Tuesday, April 18, 2017
8:50 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center
Goal: This conference will provide an opportunity for participants to learn how to build, advance, and
support a diverse faculty and student body by:
- Recognizing personal bias and how it affects teaching and learning
- Implementing change and best practices in the diverse hiring process
- Techniques to make diversity and inclusion an actionable and accountable practice
7:30-8:50 a.m.
Registration, On-site Check-in (Registration Desk – Conference Wing) and Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Area, Deans Hall
8:50-9:00 a.m.
Introduction and logistics: Starlette Sharp, Director of the Millennium Scholars Program, Deans Hall
9:00-9:10 a.m.
Welcome remarks: Dr. Nicholas Jones, Executive Vice President and Provost of Penn State, Deans Hall
9:10-10:00 a.m.
Keynote address: Building a Campus Climate for Diversity
Dr. Sylvia Hurtado (University of California, Los Angeles; Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Deans Hall
10:00-10:40 a.m.
Diversity Lessons from UC Berkley’s Biology Scholars Program
Dr. John Matsui (University of California, Berkeley; Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Deans Hall
10:40-11:00 a.m.
Networking Break
11:00-11:40 a.m.
The Tortuous Road to Faculty Diversity: Research Revealing Realities and New Approaches
Dr. Richard McGee, Jr. (Northwestern University; Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Deans Hall
11:40 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
The Impact of Diversity on Research: Being the Only One and Staying the Course
Dr. George Langford (Syracuse University; Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Deans Hall
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Buffet Lunch and Awards Presentation, Presidents Hall
1:30-2:00 p.m.
Dessert and Poster Session, Presidents Hall
2:00-2:55 p.m.
Concurrent Discussion Sessions
- Beyond Mentoring: Coaching and other Systematic Processes to Maximize Success of All
Dr. Richard McGee, Jr. (Northwestern University), Room 207 - “Program” – a critical conversation about the development of STEM talent
Dr. John Matsui (University of California, Berkeley), Room 208 - Discussion of How Diversity Make Us Smarter
Dr. George Langford (Syracuse University), Room 108 - Intergroup Dialogue and Inclusive Classrooms
Dr. Sylvia Hurtado (University of California, Los Angeles), Deans Hall
3:10-3:50 p.m.
Presenter Panel: Next Steps for PSU: Moving Forward, Deans Hall
3:50-4:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks: Dr. Marcus Whitehurst, Vice Provost for Educational Equity at Penn State, Deans Hall