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From: "Samantha R. Proffitt" <samanthawm.08 at gmail.com>
To: rc381109 at ohio.edu
Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: Building Community Through Diversity Initiatives 	Conference]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:39:09 -0500

Hey, Rachel!

Dr.Conley asked me to make this avilable through SPA. Can you send this out
to the cohort with a reminder about the SPA meeting on Wednesday?

Thanks!
:) Sam

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From: Valerie Martin Conley <conleyv at ohio.edu>
Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:04 PM
Subject: [Fwd: Building Community Through Diversity Initiatives Conference]
To: "Samantha R. Proffitt" <samanthawm.08 at gmail.com>


FYI-  Could you get this posted to SPA?
Thanks!

-- 
Valerie Martin Conley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Coordinator Higher Education Programs
Director, Center for Higher Education
105D McCracken Hall
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701

Office Phone: 740-593-9426
Office Fax: 740-593-0477

conleyv at ohio.edu
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~conleyv
http://www.coe.ohiou.edu/centers-partnerships/centers/center-higher-ed.htm


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The following is sent on behalf of Susanne B. Dietzel, Chair, Women’s
Center, and blind copied to you.  Please do not reply to all. Thank you.
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Dear Members of the OU Community:

As many of you already know, the OU Office for Diversity, Access and Equity
will host its first conference called *Building Community Through Diversity
Initiatives* on May 7 and 8, 2010*.  *This undergraduate research conference
is supported by an 1804 grant and will bring together a community of
students from all Ohio University campuses to present their work on
diversity, multiculturalism, intersectionality, and identity in a
professional setting.  We anticipate this conference will be an annual
event; the 2011 conference will be hosted at one of the regional campuses.

We encourage you to share the Call for Papers it with your students which
can be found on the website, www.ohio.edu/dae/conference. The proposal
submission deadline is *January 15, 2010*, but we will accept proposals as
late as January 29.

We hope that you will encourage your students to submit their
diversity-related work for consideration at the conference.  The conference
will be interdisciplinary and feature all types of work including essays,
seminar papers, honors theses, research studies, and creative work, such as
poetry, dance, film, and performance, as well as best practices in student
activism.  Stellar papers that are submitted to you this quarter, or from
previous quarters, should be encouraged as potential submissions.  Student
organizations, RAs, and other students who have actively worked on the
issues listed above should also be encouraged to submit a proposal.

The objective of this conference is to cultivate a community of students who
are interested in diversity and identity issues, facilitate cross-campus
interactions and learning, and provide unique opportunities for
undergraduate learning and research.  Most importantly, it will provide an
opportunity for students from the regional campuses to visit the Athens
campus and interact with like-minded peers in a welcoming, intellectual, and
social context.

Thank you for taking the time to consider this opportunity.  We look forward
to your response.  If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Susanne B.
Dietzel at the Ohio University Women’s Center (dietzel at ohio.edu or
740-593-9625), Dr. Winsome Chunnu, Assistant Director in Multicultural
Programs (chunnu at ohio.edu, or 740-597-2111), or Keeshna Levy, Graduate
Assistant in the Office for Diversity, Access and Equity (keelevy at gmail.com,
or 740-593-2551).  The conference website is www.ohio.edu/dae/conference.
Please submit all proposals to womenscenter at ohio.edu.

Sincerely,

Susanne B. Dietzel, Ph. D.
Director, Women’s Center




-- 
Samantha Proffitt
Graduate Assistant for College Student Personnel
Ohio University
McCracken Hall 321 A
Athens, OH 45701
T: 740.593.0115

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Rachel Cordy
Graduate Assistant for the Student Activities Commission
Baker University Center 305B
740.593.4067
rc381109 at ohio.edu