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Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence Workshops

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Module Series

This is an in-depth, 45-minute modules, developed and led by distinguished Miami faculty and staff experts, tackle essential topics such as bias, stereotypes, and microaggressions; cultural intelligence; race and anti-racism; ableism; strategies for workplace inclusiveness. It aims to empower people to lead and support diverse, equal and inclusive workplaces and communities. Rooted in Love and Honor, Miami University faculty and staff provide you with applicable knowledge, research-based case studies, and clear strategies to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century and beyond.

Intended Audience:

  • Faculty
  • Staff

Search Committee Training

For Faculty and Staff Search Trainings we offer an online training to support our committees in understanding implicit bias, inclusive interviewing practices, and Miami policies.

Intended Audience:

  • Search committee members

To gain access, please sign up using the "Search Committee Sign-Up Form."

Racial Equity Workshop

Racial equity work requires sustained, proactive education and engagement as well as systemic, intentional efforts at micro- and macro-levels. We will learn about our responsibilities in racial equity and how to prevent racism. We will discuss how to identify racist behaviors both in ourselves and in others and how to counter and dismantle such behaviors. The workshop will also provide tools and strategies for having conversations around racism and how to prevent, stop, and unlearn racial prejudices. This workshop can be tailored for individual departments or student organizations. Request workshop for your department/unit or student group.

Intended Audience

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Professional Preparation: From Introspection to Inclusive Action

In an endeavor to complement the structural and capacity-building efforts made in Faculty Searches, TIE has created this workshop on professional preapration for students. This new workshop offering supports both undergraduates and graduate students entering our increasingly competitive and diverse job market.  The workshop will also include elements on developing materials for graduate programs, to support students aspiring for entry into graduate programs. This workshop is tailored towards students. All interested students must sign up for this workshop on Wednesday, Sept 21, at 1pm.

Intended Audience:

  • Undergraduate Students
  • Graduate Students

Redhawk Equity Leadership Series (RELS)

Redhawk Equity Leadership Series (RELS), is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a cultural competency certificate. This initiative will help participants to develop tools and competencies to advance equity and inclusive excellence in their personal and professional  lives. 

RELS encompasses a set of  foundational workshops with electives; 2-3 of the electives will result in a certificate indicating learned knowledge and acquired skills. Students must complete the foundational workshops first, before registering for electives. Electives will offer learners an opportunity to focus on equity and inclusion based on specific industry, identities and competencies. Additions to RELS will occur annually and based on information gathered and submitted by Miami University graduate and undergraduate students.

Each module/workshop will range between 30 - 45 minutes.

Campus Partners Workshops and Trainings

Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity (OEEO)

OEEO works with the individual offices to schedule the training for most of the training offered. All online training programs receive an automated feed that signs up new employees. Duty to report refresher will be assigned by OEEO to all employees in the fall. The following training and workshops are offered by OEEO:

  • New Employee Online Training
    • Training for new employee include duty to respond, bias prevention, and diversity and inclusion.
  • Duty to Report Training Refresher
    • Open to all employees and offered via Canvas. 
  • Annual Duty to Report Training
    • Open to employees and required for specific employees.
  • Harassment and Discrimination Training
    • Open to employees and required for specific employees.
  • Title IX Training
    • Open to employees and required for specific employees.

Visit OEEO for more information

Center for Teaching Excellence

Miami's Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) works to promote diversity and inclusion through the design and implementation of programs, resources, and services that support instructor development in accommodating a diverse group of students with a variety of backgrounds and abilities. Continuous improvement for instructors in inclusive teaching strategies and a deeper understanding of the pedagogical dimensions of DEI topics contribute to an overall inclusive learning environment in which students feel equally valued.


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Graduate School Professional Development Series

In an effort to increase, sustain and support diversity within our graduate students, TIE will be providing DEI professionalization opportunities to graduate students this upcoming Fall semester. Graduate students will participate in 11 weeks of professional development, four of which will focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. The students will go through workshops on Bystander Allyship, Antiracism, Diversity Statement, and Safezone.

Email Dr. Amity Noltemeyer for more information.

Intended Audience

  • Graduate Students

Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion

Pronoun Training

The pronoun training is a 30-minute training to learn what pronouns are, why they are important, recent changes in pronoun use, and how your program/group can be affirming to people of all gender identities. This workshop can be tailored for individual departments or student organizations.   

Intended Audience

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

LGBTQ+ Basics

The LGBTQ+ Basics training is a 1-hour long training that can be tailored to your group’s needs. This training covers the very basics of LGBTQ+ identities and allyship. This workshop can be tailored for individual departments or student organizations. 

Intended Audience

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Safe Zone Training

Safe Zone is a campus-wide program designed to educate students, faculty, staff, and community members on LGBTQ identities and experiences. The goal is to create a community that is inclusive for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. Safe Zone aims to prepare individuals to foster an affirming environment in which all people are free to thrive personally, academically, and professionally. Safe Zone has been designed as a multipart training, with each part building upon the concepts introduced in the previous section. Safe Zone 101 is a three-hour training that introduces individuals to basic language and concepts, and also starts the conversation on what allyship looks like. Safe Zone 201 is a two-hour training that focuses specifically on trans and nonbinary identities, as well as how to best affirm trans and enby individuals. The CSDI offers two of these trainings each semester. There are also a series of hour-long trainings focused on specific identities and histories within the broader LGBTQIA+ community. The CSDI offers several electives each semester. This workshop can be tailored for individual departments or student organizations.

Intended Audience

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

For more information on these trainings and workshops, visit the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion website.

Online Learning Resources

Online Learning Resources

Inclusive Language Guidelines

These guidelines aim to raise awareness, guide learning, and support the use of culturally sensitive terms and phrases that center the voices and perspectives of those who are often marginalized or stereotyped. The American Psychological Association offer this and many other online resources.

 

CEO Act!on for Diversity and Inclusion

CEO Act!on is the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. A unique coalition of more than 600 CEOs have signed on to this commitment, agreeing to take action to cultivate environments where diverse experiences and perspectives are welcomed and where employees feel comfortable and encouraged to discuss diversity and inclusion.

Organization employees are also urged to commit themselves to the cause by taking the pledge to support inclusion.

Equal Justice Initiative

Founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is a private organization that works with marginalized communities to challenge racial and economic injustice, and protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

In addition to such resources as discussion guides and other educational materials, EJI provides research and recommendations to assist advocates and policymakers in the critically important work of criminal justice reform.

 

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Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence

Our mission is to empower each student, staff, and faculty member to promote and become engaged citizens who use their acquired knowledge and skills with integrity and compassion to improve the future of the community and the world.

Contact Us

Dr. M. Cristina Alcalde 
Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
Hanna House
513-529-1715
vpDiversity@MiamiOH.edu