Office of Equity & Diversity
- Role of the Office
- Original Inhabitants and Land Acknowledgement Statement
- Title IX/Sexual Misconduct
- Non-Discrimination/Anti-Harassment
- Employee Accommodations
- Student Non-Academic Accommodations
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
- ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Policies Under OED
- Inclusive Recruitment and Hiring
- Faculty Resources
- Training
- Diversity Programs & Special Events
- Staff
Contact Us:
- OFFICE OF EQUITY AND DIVERSITY
- 800 LINDEN STREET
- Scranton, PA 18510
- The ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ
- Phone: (570) 941-6645
- Fax: (570) 941-6304
- diversity@scranton.edu
Diversity Programs Fall 24
Explore the very things that make us both similar and unique by attending a multitude of diversity education programs at Scranton! More events will be posted soon!
COMING UP!
National Recovery Month Lecture Series beginning Monday September 30, 2024
Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein will explore the impactful relationship between spirituality, particularly grounded in Ignatian values, and the therapeutic process of addiction recovery.
Edward R. Leahy Jr. Hall, Kane Forum, Rm. 235 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served. No registration required. Free and open to the community.
Dr Goldstein is a renowned author and expert in the field best known for her book Father Ed: The Story of Bill W's Spiritual Sponsor, which delves into the significant role of Jesuit spirituality in the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous.
For more information please contact Dr. Paul Tierney at paul.tearney@scranton.edu.
Diversity + Inclusion Lunch and Learn: Workshop on Cultural Humility
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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Title IX matters. Learn to be a party advisor, hearing panelist, and informal process facilitator. New and returning ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ 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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ 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. Scranton 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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