For many people, religion and spirituality are deeply personal, and create values that offer a sense of purpose and community. However, in public contexts, religion may be seen as either impolite to talk about or as dangerously divisive. In this workshop, we will explore how religious, spiritual, and humanist identities interact with other social identities in a historical and modern context shaped by power and privilege, and address the complexity of balancing religious and spiritual expression with the separation of church and state within a public context.

The media makes it sound like women have reached equality. What's the truth? In this interactive workshop, increase your knowledge of women’s stats today, discuss how women’s equity benefits everyone, and share ideas for advancing equity.

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For more information about the Equity and Diversity Certificate program, please visit our website.

The media makes it sound like women have reached equality. What's the truth? In this interactive workshop, increase your knowledge of women’s stats today, discuss how women’s equity benefits everyone, and share ideas for advancing equity.

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For more information about the Equity and Diversity Certificate program, please visit our website.

The New Advisors Group is a great way to build community and skills across the campus advising community. We welcome all advisors who consider themselves new or new-ish (be that new to campus, new to academic advising, or both)! The New Advisors Group typically gathers once a month, often near a resource or in a space which advisors regularly discuss with students.  This session features housing/residential life.

RSVP with Jake Rudy ([email protected]) or Anna Mraz ([email protected])  

The impact of classism in our society leads to many barriers on our campus and in the broader community. Exploring classism is an essential part of understanding how wealth, status, and income are intertwined with social, cultural, and historical issues in the United States. Class and classism intersect with our identities and experiences, and challenging assumptions and biases about class is an important step in creating positive change at the University.

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There are more than 800 Korean international students and scholars studying and researching at the University of Minnesota. In this session, you will have an opportunity to learn how Korean values and unique cultural aspects affect the student experience, including emphasis on hierarchy, attending elementary or secondary school outside of Korea, and parental influence. By listening to the personal stories of Korean students, you will be better able to understand, and potentially connect with, Korean colleagues, students, and employees.

The impact of classism in our society leads to many barriers on our campus and in the broader community. Exploring classism is an essential part of understanding how wealth, status, and income are intertwined with social, cultural, and historical issues in the United States. Class and classism intersect with our identities and experiences, and challenging assumptions and biases about class is an important step in creating positive change at the University.

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Conversation focusing on Transfer Students: Focusing on financial aid usage for transfer students (Pell, state grant, loans, UPromise)

On behalf of the Advisor Training Initiatives team, we are pleased to invite you this spring to join your advising colleagues to dig a little deeper into financial aid specifics. A conversation will be hosted focusing on transfer students and financial aid.  At these conversations, you will get to meet experts from OSF and One Stop and ask questions you have related to these topics. 

Please join a conversation with the transfer specialists to dig a little deeper into the ins and outs of the change of college process for CCAPS. This is a chance to meet the transfer specialists for these colleges, de-mystify the transfer process, understand the philosophy of admissions into these programs, and learn about the pre-requisites and realities of more challenging majors once students are admitted. Hopefully after you've attended, you will have increased your capacity to prepare students more effectively for the inter college transfer process.  

Talking about race and racism can be challenging for many people. It can be tempting to keep our discussions at a surface level, so as to avoid hurt, anger, shame and guilt. But open and honest discussions on race, as well as basic history and context that are often neglected in the discussions, are necessary for us to address the racial inequities that continue to challenge our personal relationships, institutions, and society.

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