Respectful Workplace Training

Respectful Workplace Training April 21, 2021 4:00-5:30 PM Foster workplace environments where all apprentices feel safe, welcomed and treated fairly. This workshop will answer the questions: What does Protected Class mean? What are the benefits of a respectful, inclusive workforce? What do I do if I experience or know of others being harassed? Presented by: Tracy Allen, SHRM-SCP, Lakeside Industries, is an HR professional with a keen skill set in training, development, and creating diverse and inclusive workplaces. She believes communication and accountability are key to this combination resulting in a productive, profitable, and positive work experience for the workforce [...]

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Implicit Bias in Workforce Education – LGBTQ & Gender Biases with Morgan Mentzer

Implicit Bias in Workforce Education LGBTQ & Gender Biases with Morgan Mentzer May 18, 2021, 10:00am – 11:00am Morgan Mentzer was an auto mechanic at independent auto shops for years. Recognizing the systemic oppression that prevented other queer folks from entering the trades, she went to law school to fight discrimination in the trades. She co-founded the Reckoning Trades Project to increase the representation and retention of queer and transgender folks in the trades. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/148378079831

Implicit Bias in Workforce Education – Leadership with Zenovia Harris

Implicit Bias in Workforce Education Leadership with Zenovia Harris June 3, 2021, 10:00am – 11:00am Zenovia Harris is an accomplished author, fierce and innovative leader and a powerhouse speaker with a heart for youth! Zenovia is the Chief Executive Officer for the Kent Chamber of Commerce, becoming the first African American CEO to lead the chamber in its 70+years. Zenovia is a certified diversity professional and serves on the Washington Diversity Council Advisory Board. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/148381660541

Equity Challenges & Making DEI Work for You

Equity Challenges & Making DEI Work for You Date: 1/26/2022 Time: 3:00 PM CT We will engage in a discussion on what diversity, equity, and inclusion can mean to your organization, including how to tie it back to your organizational goals. Register at: https://tinyurl.com/mrx3x238 

Equity in Open Textbook Content

Equity in Open Textbook Content We will share inclusive approaches for OER (Open Education Resource) development, curation, and usage in courses and how creation and review methods can be adapted for a variety of teaching situations. Date: 2/1/2022 Time: 4:00 PM CT Register at: https://tinyurl.com/mrx3x238 

Emergency Management Careers Seminar

Thursday, February 3 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST / 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PST As a student with a degree or an interest in emergency management, you’re invited to join The Walt Disney Company’s Global Crisis Management Team to learn more about the emergency management field and the different ways you can apply your degree! During this seminar, you will hear how The Walt Disney Company conducts various emergency management practices across numerous business segments and around the world including: •Emergency and Crisis Response Framework for a Global Company •Cast Member & Employee Crisis Training and Engagement •Enterprise [...]

Respect and Equity in Digital Learning Resources

Respect and Equity in Digital Learning Resources (Thursday, February 10, 3:00 - 4:00 pm CT) Increasingly, students are spending significant amounts of their learning time engaging with digital learning resources and products, faculty and administrators are increasingly relying on data from those digital learning tools, and the pandemic has only accelerated the process. Understanding how digital learning resources may increase, decrease, or maintain inequity is vitally important for the health of learners, teachers, and society. In this talk we will look at digital learning resources or more broadly educational technology (ed-tech) through the lens of diversity, equity and inclusion. We will [...]

DID THE MUON HELP DISCOVER NEW PHYSICS?

February 11, 11:30 am to 1 pm (via Zoom): Dr. David Hertzog, Director of CENPA and Professor at UW DID THE MUON HELP DISCOVER NEW PHYSICS? - This year, Dr. Hertzog and the Muon g-2 Collaboration team of more than 200 researchers reported a single number representing the magnetism of an elementary particle – the muon. It followed more than 10 years of effort and represented an investment of approximately $100 M. In parallel, scientists around the world collaborated to predict what Dr. Hertzog and the Muon g-2 Collaboration team would find. They found something different and the world has [...]

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