October 21, 2020, Filed Under: SON Events, Student LifeEvent Invitation: ITL Fall Symposium Info and RSVP For faculty, staff, and graduate students (Additionally, Dr. Washington will be hosting a special curated Q&A session for graduate students on Thursday 9/29 at 3:00. Graduate students can sign up to attend and submit questions for Dr. Washington in advance by registering for the Symposium). Please join us for the Faculty Innovation Center’s sixth biannual Inclusive Teaching and Learning Symposium, taking place on October 27 and 29 from 9:00am-12:30pm. The theme for this fall’s symposium is Activating Inclusivity in Learning Environments, and we’ve identified the following guiding questions to center our presentations and keynote speaker around: How does my positionality hinder action or empower me to take action? What tools am I using on campus to take action toward anti-racism? How can I incorporate anti-racism in my learning environments? The Symposium will kick off with a keynote presentation from Dr. Nicki Washington, Professor of Practice of Computer Science at Duke University, and will be followed by a series of one-hour interactive, activating workshops spread over two days. The final schedule will be posted here shortly. Register to receive Zoom links for the Symposium sessions. This symposium is co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, the Women in Engineering Program, the Cockrell School of Engineering, the Department of Computer Science, the Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science, and the College of Natural Sciences. Danica Fulbright Sumpter, PhD, RN Pronouns (she/her/hers) Clinical Assistant Professor Josiah Macy Faculty Scholar Provost’s Teaching Fellow “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” — Desmond Tutu
