Academy of Inclusive Excellence

2021 Event - "Creating a SEA Change at UCI"

The Office of Inclusive Excellence Presents: Academy for Inclusive Excellence “Creating a SEA Change at UCI”

September 21, 2021

A Zoom Virtual Meeting in two sessions: 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. (separate zoom links for each session)

PUBLIC KEYNOTE with mentoring expert Belle Rose Ragins, Lubar School of Business (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) scheduled 10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

BOTH SESSIONS FOR EQUITY ADVISORS AND DECADE MENTORS

Our virtual meeting is scheduled in two time blocks and focuses on “Creating a SEA Change at UCI”. The program builds on year-long conversations with immediate considerations for thriving in the current, unprecedented pandemic for sustainable inclusive excellence, with a focus building resiliency and inclusive mentoring.

Schedule and Event Materials

2021 Academy Agenda final

The program is scheduled on September 21 in two time blocks: 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

The morning session is a public session (9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.) and the afternoon session (1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.) is specifically designed for DECADE Mentors and Equity Advisors only

Schedule:

9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Equity Advisor Leadership with Vice Chancellor Douglas Haynes
Roles and Responsibilities of DECADE Mentors with Associate Director & Distinguished Professor Roxane Cohen Silver

10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

“From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary: Developing High Quality Mentoring in Diverse Academic Settings” – Keynote Presenter: Belle Rose Ragins, Sheldon B. Lubar Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business

1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (for Equity Advisors and DECADE Mentors only)

“Ensuring Graduate Student Thriving” with Associate Dean Rodrigo Lazo (Graduate Division) and Associate Director & Distinguished Professor Silver (Social Ecology)
“COVID-19 Merit-Promotion Considerations and Faculty Support Programs” with Vice Provost Diane O’Dowd (Academic Personnel) and “UCI SEA Change and Building Back Better” with Vice Chancellor Haynes

2021 Academy Materials PDF

Pre-Event Reading

Reading and Resources

Logistics

The event will be held virtually on Zoom in two time blocks: 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

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