The Student Engagement team in OSFA hosted a successful Student Employee Diversity Forum on November 15 in the Gordon Dining & Event Center. Over 100 student employees—representing a kaleidoscope of offices, roles, and experiences across campus—gathered to engage in meaningful discussion about diversity, identity, equity, and inclusion. The event opened with a captivating keynote from …
The Student Employment team in OSFA hosted a very successful Student Employee Diversity Forum on March 15th at Gordon Event Center. Over 110 student employees representing a broad range of offices and roles across campus came together to exchange ideas and reflection while engaging in a variety of topics on diversity, identity, equity and inclusion. …
When the Information and Technology Leadership Conference celebrated its tenth anniversary on December 5, the Office of the Registrar’s Leah Meicher took to the floor to moderate the event’s keynote address, a fireside chat with new Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Charles Lee Isbell, Jr.
With the start of the fall season marks the end of the Hmong festivals and the beginning of the Hmong New Year celebrations. The Hmong New Year is an annual cultural tradition taking place in states and towns across the United States where there are large Hmong communities. At these celebrations, you can find a …
Recently the University Council tasked campus partners to evaluate their concern that students with less opportunity for external test credits in their high schools are systematically disadvantaged in the assignment of enrollment appointments and have less opportunity for enrollment in their preferred courses and at their preferred days/times. So, a group was formed and got …
The Office of the Registrar is excited to announce that students now have the option to select whether they want their name in use or their legal name on their diploma. Previously, only legal name was allowed. However, most importantly, it is one small but meaningful step for a more inclusive experience for our students, …
The Office of Student Financial Aid Student Engagement team will host the Student Employment Diversity Forum on Friday, March 3rd. While it is the 3rd Annual Diversity Forum for student employees across campus, it is the first year the event will be hosted in person! In October 2020 and 2021, the Forum was held virtually. …
At the start of the semester Ally Bartelme, Client Services Specialist, coordinated the orientation of the Office of the Registrar student employee team. This orientation was held for all student employees, but especially for students returning to campus after the summer off and our newly hired students. At the start of the semester Ally Bartelme, …
“Allowing respondents to indicate their identities gives an organization a clearer picture of the people it serves and can be an indicator of an organization’s inclusivity of people across the sex, gender, and sexual orientation spectrums.” (Gender and Sexuality Campus Center, Recommendations: collecting information on sex, gender, and sexual orientation) “Allowing respondents to indicate their …
Conversations were ebbing and flowing, excitement was in the air, chairs were filled and people were being turned away because capacity was reached so quickly; the room for this session at the Women and Leadership Symposium was full of anticipation and an innate sense of comradery and connection. The presentation, “Wonder Women: There is more …