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www.insightintodiversity.com June 2015 $3.99 A Global Education Institutions across the U.S. work together to increase the number and diversify the types of students who study abroad New in This Issue: Community College Spotlight How one community college is leading the conversation on diversity in its own backyard Discover a great place to work! DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP WSU embraces a worldview that recognizes and values the importance of domestic and global diversity, global interdependence, and sustainability. A PLACE TO CALL HOME Washington State University has locations in Pullman, Spokane, the Tri-Cities, Vancouver, and Everett, an online Global Campus accessible worldwide and a presence in all 39 counties in Washington. WSU is a statewide system with a world-wide reach. LAND-GRANT HERITAGE WSU fulfills its mission as the state’s land-grant research university by delivering knowledge and the benefits of research activities to citizens statewide and beyond. Explore career opportunities: wsujobs.com wsu.edu | IN THIS ISSUE | June 2015 Discover a great place to work! Special Report: International and Study Abroad Programs DIVERSITY AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP WSU embraces a worldview that recognizes and values the importance of domestic and global diversity, global interdependence, and sustainability. A PLACE TO CALL HOME Washington State University has locations in Pullman, Spokane, the Tri-Cities, Vancouver, Changing Perceptions: Making Study Abroad and Everett, an online Global Campus accessible 42 an Accessible Dream for All Students worldwide and a presence in all 39 counties in By Rebecca Prinster Washington. WSU is a statewide system with a world-wide reach. A Global Perspective on Higher Education: Breakfast Around the World 25 36 2014-2015 QS World University Rankings Top 50 Jackson State University Offers Virtual Study Abroad LAND-GRANT HERITAGE 26 Students a Passport to the World 38 By Alexandra Vollman WSU fulfills its mission as the state’s land-grant By Alexandra Vollman research university by delivering knowledge Navigating an Institutions Go Beyond Recruitment to and the benefits of research activities to citizens 30 International Education 46 Support and Retain International Students By Nina Rao By Tannette Johnson-Elie statewide and beyond. 11 Steps to Diversifying 34 Explore career opportunities: Study Abroad wsujobs.com By Andrew Gordon On the Cover: Jennifer Thomas travels to Jordan through the U.S./Jordan Young Women with Disabilities Leadership Exchange Program administered by Mobility International USA. Above: LaGuardia Community College student Teresa Pichardo, who is deaf, during a volunteer trip to Ghana wsu.edu insightintodiversity.com 3 | ALSO IN THIS ISSUE | What’s in a Name: Moraine Valley Community College Emphasizes Community 18 Our new Community College Spotlight highlights the diversity and inclusion efforts of U.S. community colleges By Alexandra Vollman 6 Key Actions to Improve Infographic: Community Colleges Institutions’ LGBTQ Commitment Educating Communities 14 and Academic Success 19 By Shane Windmeyer Above: Moraine Valley Community College’s Southwest Education Center 4 June 2015 | In Every Issue | Connecting Diverse Professionals To Diverse Careers TM June 2015 Volume 85 No. 3 In Brief 11132 South Towne Square, Suite 203 St. Louis, Missouri 63123 Diversity and Inclusion News Roundup 314.200.9955 • 800.537.0655 • 314.200.9956 FAX 6 [email protected] [email protected] www.insightintodiversity.com Diversity Visionary Awards ISSN: 2154-0349 © 2015 Potomac Publishing, Inc. 10 This Issue’s Honorees Contacts: Lenore Pearlstein | Publisher Holly Mendelson | Publisher New Directions Alexandra Vollman | Editor Daniel Hecke | Art Director 13 Diversity Leaders on the Move Rebecca Prinster | Senior Staff Writer Editorial Board: Pamela W. Arnold Vicky Ayers CDO Corner Brooke Barnett Kenneth J. Barrett 16 Advancing Diversity Through CDO and SIO Collaboration Edna B. Chun, DM Deborah Dagit By Marilyn S. Mobley, PhD, and David Fleshler, JD Tia T. Gordon Jeffrey W. Larroca, JD 20 Preparing for and Supporting Muslim Students on Campus William Lewis Sr., PhD Frank McCloskey By Brooke Barnett and Jan Fuller Kevin McDonald, JD Julia Méndez Tanya M. Odom Joseph Santana HEED Award Spotlight Shirley J. Wilcher, JD, CAAP Anise D. Wiley-Little Damon A. Williams, PhD 22 Cal State East Bay Focuses on Inclusivity Here and Abroad Shane L. Windmeyer By Rebecca Prinster Contributing writers: Brooke Barnett David Fleshler, JD Careers Jan Fuller Andrew Gordon Tannette Johnson-Elie 49 Job Opportunities Marilyn S. Mobley, PhD Rebecca Prinster Nina Rao Alexandra Vollman Shane Windmeyer The views expressed in the content of the articles and advertisements published in INSIGHT Into Diversity are those of the authors and are not to be considered the views expressed by Potomac Publishing, Inc. Formerly the Affirmative Action Register 22 insightintodiversity.com 5 [ In ] Brief San Marcos Students Look Beyond the Stereotype A poster campaign at California State and Joely Proudfit, associate professor Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War University San Marcos (CSUSM) of sociology and Native studies at veteran, double-amputee, and the first using images to speak out against CSUSM, developed the poster design. Thai member of Congress. Other racial and cultural appropriation sent a In eight scenarios, current CSUSM featured historical figures include Maya powerful message to the public and the minority students are seen tearing up Angelou, Sitting Bull, Dolores Huerta, campus community this spring on the images commonly used to exploit their and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. harmful effects of stereotypes. respective racial or ethnic group. For The posters were on display in The campaign, titled Beyond the example, in one poster, a Vietnamese CSUSM’s Kellogg Library from Stereotype, resulted from conversations American woman tears up a photo February through May and included about the university’s campus climate. of a blonde woman dressed in the interactive displays for students to share Three posters in the CSUSM Beyond the Stereotype poster campaign In 2013, members of a CSUSM Halloween costume of a geisha. instances of microaggressions and to sorority posted pictures of themselves, In addition to illustrating why sign a diversity and civility pledge. dressed as Latina gang members, to stereotypes are harmful, the images CSUSM’s Office of Diversity has social media. A number of Hispanic aim to change perceptions and also begun offering presentations students protested on campus, and assumptions about minority groups and workshops related to Beyond the incident sparked conversations by offering context in the form of the Stereotype, as well as a number on microaggressions, a form of historical minority figures appearing in of curricular modules to facilitate unintended discrimination, and the background of each image, along classroom discussions on cultural cultural appropriation, the exploitative with biographical information. appropriation and microaggressions. adoption of cultural elements of a Across the top of each poster reads, Plans for future poster campaigns will minority group. “There is more to me than what you feature other marginalized groups, The poster campaign was organized, see. Beyond the stereotype there is such as the LGBTQ community, led, and fully funded by the Office of history.” The inclusion of profiles people with disabilities, and people of Diversity at CSUSM, with support of historical figures celebrates the different classes and religions. from the American Indian Student accomplishments of people of different Beyond the Stereotype resources Alliance and other campus entities. racial and ethnic groups. can be found at: csusm.edu/equity/ The California Indian Culture and Behind the Asian American woman, stereotypes/index.html Sovereignty Center at the university for example, is the image of Ladda — Rebecca Prinster 6 June 2015 Buy Your Copy Now! The 2014 This is the first and only national report on leadership capacity and performance focused on the goal of having a truly HEED Award diverse and inclusive learning environment. 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