ARC 2010 - Attention, Reflection, Connection

You are cordially invited to a historical, inaugural campus-wide series engaging faculty, students, staff, administrators, and alumni in dialogue towards building a culturally diverse and culturally literate campus at IU Bloomington.

ARC 2010! Attention, Reflection, Connection Steps Toward an Inclusive Campus

To learn more, or be a partner, check us out at http://www.indiana.edu/~arc2010/

This three-part series consists of panels, workshops, lectures, and an ongoing discussion to be conducted across venues from classrooms to the Internet.” Students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the Bloomington community are invited to take part. It will unfold in three parts:

Part I: Attention: working together to address challenges With projected demographic changes, current budget cuts, and new federal guidelines for educational reporting, how do we build a culturally literate and diverse community on campus, one that embraces the full range of our multicultural richness--while collectively addressing these challenges?

Thursday, February 18, 12:30 p.m., Georgian Room, Indiana Memorial Union Featured Panel: Kevin Brown, (Law), Pamela Freeman (Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Office of Student Ethics and Anti Harassment Programs) and Elinor Ostrom (Professor and 2009 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences)

Thursday, February 18, 3:00 p.m., Georgian Room, Indiana Memorial Union Featured Speaker: "U.S. Demographic Trends, Population Projections, and Implications for IU and other Universities" Eileen Díaz McConnell (Arizona State University)

Wednesday, February 24, 12:00 noon, Georgian Room, Indiana Memorial Union Featured Workshop and event Kick-off: Thao Nelson, IUB alumna and Vice President of Credo Management Consulting, “Shift Happens: Think Globally, Respond Locally”
This workshop addresses the vital importance of multicultural literacy in preparing our campus and our students to meet the challenges and capture the opportunities of globalization.

Part II: Reflection: mapping practices and setting priorities This part is devoted to taking stock of resources and practices; mapping existing campus relations for coordinating diversity efforts; locating gaps and overlaps; coming up with a roadmap for IU Bloomington’s diversity mission. (Panel and speakers on March 2nd and March 4th).

Part III: Connection: cooperatively building for the future Are existing paradigms (e.g., black and white, over- and under-represented) adequate to our diversity mission? How do we rethink paradigms in response to the needs and vision of our diversity mission? How do individuals and units collaborate to make the best use of our talents and resources? (Panel and speakers, April 8th and April 15th).

Come and make this series truly inclusive! For more information, calendar of events, including workshops throughout campus and blogs see: www.indiana.edu/~arc2010