learning Certificate: complete four elective or stand-alone DIV workshops not in a series or towards another certificate program
- Latino Americans Certificate: complete all three Latino Americans modules exploring the history of Latino Americans from 1565 – 2000
- Half the Sky Certificate Series: complete the two-part series based on the book and documentary
- The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Certificate Series: complete the four-part comprehensive workshop series looking at race relations in the United States between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement
- We Shall Remain Certificate Series: complete the five-part/three session workshop series exploring the history of Native Americans and their resilience
Please note: students must keep track of the DIV workshops they have attended and verify their training history with us in order to receive any completion certificates
Course Descriptions Log
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Peace Film Series: Iron Jawed Angels
Peace Film Series: Iron Jawed Angels
Course number: DIV267
Wednesday, March 10 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Online via Zoom
Iron Jawed Angels tells the true story of how defiant and brilliant young activists, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, took the women’s suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Video must be viewed prior to the debrief and discussion session. Registrants will receive a link to the video. Registrants also will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
Performance Standards for UCF’s Cultural Competencies
Performance Standards for UCF’s Cultural Competencies
Course number: DIV150
ONLINE COURSE
Visit https://diversity.ucf.edu/training/online-workshops/ for registration instructions. You must complete all three sections with a score of 75% or higher to receive credit.
- Cognitive Domain
- Affective Domain
- Skill-Building Domain
Cultural competency is the ability to function effectively in the presence of socio-cultural diversity. In 2008, Diversity Track (Summer Faculty Development Conference) scholars proposed 21 “core” cultural competencies as learning objectives for the University of Central Florida’s students, as well as potential areas of growth for faculty and staff. These cultural competencies encompass three domains of learning – cognitive, affective, and skill-building.
The purpose of the Diversity Track of the 2013 Summer Faculty Development Conference was to expand and refine the cultural competencies to include details that would facilitate infusion into curricula. In particular, Diversity Track scholars developed Performance Standards for each of the 21 “core” cultural competencies. This learning object presents the Performance Standards for the Cognitive, Affective, and Skill-Building Domains. The ultimate goal of this work is the development of culturally competent individuals equipped to function in today’s global workplace.
Communicating Across Cultures
Communicating Across Cultures
Course Number: DIV044
Tuesday, March 30 open from 9:00am – 5:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Webcourses@UCF
The ability to enhance understanding through effective cross-cultural communication is an important skill in today’s world. The workshop, Communicating Across Cultures, as facilitated by UCF’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion introduces this extensive topic through discussions and activities that focus on the following:
• gaining an understanding of foundational concepts such as the Communication Model and the three types of communication,
• learning about the perspective of high-context and low-context cultures,
• defining culture as detailed by Pellegrino Riccardi,
• describing 10 potential causes of verbal miscommunication across cultures, such as conventions for courtesy, accents, and hot buttons,
• exploring cross-cultural differences (and similarities) in various forms of nonverbal communication, such as eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, and body distance,
• considering micromessages and microaggressions and how they may be received differently in other cultures, and
• developing skills to assist in the process of communicating effectively across cultures.
Emphasis is placed on the idea that differences in communication patterns and styles across cultures are important reflections of human diversity, and on how inclusive attitudes around this aspect of our uniqueness contribute to a world in which we all matter.
Please note: Webcourses are open only on the indicated dates and at the specified times. On average, Communicating Across Cultures takes between 3 – 4 hours to complete. Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive an invitation to participate in the Webcourse.
Inclusion Champions Present…
Inclusion Champions Present…
Active Community Building: It’s on Us Now
Course number: DIV497
Wednesday, February 17 from 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Facilitator: Shemeca Smith
Location: Online via Zoom
It’s been said that “community is a gateway to better understand our own lives and the lives of others and creates an essential foundation for people working toward common goals.” This workshop explores the importance of self-awareness and diversity education in community building. Participants can expect to uncover tools to prepare and aid in community building in their departments, classrooms, and college campus. This workshop challenges participants to equip themselves to face racial injustice head-on, identify and define their form of activism, and create action steps to advocate for and empower themselves and their fellow community members.
How to be an Ally to Consensually Non-Monogamous Peers
Course number: DIV498
Monday, March 29 from 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Facilitator: Rebecca Hawk
Location: Online via Zoom
Dating app descriptions such as ENM (ethical non-monogamy), CNM (consensual non-monogamy), open relationships, and polyamory are on the rise. What does it all mean, and how does it work? What myths, misinformation, and microaggressions are prevalent? Which LGBTQ+ figures in history pursued open relationship styles? This workshop gives you the opportunity to ask questions of a polyamorist and become a more informed ally.
The Power of Conversation – Why We Need to Talk
Course number: DIV484
Wednesday, February 10 from 9:00am – 10:30pm
Facilitator: Chantel Carter
Location: Online via Zoom
In today’s society of remote existence, effective communication is imperative to success. Now more than ever, we are relying on our conversations in order to meet expectations and accomplish our goals. Unfortunately, these conversations (either virtual or in-person) don’t always go the way we would prefer. It can be a real struggle to connect with others, and we may try to avoid having conversations altogether. This session will equip you with tips on how to have better, more effective and impactful conversations with each other. You will have the opportunity to practice your conversation skills in a fun environment with your fellow colleagues. You don’t want to miss this conversation.
Understanding and Overcoming Unconscious Bias
Course number: DIV499
Thursday, March 4 from 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Facilitator: Tara Herget
Location: Online via Zoom
The focus of this interactive workshop is unconscious bias. Topics to be discussed include what are unconscious biases, who has unconscious biases, how they guide our interactions, and how we can become more mindful of our own biases. The purpose of this workshop is to become more understanding of our own unconscious biases and how we make decisions through the lens of our biases, while being mindful on how we can become more equitable and inclusive in our own thoughts, actions, and words. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in group discussions throughout the workshop and are encouraged to share their experiences, thoughts, and views with other workshop participants, if they are comfortable.
Please note: Inclusion Champions Present workshops are designed and facilitated by faculty or staff members who have earned the Inclusion Champion Program Certificate. Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
Safe Zone Series
Safe Zone Series
Advocates
Course number: DIV241
Tuesday, February 16 from 10:00am – 12:00pm
Wednesday, March 17 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Online via Zoom
The Safe Zone Advocates training is the second in the series and was created to further individual knowledge and understanding of LGBTQ+ issues. The training is geared toward helping attendees explore, identify, and expose cultural biases and acquire skills necessary for advocating for marginalized populations.
Participants who complete both trainings (LGBTQ+ 101 and Safe Zone Advocates) are designated as Safe Zone Advocates and can be identified by a Safe Zone placard.
Training Objectives:
- Increase insight into personal and cultural biases
- Increase awareness of the impact these biases have on interactions with LGBTQ+ individuals
- Increase comfort in addressing systemic oppressions that affect LGBTQ+ individuals
- Increase ability to identify micro-aggressions that impact LGBTQ+ individuals
- Increase comfort in discussing power, privilege, and oppression
- Acquire skills and knowledge to increase ability to advocate
- Increase understanding that being an ally is an ongoing and active process
Coming Out
Course number: DIV242
Tuesday, April 20 from 10:00am – 12:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Online Via Zoom
The Coming Out workshop explores the process and challenges of coming out as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender. Participants will learn more about theories and concerns about the coming out process for LGBTQ+ individuals. The workshop will allow those who attend to explore their LGBTQ+ identity or to support a family member or friend who may be coming out.
Training Objectives:
- Provide a space for individuals to ask questions about the coming out process and gain a better understanding of what coming out means to an LGBTQ+ person.
- Educate individuals on different coming out models and theories to better understand the diversity of the coming out process.
- Explain the barriers and challenges faced by those who go through the coming out process and provide tips on how to be part of a support system.
GOLD
Course number: DIV243
Thursday, April 1 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Online via Zoom
The GOLD Knights workshop aims to provide education on topics concerning language specific to gender and sexual/romantic orientation within the LGBTQ+ community. Participants will learn more about contemporary ideas of gender, sexual orientation, biological sex, romantic orientation, and gender presentation.
Training Objectives:
- Increase the ability to articulate the differences between sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex.
- Increase familiarity with various terms that relate to sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex.
- Increase understanding about the ways in which to respect people regardless of their identity.
LGBTQ+ 101
Course number: DIV033
Wednesday, January 27 from 10:00am – 12:00pm
Monday, March 1 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Online via Zoom
The Allies Advance program is now called ‘Safe Zone,’ and has two distinct workshops both 3 hours in length. The Level 1 class will be called LGBTQ+ 101 and can still be used to meet an elective requirement for the SDES Diversity Certificate Series.
The Level 2 class will be called Safe Zone Advocate Training. LGBTQ+ 101 is a mandatory pre-requisite to attend this class. Upon completion of this training, participants can officially identify themselves as a Safe Zone Advocate which will be designated by a placard/pin/patch with the new logo.
Individuals who have already completed Allies training prior to Summer 2013 are welcome to keep their old placard identifying them as an Ally, but must attend both workshops of the new format in order to receive the Safe Zone Advocate designation. Individuals cannot swap out their old placard with a new one, as the material has been significantly changed and expanded from previous years.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
Understanding Power and Privilege
Understanding Power and Privilege
Course number: DIV016
Dates: Monday, April 5 – Tuesday, April 6.
Time: Open from 9:00am on 4/5 – 5:00pm on 4/6.
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Webcourses@UCF
Understanding Power & Privilege, as facilitated by UCF’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, introduces the constructs of power, privilege, oppression, internalized oppression, and intersectionality and explores their implications for the individual and society. Discussions and activities focus on the following:
· defining key terms associated with this complex topic,
· reflecting on aspects of individual identity and noting how self-perceptions and the perceptions of other people may differ,
· exploring the seminal work of Dr. Peggy McIntosh, as it relates to white privilege and male privilege,
· delineating examples of privilege associated with several dimensions of diversity and providing an opportunity to describe our own areas of privilege,
· expanding our views of privilege by learning about the perspective of Tim Wise and the story of Lilly Ledbetter,
· gaining knowledge of the Cycle of Oppression and internalized oppression,
· recognizing the important work of Kimberlé Crenshaw with respect to the concept of intersectionality, and
· opening the conversation on how privilege may be addressed.
As certain topics in this course are more extensively discussed in the ABCs of Diversity and the multi-part Diversity Certificate Series, participating in one of these workshops is required prior to enrolling in this Webcourse.
Please note: Webcourses are open only on the indicated dates and at the specified times. On average, Understanding Power and Privilege takes between 4 – 5 hours to complete. Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive an invitation to participate in the Webcourse.
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years
Must attend all six episodes to receive completion certificate.
Episodes 1 & 2
Course number: DIV362
Monday, February 8 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Online via Zoom
Episodes 3 & 4
Course number: DIV363
Monday, February 15 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Online via Zoom
Episodes 5 & 6
Course number: DIV364
Monday, February 22 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Online via Zoom
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. The six episodes in this series cover all of the major events in the civil rights movement from 1954-1965.
Episodes include:
Awakenings (1954-1956)
Fighting Back (1957-1962)
Ain’t Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)
No Easy Walk (1961-1963)
Mississippi: Is This America? (1962-1964)
Bridge to Freedom (1965)
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Videos must be viewed prior to the debrief and discussion sessions. Registrants will receive links to the videos. Registrants also will receive links to join the Zoom sessions. Video and audio access is necessary.
ABCs of Diversity
ABCs of Diversity
Course number: DIV008
Friday, January 22 open from 9:00am – 4:00pm
Thursday, March 25 open from 9:00am – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Webcourses@UCF
As the foundational workshop facilitated by UCF’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the ABCs of Diversity explores three key concepts – diversity, inclusion, and equity. Discussions and activities develop the following ideas:
· human diversity is broad and includes all the ways in which we differ,
· understanding our similarities is key to developing connections,
· inclusion involves creating and maintaining safe and respectful spaces for everyone, and
· equity requires us to respond to the needs of individuals in order for each person to realize their full potential.
The impact of stereotypes (“single stories”) on our thinking and behavior also is explored.
Please note: Webcourses are open only on the indicated dates and at the specified times. On average, the ABCs of Diversity takes between 3-4 hours to complete. Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive an invitation to participate in the Webcourse.
Inclusive Communication
Inclusive Communication
Course number: DIV053
Thursday, January 28 open from 9:00am – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Webcourses@UCF
Inclusive Communication, as facilitated by UCF’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, explores the concept that as we interact in diverse environments and strive to enhance inclusion and equity, it is important to be welcoming, appreciative, valuing, and respectful in our communications with one another. Discussions and activities develop the following ideas:
• inclusive communication involves words, tone of voice, body language, and micromessages,
• awareness and identification of exclusive language and phrases affords us the opportunity to rethink how to word what we say (or don’t say) so as to include all and consistently demonstrate respect,
• understanding and applying key principles for how we treat each other assists in the process of communicating inclusively, and
• inclusion always matters and always applies.
Please note that this workshop examines the words we use. Other workshops provided by UCF’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion explore tone of voice and body language (Communicating Across Cultures) and micromessages (Micromessages and Microaggressions).
Please note: Webcourses are open only on the indicated dates and at the specified times. On average, Inclusive Communication takes between 3.5-4.5 hours to complete. Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive an invitation to participate in the Webcourse.
Immigration 101
Immigration 101
Course number: DIV441
Thursday, February 25 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Facilitator: Christina Khan
Location: Online via Zoom
Immigration is a prominent topic in the national discourse and affects the lives of millions of people, yet it is incredibly complex and difficult to understand. The Immigration 101 workshop explores basic immigration concepts so that participants walk away with a better understanding of this important topic.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
Intercultural Competency
Intercultural Competency
Course number: DIV440
Thursday, March 18 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Facilitator: Christina Khan
Location: Online Via Zoom
This interactive session explores key concepts in intercultural competency and engages participants in activities to increase self-awareness and understanding across difference.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
To Believe in Ourselves: The Uneasy Relationship of Race, Class and Nationalism in the Fight for Suffrage
To Believe in Ourselves: The Uneasy Relationship of Race, Class and Nationalism in the Fight for Suffrage
Course number: DIV463
Tuesday, March 23 from 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Patricia Farless
Location: Online via Zoom
This talk focuses on the use of race, class, and nationalism as tools of exclusion in the early women’s rights movement and as it transitioned into the final push for the 19th Amendment. In doing so, it employs third wave feminist theoretical use of intersectionality to complicate the narrative of the female suffrage movement.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is required.
Lunch with Ted
Lunch with Ted
Let’s End Ageism
Course number: DIV500
Tuesday, March 2 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Online via Zoom
It’s not the passage of time that makes it so hard to get older. It’s ageism, a prejudice that pits us against our future selves — and each other. Ashton Applewhite urges us to dismantle the dread and mobilize against the last socially acceptable prejudice. “Aging is not a problem to be fixed or a disease to be cured,” she says. “It is a natural, powerful, lifelong process that unites us all.”
The Power of Vulnerability
Course number: DIV479
Friday, February 12 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Online via Zoom
Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, and love. In this poignant, funny TED talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
Micromessages and Microaggressions
Micromessages and Microaggressions
Course number: DIV225
Friday, March 12 open from 9:00am – 5:00pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Webcourses@UCF
Micromessages and Microaggressions is one of the most frequently requested workshops facilitated by UCF’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Micromessages are signals that we send to one another through our actions and behaviors. Although these messages may be “small,” their impact can be tremendous. This conversation on micromessages includes an in-depth look at both micro-inequities and micro-affirmations. Microaggressions are brief exchanges that send denigrating messages to marginalized groups and also are examined in detail in this workshop. Throughout this Webcourse, the impact of micromessages and microaggressions on inclusion and equity is emphasized. Areas of focus entail:
• reflecting on the history behind our current knowledge of micromessages and microaggressions,
• defining and providing examples of micromessages (both inequities and affirmations) as well as microaggressions,
• recognizing the personal toll that micro-inequities and microaggressions may have on individuals and the community,
• understanding the ways in which each of us may stop or reduce the prevalence of micro-inequities and microaggressions, and
• acknowledging that it takes the dedication of all of us to address and eliminate the many forms of exclusion and noting that micro-affirmations are powerful tools in helping people to reach their full potentials.
Please note: Webcourses are open only on the indicated dates and at the specified times. On average, Micromessages and Microaggressions takes between 3.5-4.5 hours to complete. Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive an invitation to participate in the Webcourse.
The Power of Conversation Why We Need to Talk
The Power of Conversation Why We Need to Talk
Course number: DIV484
Wednesday, April 7 from 10:00am – 11:30am
Facilitator: Chantel Carter
Location: Online Via Zoom
In today’s society of remote existence, effective communication is imperative to success. Now more than ever, we are relying on our conversations in order to meet expectations and accomplish our goals. Unfortunately, these conversations (either virtual or in-person) don’t always go the way we would prefer. It can be a real struggle to connect with others, and we may try to avoid having conversations altogether. This session will equip you with tips on how to have better, more effective and impactful conversations with each other. You will have the opportunity to practice your conversation skills in a fun environment with your fellow colleagues. You don’t want to miss this conversation.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
Diversity Through Cuisine
Diversity Through Cuisine
India
Course number: DIV493
Wednesday, March 3 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Facilitators: Silpa Limbachia and Kavita Sawh
Location: Online via Zoom
Join us on zoom as we experience the Indian culture through food. Silpa Limbachia will be teaching us to make a dish from her native country of India.
Haiti
Course number: DIV494
Wednesday, March 31 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Facilitators: Flore Septimus and Kavita Sawh
Location: Online via Zoom
Join us on Zoom as we explore diversity through food. In this show, we will be visiting the Caribbean Island of Haiti through our dish. Flore Septimus will take us on a culinary journey of her home country of Haiti.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
Exploring Disability from the Lived Experience
Exploring Disability from the Lived Experience
Course number: DIV495
Thursday, March 11 from 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Facilitator: Student Accessibility Services
Location: Online via Zoom
Representatives of UCF’s new disabled student coalition will share their thoughts and experiences being a UCF student with a disability. With so much discussion about diversity and inclusion happening at the national level, the concept of ableism is unfortunately often not considered. Panelists will discuss this topic and its impact within their lives. Additional accessibility and disabling barrier topics will also be explored. Attendees will be able to direct questions to the panelists as well.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
Foundations of Digital Accessibility
Foundations of Digital Accessibility
Course number: DIV496
Monday, March 15 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Facilitator: Student Accessibility Services
Location: Online via Zoom
This presentation is an introduction for faculty and staff on the Foundations of Digital Accessibility. This Zoom presentation will provide an overview of Digital Accessibility as well as discuss ways in which faculty and staff can take advantage of the partnership between Student Accessibility Services and the Office of Institutional Equity to facilitate access for all UCF students.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
The Shades Between White & Black
The Shades Between White & Black
Course number: DIV501
Friday, February 19 from 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Facilitator: Flore Septimus
Location: Online via Zoom
A discussion on ways Race, Ethnicity & Culture blur; the systemic ways in which proximity to whiteness is endorsed and internalized and how these structures impact community and sense of belonging.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is required.
Title IX
Title IX
Part One: Let’s Be Clear
Course number: DIV502
Thursday, February 4 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Facilitator: Abigail Malick, Ph.D.
Location: Online via Zoom
This session supports the university’s goal of creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive community by taking a strong stance against sexual assault, harassment, stalking, and other forms of relationship violence. Title IX Training covers UCF Policy 2-004 – Prohibition of Discrimination, Harassment and Related Interpersonal Violence. We will review policy language of sexual discrimination and various forms of sexual misconduct including mandatory reporting duties of our faculty and staff members as well as university-wide resources.
Part Two: Handling Sensitive Disclosures
Course number: DIV503
Friday, February 26 from 10:00am – 11:00am
Facilitator: Abigail Malick, Ph.D.
Location: Online via Zoom
As faculty and staff members, you may find yourself in the position of suspecting that a student has been impacted by sexual assault, relationship violence or stalking. You may also be faced with responding to a direct disclosure. These types of experiences can be very traumatic for any individual, including students. Faculty and staff members can play an important role in helping a student access the support and resources that can help the student begin to heal. We will review research on Title IX disclosures, how students disclose, and steps to handling a student disclosure.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is necessary.
What’s the Beat?
What’s the Beat?
Course number: DIV504
Tuesday, January 19 from 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Facilitator: Flore Septimus
Location: Online via Zoom
Considered America’s fourth pillar of Democracy, the news media is a source of community knowledge and can be a catalyst for action and social change. How has news media changed since it’s institutionalized conception in the United States? How has society’s view of media changed over time and what are the factors and events that impacted this perception? How do the multiple news sources that we have available to us nowadays impact how our society engages and is informed about the world around them?
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is required.
Women, Embodied
Women, Embodied
Course number: DIV505
Tuesday, March 9 from 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Facilitator: Flore Septimus
Location: Online via Zoom
A discussion on how women’s bodies have been sites of social & political debate and how different groups have navigated the ownership of their person through physical appearance and expression. An analysis of society’s portrayal of womanhood and how this message has been varyingly internalized and reconstructed overtime.
Please note: Pre-registration is REQUIRED by no later than three days prior to the start of the workshop. Registrants will receive a link to join the Zoom session. Video and audio access is required.