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Representatives Meeting
Biannual Representatives Meeting
and
Fostering Civic,
Intercultural, and Ethical Learning:
An Integrated Approach
hosted by
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio
Conference Agendas
Friday, June 17th and Saturday, June 18th
FRIDAY, June 17th
9:00-10:00 AM Continental Breakfast
9:30-10:00 AM Welcome
Remarks and Introductions, Edward Pittman,
CHAS Steering Board Chair and Associate Dean of the College
for Campus Life, Vassar College
10:00 – 11:00 AM
In Here/Out There: The Liberal Arts Campus and Civic Engagement In
a Diverse Democracy?
David Scobey, Executive Dean of The New School for General
Studies and Milano
the New School for Management and
Urban Policy
Introduction by Leslie Hill, Assoc.
Professor of Political Science and
Special Assistant to the President, Bates College and
CHAS Steering Board Member
11:00 – 11:15 AM
Break
11:15 AM– 12:00 PM
An Extended Discussion with David Scobey
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Faculty
presentation by
Yolanda Cruz, Robert S. Danforth Professor of Biology, Oberlin College
2:00 – 2:15 PM
Break
2:15 – 3:15 PM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Student and Institutional Engagements with Campus Diversity, Conflict, and
Controversy
Our campuses are often the site of offensive incidents and contentious
issues that challenge our missions of inclusion
and fostering affirming learning environments. This session seeks to
encourage dialogue and resource sharing around
the following questions:
·
How do
we negotiate supporting, advocating for, and empowering students to think
about and engage their
relationships to the institution during crisis moments?
·
What steps can we take to support students in
navigating campus structures to engender meaningful responses?
·
Are there established processes for engaging students--and
strategic planning--during and following incidents and
controversy on your campus? If so, what are they and how effective are these
processes?
·
What are measures for institutional accountability and follow-up once the
dust has settled and the campus returns to
normal?
3:15 – 3:30 PM Future Directions
FRIDAY, June 17th
5:30 p.m.
Reception and dinner, PETERS HALL
7:00 p.m.
Welcome by Eric Estes, Director of the Multicultural Resource Center
and Associate Dean of Academic Diversity,
Oberlin College
Comments by Olivia Arinze, Bonner Scholar, Mellon Mays Fellows,
Oberlin College
Comments by Sean Decatur,
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Oberlin College
8:00 p.m.
Social Gathering
SATURDAY, June 18th
8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast, WILDER HALL 115 (food available in
Wilder 110)
8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Schedule Overview by Kathryn Stuart, Dean of Studies,
Oberlin College
9:00-10:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions I
Community-based Learning and Research: Faculty and Staff Collaborations,
WILDER 215
facilitators: Beth Blissman,
Director, Bonner Center for Service and Learning, Oberlin College
Baron Pineda, Chair and Associate Professor, Anthropology,
Oberlin College
·
What are the best practices
around administrative structures, resources, and intra-institutional
collaboration
·
What are best support
structures for faculty? What
percentage of faculty is involved in this kind of work
and in what fields of study?
Rethinking the
Relationship between the Local and Global, WILDER 211
facilitators: Rumi Shammin, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies,
Oberlin College
Sebastiaan Faber, Professor, Hispanic Studies, Oberlin
College
·
How do we help students
understand the big picture by questioning and, at times, complicating the
distinctions between the local and global?
·
How do we foster
internationalization, transnational approaches, and the teaching of global
concepts inside
and outside of the classroom (for example, curricular offerings and
integrated study-away opportunities)?
Socially
Responsible Entrepreneurship, WILDER 109
facilitators:
Ed Pittman, Associate Dean of the College, Vassar
College
Andrea Kalyn, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Conservatory of Music,
Oberlin College
·
How do we help support our
students become socially responsible entrepreneurs?
·
How do we build connections
between intercultural knowledge and experience as a critical part of
entrepreneurship?
10:15-10:30 a.m. Break (available in Wilder 110)
10:30-11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions II
Building
Intercultural Knowledge through Ethical Reflection and Responsible Learning,
WILDER 211
facilitators:
Eric Estes, director of the Multicultural Resource Center and Associate Dean
for Academic Diversity,
Oberlin College
Rolando Arroyo-Sucre, Chief Officer of Diversity and Equity,
Bucknell University
·
How do we educate students
about engaging in communities that are not their own?
·
What are best practices for
helping students create connections between meaningful reflection and stated
learning outcomes?
Preparing Students for Leadership Opportunities after Graduation
through Applied Knowledge, WILDER 215
facilitators: Joyce Babyak, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences and Associate Professor of Religion,
Oberlin College
Karla Spurlock-Evans, Dean of Multicultural Affairs,
Trinity College
·
How can we envision and
build a vertical curriculum for teaching ethical and responsible leadership?
·
How do we cultivate
effective mentors among faculty, staff and alumni to guide students as they
synthesize
and apply their learning?
Engaged Learning through Social Activism,
WILDER 109
facilitators: Leslie Hill,
Associate Professor, Political Science and Special Assistant to the
President, Bates College
Maria Tucker,
director of the Draper Center, Pomona College
·
How do we help students
think about social activism as experiential learning and as more than direct
action
protest?
·
How do we as educators role
model social activism for our students?
12:00-1:00 p.m.
LUNCH, WILDER 115 (available in Wilder 110)
1:15-2:45 p.m.
Concurrent Session
Reports and Discussion, WILDER 115
2:45-3:15
p.m. Concluding Comments,
Reflections, and Plans for the Future, WILDER 115
3:15 p.m.
Adjourn
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