The college has numerous diversity related events scheduled the remainder of the semester and faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend.
“All of these events are in support of Geneseo’s mission and our core value of inclusivity,” said Adrienne Collier, chair of the president’s Commission on Diversity and assistant to the president for diversity and equity. “I hope members of our campus community will take advantage of these opportunities to reinforce the importance of collectively creating a respectful and civil campus climate.”
Below is a partial listing of diversity related events. Watch our news center for updates.
Cultivating Campus Community Dialogue #1
“Making Geneseo Feel Like Home for Everyone: What Do I Need and What Can We Do?”
Feb. 28, 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
MacVittie Union Ballroom
Brief presentations will be made by Fatima Rodriguez Johnson, assistant dean of students for multicultural programs and services, and Beth McCoy, Distinguished Teaching Professor of English
Event organizer: Meredith Harrigan
Teaching Learning Center Presentation
“The Role of Faculty Support in the College Adjustment of Our Underrepresented Students: A Campus Climate Study” – Presentation by Monica Schneider, professor of psychology
March 3, 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Teaching Learning Center – Milne Library
Event organizer: David Parfitt
Cultivating Campus Community Dialogue #2
Topic TBD (visit the Cultivating Community page for the most up-to-date information)
March 22, 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
MacVittie Union Ballroom
Event organizer: Meredith Harrigan
Roemer Lecture on World Affairs
Ambassador Dennis Ross, Counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy - “How Should We Think About the Middle East Today?”
March 23, 4 p.m.
MacVittie Union Ballroom
Event organizer: President’s Office
Grow STEM Panel Discussion on Mentoring
March 23, Time and location TBD
Event organizers: Anne Pellerin and Amber Charlebois
Alliance for Community Enrichment (ACE) Speaker
Speaker and topic TBD
March 29, 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Doty Hall Tower Room
Event organizer: Marina Kawarazaki
Reading by T. Clutch Fleischmann, Queer Writer, Poet and Activist
March 29, 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Location TBD
Event organizers: Lytton Smith, Alice Rutowski, Dillon Federici
Xerox Center for Multicultural Teacher Education Seminar Series
"I Had to Figure This Out on My Own”-- Understanding and Supporting the Sexual Agency of Queer Youth -- Presentation by Edward Brockenbrough, associate professor of teaching and curriculum, University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education
March 30, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Newton Hall, Room 209
Event organizer: Susan Norman
Teaching Learning Center Presentation
Irene Belyakov-Goodman, lecturer and coordinator of the ESOL Program at Geneseo
Topic TBD
March 31, 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Teaching Learning Center – Milne Library
Event organizer: David Parfitt
Fifty + Years of Struggle: A Black Lives Matter Intergenerational Panel
Panel will feature Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) activists Jennifer Lawson, Freddie Greene Biddle, and Karen Spellman with current activists, Shaketa Redden of “Just Resisting” in Buffalo, and a member of Buffalo SURJ (Showing up for Racial Justice).
April 3, 4 p.m.
MacVittie Union Ballroom
Event organizer: Emilye Crosby
King Commemoration Panel: "Civil Rights, Black Power, and Justice Today”
Commemoration will feature Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) activists Jennifer Lawson, Freddie Greene Biddle, and Karen Spellman.
April 4, 6 p.m.
Newton Hall, Room 202
Event organizer: Emilye Crosby
Grow STEM Lecture
Address by Reggie Byron ’00, Associate Professor of Sociology at Southwestern University
April 27 and 28, times locations TBD
Event organizer: Anne Pellerin and Amber Charlebois
Cultivating Campus Community Dialogue #3
Topic TBA (visit the Cultivating Community page for the most up-to-date information)
May 1, 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
MacVittie Union Ballroom
Event organizer: Meredith Harrigan