May Days Professional Development (5/10, 5/12, 5/16, 5/19)

April 26, 2022

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) and the Office for Diversity and Inclusion invite faculty, graduate students, and staff to attend May Days 2022, a professional development event.

This event will be online, but will include one in-person presentation on Monday, May 16th, at 11:30 - 3:00 PM. This live event will feature lunch, so please RSVP in advance. See more, including presenter bios, at the event webpage. If you plan on attending the in-person presentation on May 16th, please RSVP by Sunday, May 8.

You are invited to attend one, all, or as many sessions as you would like:

Tuesday, May 10th

Online Keynote: Dr. Milagros Castillo-Montoya
"Advancing Critical, Inclusive, and Equity-Minded Teaching: What Is It & Why Does It Matter?"
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Online: Critical and Inclusive Teaching as White Faculty
Caitlin Elaesser, School of Social Work
Margaret Lloyd-Sieger, School of Social Work
Chris Vials, Department of English; Director, American Studies
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Online: Critical and Inclusive Teaching as Faculty of Color
David Embrick, Department of Sociology
Saran Stewart, Department of Educational Leadership
Frank Tuitt, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Thursday, May 12th

Online: Utilizing Student Feedback to Drive Equity Changes in the Classroom
Xinnian Chen, Department of Physiology & Neurobiology
Phoebe Godfrey, Department of Sociology
Micah Heumann, Academic Center for Exploratory Students
1o:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Online: Is it Possible to Decolonize the Classroom?
Chen Chen, Department of Educational Leadership
Shawn Salvant, Department of English and Institute for Africana Studies
Manuela Wagner, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Monday, May 16th

Online: Beyond Accommodations: Systems of Accessibility and Inclusion
Brenda Brueggemann, Department of English
Erin Scanlon, Department of Physics
Arash Esmaili Zaghi, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

In-Person (MCHU 102) and Streaming live: Decentering Grading as an Inclusive Assessment Strategy
11:30 - 12:15 -- Welcome, Networking Lunch Activities
12:15 - 12:45 -- Student Video Testimonials; Beginner Strategies to Decenter Grades
1:00 - 3:00 -- Panel Discussion, Audience Questions, Wrap-Up Activities
Clyde Cady, Jenn Pascal, John Redden, Amit Savkar, Diego Valente
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Thursday, May 19th

Online: How does the University Support Me as an Inclusive teacher?
Michael Bradford, Vice Provost for faculty, Staff, and Student Development
Carl Lejuez, Provost
Frank Tuitt, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
1o:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Online: When Things Go Wrong, How Can I Still Learn from Them?
Thomas Long, School of Nursing; Department of English
Saran Stewart, Department of Educational Leadership
Ryan Talbert, Department of Sociology
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Cultural Fair (April 29)

Eid al-Fitr Celebration (May 3)

PRLACC’s 50th Birthday Party (4/24)

April 22, 2022

Mimouna (4/24)

April 21, 2022

The War in Ukraine: Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (4/21)

April 20, 2022

The UConn Human Rights Symposium is bringing Harvard Law School's Dr. Lisa Dicker and the University of New Haven's Dr. Olena Lennon to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine this Thursday afternoon.

Dr. Lennon will focus on breaking down the conflict with respect to military developments, the humanitarian situation, and root causes of the crisis. Dr. Dicker will draw from her experience at Harvard's Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program to help us understand the negotiation process central to future conflict resolution in this crisis.

The event will be in-person in MCHU 302 beginning at 6:30pm on Thursday, 4/21/22. Folks can submit questions for the event's speakers here and RSVP here, though RSVP is not required for attendance.

MECP Cultural Fashion Show (4/24)

April 15, 2022

The Middle Eastern Cultural Program invites you to the Cultural Fashion Show!

The night is to celebrate the beauty of all cultures, from the Middle East, South Asia, North Africa, and more, through music, fashion, and dance. Falafel, baklava, tea, and dates will also be served for free.

This in-person event is free for all students. It will be held on Sunday, April 24th, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM in the Student Union Theater. You can register for the event through Eventbrite. You can also sign up to be featured on our catwalk representing cultural clothing.

Holi (Saturday, 4/16)

April 14, 2022

Voices By Mackenzie Doss (4/14, 4/15, 4/16)

April 12, 2022

Voices explores how the stories we tell ourselves often become our reality, and one woman’s journey to take control of her inner narrator and breathe life into new identities. Voices incorporates puppetry representing how we can speak to ourselves in ways both gentle and violent, and how that language colors our lives. Join Sarah, a down-on-her-luck journalist who finds herself alone with her thoughts in a mic night venue she’s supposed to be writing about in a few hours’ time. Cue the “voices.” The audience enters the ethereal and abstract world of Sarah’s mind as she navigates her mental landscape in search of shelter.

Tickets for Voices will be pay-what-you-can, with all proceeds to be given to the UCONN Women's Centers' 100 Years of Women Scholarship Fund. The Scholarship supports an incoming UConn student, or current student who, as a role model or advocate, has advanced the role and contributions of women in society. What better way to spend a night out than entertainment and enrichment? We lift each other in our own ways as best we can and hope you’ll join us for a night of abstract theatre in support of a deserving student’s continued education. Recommended for ages 12+. Seating will be cafe style and will be first come, first served. Tickets are available at https://bimp.ticketleap.com/voices/dates

From Childhood Sexual Abuse to Campus Sexual Assault (4/15)

WGSS and the Women's Center invite you to "From Childhood Sexual Abuse to Campus Sexual Assault: Black Feminist Perspectives," a panel discussion event for Sexual Awareness and Prevention Month.

Long-time Black feminist activists, artists, national thought leaders, and youth program builders will discuss their work in the anti-sexual violence movement and how to support multi-time survivors of sexual violence. Joanne N. Smith is the founder of Girls for Gender Equity and co-founder of Black Girl Freedom Fund. Aishah Shahidah Simmons is the director and filmmaker of NO! The Rape Documentary and editor of Love with Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse.

This panel discussion will include ASL interpretation and captioning services. Please contact the Women's Center at 860-486-4738 or womenscenter@uconn.edu with any accommodation inquiries at least 5 days in advance of the event.

This virtual event will be held on Friday, April 15th, from 3:30 to 5:00 PM.
Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EFR1ffzYSzOidc1wC4-x0g