Utilizing Diversity Resources at Miami University

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Utilizing Diversity Resources at Miami University

• Bring the World to your Hall

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Overview of Presentation

• Diverse diversity and breaking the binaries
• Activity
• Miami demographics
• Miami initiatives
• Miami resources and organizations
• How to utilize resources with your students and
  staff
• Advocacy

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Ground Rules

• Be respectful of others
• What we share in this room stays between us
• Its okay to put ourselves out there
• Challenge by choice
• Dont judge ask questions seek to understand
• Others ?

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Diverse Diversity

• Racial, Ethnic
• Sexuality and Gender
• Socio-Economic Status
• Geographic
• Religious
• What others should we include?

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Breaking Out of the Binary

• Binaries are groupings or dyads such as
  man/woman, gay/straight, black/white, etc.
• Binaries restrict our range of identifying
• One part of a binary is often privileged over
  another

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Activity

• Challenge by choice
• Man/Woman
• Black/White
• Gay/Straight
• Upper Class/Lower Class
• What does this activity do well?
• What does it lack?

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Miami DemographicsMulticultural Enrollment (2004)
Undergraduate 15,059 100
Minority 1,302 8.6
African-American 516 3.4
Asian-American 453 3.0
Hispanic 254 1.7
Native American 79 0.5
Non-Resident Alien 0 0
White and Unk. 13,646 90.6
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Miami DemographicsInternational Students

• In 2003-04, 349 international students
  (non-immigrant student visas) representing 64
  countries enrolled at Miami.
• In 2003-04, 88 visiting international professors,
  researchers, and specialists representing 32
  countries visited Miami.

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Miami InitiativesInstitutional

• Assistant to the President for Institutional
  Diversity and Associate Provost
• University Multicultural Council (UMC)
• Miami's Council of Academic Deans (COAD)
  discussing hiring and retention of women and
  minority faculty and staff
• STRIVE initiative

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Miami InitiativesInstitutional

• First in 2009 Goal 5 Greater Campus Diversity
• Center for American and World Cultures
• International Study Opportunities University
  Diversity Statement
• University Forums and White Papers on Diversity
  Topics.
• Ongoing Assessment of Campus Climate
• Office of GLBT Services

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Miami InitiativesDivisional Student Affairs

• Assistant VP of Student Affairs for Diversity
  Initiatives
• Director of Diversity Initiatives
• Interim Coordinator GLBT Services
• Director of Multicultural Student Enrichment
• Center for Black Culture and Learning (CBCL)
• Lets Talk Dialogues

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Miami InitiativesDepartment ORLNSP

• Social Justice Series
• Ongoing staff development
• Special events
• Community Development Model

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Miami Resources and Organizations
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Utilizing Resources

• Break into groups for Case Study
• Read and discuss case study (15 minutes)
• What are the important facts? Who is impacted?
  How are they impacted?
• What resources could you utilize?
• Create a plan of action.
• What is your role as an advocate?
• Sharing as a whole group (15 minutes)

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THANK YOU!