Education and training
The Office of Inclusive Excellence offers professional development opportunities and educational workshops for faculty and staff related to topics of inclusive excellence and intercultural competence. The Office of Multicultural Student Engagement offers programs, events, and workshops designed for students.
Year of Focus
The Office of Inclusive Excellence is involved in the programming of some Year of Focus programs, events, and educational opportunities. One such event is Communicating Through Conflict: Understanding Ourselves and Others. There are separate offerings of this program for faculty/staff and students. The programs are occuring on February 24th and 25th.
Signature Initiatives
Through education and training initiatives we seek to cultivate a campus community that is equitable and inclusive. Some of our key initiatives include but are not limited to:
- Learning & Development Series (L&D Series)
- Juneteenth (Leading up to Juneteenth and during the week of Juneteenth)
- National Day of Healing from Racism
- Community Dialogue Circles
Workshops or training by request
We provide effective and engaging inclusive excellence and intercultural competence workshops by request for faculty and staff within Wayne State schools, colleges, departments, and divisions depending upon availability. Some of the most meaningful workshops are created in partnership and designed specifically for a department or team.
Examples of workshops include:
- Foundations of inclusion
- Values, culture, and leadership
- Fostering deep self-awareness: Exploring our biases
- Identifying and interrupting microaggressions
- Relationships matter: Leading and supervising restoratively
If you have any questions, email diversity@wayne.edu.