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Diversity Programs Fall 24

Explore the very things that make us both similar and unique by attending a multitude of diversity education programs at 草榴社区! More events will be posted soon!

Diversity + Inclusion Lunch and Learn: Workshop on Cultural Humility

Dr. Krisy Elrod, long hair with black board logo surrounded by pumpkins fall background.

On Oct. 3,  Dr. Krisy Elrod, assistant professor in the Counseling and Human Services Department, will present “Play Your Way To Cultural Humility,” a Diversity + Inclusion = A Better U! lunch and learn workshop for faculty and staff. 

Dr. Elrod will talk about the difference between cultural competence and cultural humility, then use art and play activities to help people explore their own cultural identity. The program will begin 11:30 a.m. in the Kane Forum, Leahy Hall 235. Registration is required.

Dr. Elrod is an assistant professor in the Counseling and Human Services Department. She has been a clinician in private practice, a subject matter expert for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, a clinical supervisor, an advocate, a crisis team response member, a CACREP site visitor, a Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Counselor, and a bilingual psychiatric social worker.

She is proudly from Texas, a breast cancer survivor and has recently tried blacksmithing.

More Fall Events:

Sep. 12 @ 10AM-12PM, Title IX Volunteer Process Training will be held via Zoom for employees who wish to serve as volunteers in University Title IX matters. Learn to be a party advisor, hearing panelist, and informal process facilitator. New and returning volunteers are encouraged to attend.

Sep. 13 @ 1-3PM, a second Tile IX Process Training session will be held in person in the Casey Conference Room, Brennan 502. Interested individuals only need to attend one session.

On Sep. 17th @ 3-4PM, staff and faculty are invited to open information sessions on important updated University policies. During the summer, federal requirements under Title IX were revised translating to necessary updates to the Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct, Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment, and Pregnant and Parenting Students policies. Along with these, OED will discuss the policies on accommodations for disability and religious reasons. Both information sessions will be held in the Pearn Auditorium, Brennan 228.

No registration required.

Oct. 3 @ 11:30AM in the Kane Forum, Leahy Hall 235, join us for the next Diversity + Inclusion = A Better U! lunch and learn for faculty and staff, featuring Dr. Krisy Elrod, faculty counseling and human services, who will present “Play Your Way To Cultural Humility,” Dr. Elrod will talk about the difference between cultural competence and cultural humility,  then use art and play activities to help people explore their own cultural identity.

Oct. 8 @ 12:00PM, the SCRIBE Book Club meeting will be held in DeNaples 405. 草榴社区 Inclusive Books for Employees is back with a great selection for fall! Register now for the luncheon meeting led by Diana Collins Gilmore, and get started reading with your free copy of 'The Anxious Generation' by Jonathan Haidt.

  shows how smartphones, social media, and helicopter parenting have led to a decline in young people’s mental health and offers actionable solutions to help both our kids and ourselves become mature, emotionally stable adults.1

Race and Ethnicity Awareness Workshop for Faculty and Staff Development FALL '24: The Office of Equity and Diversity in collaboration with Human Resources and the Provost, is offering a workshop for faculty and staff to guide participants through a series of reflective exercises that explore their understanding of race and ethnicity, privilege, bias and inclusion.

Presenters include Elizabeth Garcia, Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of the Office of Equity and Diversity, and Tara Fay, Faculty Coordinator of The Center for Teaching Excellence.

THREE sessions have been scheduled and will take place as listed: 

  • NEW DATE: Thursday, October 24, 11:25 a.m. - 12:55 p.m. - Provost's Conference Room
  • Friday, October 25 from 3:00-5:00 p.m- Brennan 502
  • Wednesday, November 20 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. - Brennan 502

Space is limited to 25 participants per session. Please choose the date that works for you.

For more information, contact OED at diversity@scranton.edu or 570-941-6645.

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