This workshop focused on the results of a five year long chemistry study
group program at UR, designed to support underrepresented minority, low-income,
and first generation college students during their first two years of chemistry.
Since its pilot year in 2007, the program has increased the passing rate to an
average of 92%, from 7% before the program began. This project has been cited by
the National Science Foundation as a promising practice that should be
replicated at other institutions Presenter:
Charlana Simmons, Associate Director of Pre-College Programs
in the David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity in Arts, Sciences and
Engineering |
For the first time in US history, classrooms and workplaces now include four
generations of employees and students. Members of each generation bring
distinctive values, attitudes, and behaviors to the workplace and classroom.
This workshop explored the impact of this significant demographic shift; it
posed challenges and opportunities for educational and organizational leaders
who must understand and leverage this generational diversity in order to create
cultures of collaboration, high performance, and inclusiveness. Presenter:
Maria Marconi, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing |
 C3: Understanding Language Diversity: Creating Inclusive Linguistic
Communities
This workshop examined the role of language diversity in the community. We
discussed the diversity of languages, and attitudes toward this diversity in our
community. Issues concerning what linguistic diversity is, how it affects us,
the role it plays, the need for tolerance and inclusion of language
differences. Presenters:
Scott Paauw, Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Joyce McDonough, Chair of the Department of Linguistics
Wilson Silva, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Linguistics
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 C4:The Interrelationship Between Language and the Environment – A Native
American Perspective
The presentation briefly outlined the profound history and makeup of the
Haudenosaunee and their impact on local and national history, as well as the
environment. Neil Patterson discussed contemporary environmental issues of the
Seneca, Cayuga, Tuscarora, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk Nations and their
respective territories in NYS, and how we can help in the preservation of the
totality of the environment surrounding us.
Presenters:
Neil Patterson, a member of the Tuscarora Nation and works
for the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force, centered at the Onondaga
Nation. Coordinated by: Christopher Bethmann, Joe Latimer, and Carlie
Fishgold |
 According to Healthy People 2020, “LGBT individuals face health disparities
linked to societal stigma, discrimination, and denial of their civil and human
rights." What are these health disparities? How are we at the University of
Rochester educating ourselves and our future health care providers in order to
better care for this group of patients?
Presenter:
Sharon Glezen, Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
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