Enhancing your success through
Cultural Competence
Schedule
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Plaster Student Union on the Missouri State University campus
7:30 – 8:15 a.m.
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
A. Leslie Anderson
Interim Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Missouri State University
From tension to momentum
Don Landon
Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University
Mike Stout
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Missouri State University
Tim Rosenbury
Executive Vice President/COO, Butler, Rosenbury and Partners
H. Wes Pratt
Interim Equal Opportunity Officer, Missouri State University
Nikki Rios
Graduate student, Missouri State University
10:00 a.m.
Break
10:15–11:30 a.m.
Concurrent sessions
Managing and supervising diverse employees
Lyle Foster
Springfield community activist
Giving Voice: Scenarios to deconstruct oppression
Carol J. Maples and the Giving Voice theatre troupe
Theatre and Dance, Missouri State University
Identities and differences matter at work
Stephanie Norander
Assistant Professor of Communication, Missouri State University
Managing cross-cultural conflict
Charlene Berquist
Professor of Communication and the Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution,
Missouri State University
Heather Blades
Associate Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution,
Missouri State University
Perceptions and diversity: Take me out of my box!
Steve Willis
Associate Professor of Art Education, Missouri State University
Jamaine Abidogun
Associate Professor of History, Missouri State University
Diversity beyond black and white: Religion, GLBT, disability
Katheryne Staeger-Wilson
Director of the Disability Resource Center, Missouri State University
High performing companies: Diversity as the secret sauce
Lela Panagides
CEO, Leap into Leadership
Diversity in America: Is it justified?
H. Wes Pratt
Interim Equal Opportunity Officer, Missouri State University
Building diversity bridges: The "I Do" model
Betzabe Rodríguez-Jaramillo
Leading in Eduation to Approach Latinos (LEAL)
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Community leadership in the 21st century
Kendall C. Wright
President and Founder, Entelechy Training and Development, Inc.
12:45 p.m.
Break
1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Concurrent sessions
Giving Voice: Scenarios to deconstruct oppression
Carol J. Maples and the Giving Voice theatre troupe
Theatre and Dance, Missouri State University
High performing companies: Diversity as the secret sauce
Lela Panagides
CEO, Leap into Leadership
Leadership development for a diversifying world
Kendall C. Wright
President and Founder, Entelechy Training and Development, Inc.
Building diversity bridges: The "I DO" model
Betzabe Rodríguez-Jaramillo
Leading in Eduation to Approach Latinos (LEAL)
Beyond black and white: The OTHER diversity issues
Robert Stephens
General A Seat, Springfield City Council
Recruiting, hiring and retaining diverse staff
Juan Meraz
Coordinator for diversity outreach and recruitment,
Missouri State University
The value of diversity
Francine Micheline Pratt
Executive Director, Isabel's House