Beth Lee 

Creating a positive and encouraging classroom environment can have a direct impact on a student’s learning success (Chick, 2010). If a student is expected to learn, the student has to first feel the learning environment is safe and encouraging. Creating an effective classroom climate involves student and instructor cooperation to create a positive and inclusive learning atmosphere together (YALEPCTL, 2021). This presentation will explore research and strategies to develop student social presence, an inclusive classroom, and advocate for individuality and diversity for student learning. We will look at quick mindfulness strategies in the form of ice-breakers and anxiety diffusers. In addition, we will look at how the course structure of CM107: College Composition I utilizes concepts to create an inclusive and positive learning environment for students. Finally, we will also explore great takeaways to encourage social presence and to create an inclusive community and an empowering global classroom climate. 

Audience: Higher Education Administrators, Faculty, Staff, Students/Alumni

Track: Student Focus

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Session

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Bridget Rivera 

This workshop will assist participants in developing culturally competent leadership skills. In order to increase the recognition and implementation of culturally sensitive and effective leadership strategies the focus of the workshop will be on self-awareness. A Personal Identity Model will be used as the educational tool to learn how one’s identity dimensions inform worldview, and thus how we lead.  The main identity dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, religion/spirituality, socio-economic status, and ability/disability will be discussed in relation to how they inform worldview. Inclusive leadership strategies will be explored in the context of worldview, power, and the 7 main identity dimensions. 

Audience: Higher Education Administrators, Employers

Track: Leadership and Organization

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Annette Benson 

If one googles phrases such as the importance of intercultural communication or how to teach intercultural competence, the results take up pages and pages. A busy educator who wants to embed intercultural learning (ICL) or diversity-equity-inclusion (DEI) activities into their classroom or program could spend hours looking for materials that meet their learning objectives. To make ICL resources more readily available, Purdue’s CILMAR: Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research, in collaboration with HUBzero™, has created a science gateway—the Intercultural Learning Hub (HubICL)—which includes over 800 searchable ICL activities searchable by a wide range of parameters. Access to the HubICL is offered to interculturalists anywhere in the world at no cost. This session offers a tour of the HubICL with instruction for potential HubICL users on how to get started and best practices in embedding ICL into the curriculum. 

Audience: Staff

Track: NextGen Learning

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Session

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Gabrielle Blackman, Marjorie Ramos-Selcado, Harmony Groth, and Ryan Gulbranson 

In this presentation, we discuss how the Psi Chi International Honor Society contributes to the future of global education. Psi Chi became an international organization in 1999 (Takooshian et al., 2019). Since then, Psi Chi chapters have emerged worldwide (e.g., Ireland, Egypt, and Russia) (Psi Chi, n.d.). We will summarize Psi Chi’s initiatives to expand internationally, promoting global education. We will share examples of what Psi Chi chapters worldwide do to promote psychological research and student success. We will also discuss Psi Chi’s international opportunities available to Psi Chi members, including opportunities for international research collaborations (Cramblet et al., 2019). Finally, several PG Psi Chi Executive Board members will share their experiences being officers of Psi Chi. The student officers will describe their roles in the organization and share their experiences with Psi Chi. The officers will also share how they hosted online events, fundraisers, and induction ceremonies this year. 

Audience: Higher Education Administrators, Faculty, Staff, Students/Alumni

Track: Student Focus

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Session

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Rebecca Herman 

Servant Leadership in the Classroom: Supporting Inclusiveness and Empowerment. Servant leaders focus on the growth and well-being of others with the goal of helping the people that they serve to grow as individuals. This should be a primary goal of education and applying servant leadership in the classroom provides faculty with the opportunity of making a life-long difference in the lives of their students. Noland & Richards (2015) found that teaching from a servant leader perspective had a positive effect on both student learning and engagement. Hays (2008) discovered that servant teachers were generally more inclusive and had a greater appreciation for diversity. In addition, servant teachers assisted their students in having more confidence, feeling more capable, and more empowered. Strategies to implement this in our classrooms will be shared. 

Audience: Higher Education Administrators, Faculty

Track: Leadership and Organization

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Session

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Jean Morrow, Sharon Morton, and Marney Vandemark 

Global educators strive to help their students discover meaning and purpose through cross-cultural connection and inclusivity. Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning (1985) and his logotherapy perspective are the foundation for this presentation. Research reveals that connecting to meaning and purpose in life can enhance the ability to persist in spite of challenges (Graber, 2004). College students who report a high sense of meaning are far more likely to persist to graduation, while those with a low or unexplored sense of meaning are more likely to drop out (Makola, 2014). Instructors who encourage the exploration of meaning and purpose using principles of logotherapy will positively impact student engagement and retention, while increasing their own satisfaction.  This presentation will provide a research-based curriculum that is aligned with Purdue Global’s mission to support working adults in the development of academic and professional skills they need to achieve their personal and career goals. 

Audience: Higher Education Administrators, Faculty, Staff 

Track: Student Focus

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