KSUnite 2022 DEIB Conference Day 1 - November 14 Speakers and Presenters

Opening Ceremony/Welcome (9:30am-10:15am), Kansas State Universitiy Student Union, Forum Hall - Kansas State University President Richard Linton and Interim Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Be Stoney

Poster Session (10:30am-11:45am), Kansas State University Student Union, Cat's Pause

KSUnite Plenary Speaker (1:30pm-2:20pm), Kansas State University Student Union Ballroom - Leading with love: Create an environment where people feel valued and appreciated. Embrace our differences using empathy to connect with one another, Shamiel Gary

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KSUnite Breakout Sessions Period 1 (2:30pm-3:20pm) - KSU Student Union

• The British Empire and the Queen: Exploring colonialism and social justice through the lens of current events, Flint Hills Room - Chibuzor Azubuike, Graduate PhD, Leadership Communications; Dr. Andrew Wefald, Associate Professor, Staley School of Leadership
  DEIB Challenge Level: Intermediate

• Inclusive Leadership: Your Leadership Voice, Cottonwood Room - Dr. Olivia Law-DelRosso, Assisstant Dean of Diversity, College of Business Adminstration
  DEIB Challenge Level: Intermediate

• Gordon Parks: Self Portrait, Forum Hall - Nate McClendon, Museum Specialist, Beach Museum of Art
  DEIB Challenge Level: Introductory

• Community of Connection for BIPOC Students, Room 227 - Dr. Jeannie Brown Leonard, Vice Provost for Student Success; Tonya Winston, Student Success Program Coordinator
  DEIB Challenge Level: Intermediate

• Recruitment strategies to increase diversity of participation in STEM programs: The Rural Resiliency NSF cohorts' experience, K and S Ballroom - Dr. Melanie Derby, Associate Professor, Alan Levine Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering; Mirit Shamir, Academic Services Coordinator, Alan Levin Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering
  DEIB Challenge Level: Intermediate

• Keep Your Eye on the Prize , Big 12 Room - John Hatfield, Interim Director, Fraternity & Sorority Life
  DEIB Challenge Level: Immersive

• Conversations with the Manhattan Business Community: How can K-State grads do globally focused work while living a great life in MHK? (Part A Panel Discussion) , Bluemont Room - Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
  DEIB Challenge Level: Intermediate

KSUnite Breakout Sessions Period 2 (3:30pm-4:20pm) - KSU Student Union

• Reflections from Visiting the Brown V Board of Education Museum in Topeka, Virtual Presentation, Room 207 & via Zoom - Joel Bosoga, Fulbright & International Comparative Law Scholar, University of Michigan, Advocate of the High Court of Uganda
  DEIB Challenge Level: Intermediate
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• Black Hair + Storytelling as a Form of Social Activism, Virtual Presentation, Room 206 & via Zoom - St. Clair Detrick-Jules, Filmaker, Photographer, Author, and Activist
  DEIB Challenge Level: Introductory
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• Discovering and Cultivating Community Cultural Wealth, Flint Hills Room & via Zoom - Dr. Latania Marr Y Ortega, Manhattan Ogden USD 383
  DEIB Challenge Level: Introductory
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• Censoring Literature: Reading Justice in Banned Children's Books, Cottonwood Room - Hunter Scott, Graduate Masters, English & Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
  DEIB Challenge Level: Introductory

• What does Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in religion look like to you? , Room 227 - Pastor Christian Watkins and the President's Committee on Religion, Spirituality and Nonreligious Diversity
  DIEB Challenge Level: Intermediate

• DEIB Experiences Through a Student Athlete's Lens, K&S Ballroom, Student Athlete Panel
  DEIB Challenge Level: Intermediate

• Conversations with the Manhattan Business Community: How can K-State grads do globally focused work while living a great life in MHK? (Part B Roundtables) , Bluemont Room - Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
  DEIB Challenge Level: Intermediate

Film Screening, The Freedom Writers (2007), and Discussion/Book Signing (6:00pm-9:00pm), Kansas State University Forum Hall - April Hernandez Castillo

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