Registration is now open for the following two workshops. Please note the time change for the August 29 session. The sessions will be streamed via Zoom.

Active Bystander Training.  This is training to provide participants with actionable tools to interrupt bias without causing defensiveness.
Tuesday, August 29
Target Audience: Faculty, staff, and students
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Wexner Center for the Arts Auditorium
Cost: FREE
Register
Link for Zoom: https://osu-cfaes.zoom.us/j/979153657

Implicit Bias Training and Mitigation Tools in Graduate Admissions
Thursday, August 31
Target Audience: Faculty and staff who focus on admissions and advising (but all are welcome)
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: E 100 Scott Lab
Cost: FREE
Register
Link for Zoom: https://osu-cfaes.zoom.us/j/687315940

CFAES is partnering with the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Nursing to bring the Cultural Intelligence Center to Ohio State to provide our units with Unconscious Bias Certification.  This certification prepares you for facilitating the “Culture Matters” workshop for faculty, staff, and students in CFAES.  Although this training is complementary to the Cultural Intelligence Training Level 1 Certification provided in 2013, you do not have to be a Cultural Intelligence Facilitator to apply.

Space is limited.  Applications are being accepted until August 11.  The training will be in Columbus on September 14 and 15, location to be determined.  There is no cost for the training for your unit other than mileage and overnight if needed. You will be expected to facilitate at least one session for the college per year.

If interested, complete the online application.

Contact Kathy Lechman, lechman.1@osu.edu, if you have any questions.

April 11: Disability and Career Student Preconference
April 12-13: Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: Seeing Disability at School, Work & Beyond

Thanks to the Generosity of our sponsors, The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, The Battelle Memorial Fund and Disability Rights Ohio as well as the ongoing support of The Ohio State University  This year’s Multiple Perspectives Conference will be free to Students, Faculty and Staff ($10 each day if you want lunch).

The 2017 Ethel Louise Armstrong Lecture on Disability Art & Culture will be presented by Leroy, “Black/Brown International Disability Art/Hip-Hop” featuring art, music and narrative on April 12 at 3:30 p.m.  Immediately following, a reception will feature Student Perspectives – Ethel Louise Armstrong Student Poster Competition. This lecture is at the Blackwell Inn on OSU’s Columbus Campus and is free and open to the public.

On April 13 at 3:30 p.m., the 2017 Ken Campbell Lecture on Disability Law and Policy will be presented by Samuel Bagenstos, the Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan’s Law.  He has served with the US Department of Justice and recently argued  Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools, a case at the intersection of the ADA and IDEA concerning disabled girl who was prevented from using her service dog in school, winning and 8-0 decision. This lecture is at the Blackwell Inn on OSU’s Columbus Campus and is free and open to the public.

Sample of concurrent sessions: Have Impact: Your Community, Ohio, Nationwide, and the World; Ohio AgrAbility: Disability Can’t Stop Ohio Farmers from Farming; Access to Higher Education: Rights and Responsibilities; Inclusive Neighborhoods: Zoning protections under the Fair Housing Act and Americans with Disabilities Act; Unified Sports: Providing Recreational Opportunities in Postsecondary Education; On Inclusivity, Mental Disability, and Unimagined Types: Reconsidering Learning Spaces; Improving Employment Outcomes for Students with IDD across Ohio’s Statewide Consortium; Accommodations In the Work Place: Workable, Whacky and Wild; and Disability/Race Disclosure, Intersectional Resistance and Radical Solidarity.

Registration is currently open.

Dead Line Extended: Poster Submissions are due March 22, 2017.

ETHEL LOUISE ARMSTRONG UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER COMPETITIONS (April 12, 2017)
Held on The Ohio State University’s Columbus campus, the Multiple Perspectives Conference encourages students to network with professionals, the community, and scholars who share their interests in disability at its annual student poster reception. A generous gift from the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation will fund awards (Graduate Research – $500; Undergraduate Research $200, Art & Performance $200, Community Service $100, and Class Projects $200) at this year’s competition.

Submissions may focus on any aspect of disability and may be based on:

• Independent & Supervised Student Research
• Art & Performance
• Class Projects & Papers (Award goes to department to support future projects)
• Community Service & Applied Problem Solving from Service Learning Classes or Student Organizations (award goes to organization/department to support future projects)

Posters can take a variety of forms including print material mounted on poster board or display panels or arranged on a table; PowerPoint presentations, web pages or video presentations from your laptop.

• Presentation materials must fit on a 3′ x 6′ table or along 6′ or less of wall space
• Presentation materials should present the information in 10 minutes or less
• Presenters or their designee must be present to interact with the audience
• Presenters must provide their own equipment

Students and teams of students who wish to present a poster must send the following information to ADA-OSU@osu.edu no later than March 22, 2017.

• Title
• Short title – 9 word maximum
• Poster format (Print, Model, PowerPoint, Video, …)
• Description of proposed poster topic – 250 word maximum
• E-mail address, phone number, and surface mail address of coordinating presenter
• As appropriate, university, department, grant, course or student organization affiliation
• A letter of support from a faculty member or organization advisor associated with the project
• Name of individual, department or organization to receive cash award should the project win

Please Note:  The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and lodging.

CFAES Gender Initiative Symposium
Keys for Success: Maximizing Your Personal Brand
Presented by Kathryn Lowell, CEO Image Matters

Bio: Kathryn Lowell Bio
Agenda: Symposium Agenda

March 30, 2017
8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, Bob Evan’s Memorial Auditorium
Shisler Conference Center, Conference Hall
Click here for registration

The event is free of charge, includes morning refreshments and lunch, and will have attendance options in both Columbus and Wooster. Advanced registration is required.

For more information on the CFAES Gender Initiative, visit the Gender Initiative website, or contact Dr. Sandy Velleman, velleman.1@osu.edu.

Inclusive Excellence Training is a one-hour session created by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, OSU ADVANCE, and The Women’s Place to aide OSU in enhancing the diversity of faculty hires. As a result, all university units have been asked to provide this training for those who serve on search committees.  Our college has determined that staff in addition to faculty should participate in this training.  CFAES currently has 450 faculty and staff who have completed the training.  Here is a list of the sessions scheduled for 2017.

January 20, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
February 15, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
June 23, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
August 18, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

If you would like to schedule a session in your location (minimum of 10 participants), contact Kathy Lechman (lechman.1@osu.edu).

All sessions will be in Columbus with video link to Wooster Campus.

Click here to register. You also can go to the CFAES Equity and Inclusion page and view Upcoming Events.

Please see the attached flyer for the next CFAES Gender Initiative offering on January 18 from 1 to 3 p.m.– a workshop on “Why Can’t We All Just  Get Along,” facilitated by Dr. Kathy Lechman, PhD, CFAES Director of Equity and Inclusion at The Ohio State University.

This workshop will be an excellent professional (and personal) development opportunity. This will be a free event offered in both Columbus and Wooster.

Gender Initiative Workshop

Click here to registrar. Space is limited.