The Academic Advising Association of The Ohio State University and The Office of Student Academic Success (Transition and Academic Growth) have partnered to host a workshop facilitated by the National Academic Advising Association on Tuesday, September 28th from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST on Zoom.
Blane Harding is the former Director of Diversity Engagement for the Office of Inclusion and Diversity at Virginia Tech University and currently serves as a national consultant. He also served as the Director of Advising, Recruitment, and Retention for the College of Science at the University of Nevada, Reno from 2017-2020 as well as the Director of The Cultural Center at the University of Nevada Reno from 2015-2017. He retired from Colorado State University, after 24 years of service, in 2012 where he served as the Director of Advising, Recruitment, and Retention for the College of Liberal Arts as well as a professor in the Ethnic Studies Department. Mr. Harding served as a retention faculty member with the Council for Opportunity in Education which oversees the national TRIO programs as well as a faculty member, for 16 years, and past Chair of the Summer Institute Advisory Board for the National Academic Advising Association and Chair of their Multicultural Concerns Commission. In 2018 he was recognized as the Leading Light Award Winner presented to a NACADA member in recognition of significant contributions to diversity within NACADA.
Topics for workshop:
- Difference between cultural competence/effectiveness and cultural humanity
- Relationship between power, influence, and privilege
- Unconscious bias related to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Advising as teaching
- Difference between equity and equality and impacts on retention
- Identifying barriers that hinder student and advisor success
Worksheets for the workshop will be provided leading up to the meeting for those who register. We hope to see you there!
Registration is required for the workshop. Please see registration link below:
https://osu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqce-hqzgqG9TmzWEnQfdbD1BYQwtdBig1