Prof. Katherine W. Phillips, engaged in discussion with University at Buffalo students during the Center for Diversity Innovation mentoring dinner. Photo: Nancy Parisi
Prof. Katherine W. Phillips and non-camera-shy attendees at the mentoring dinner. Photo: Nancy Parisi
October 17, 2019
Prof. Katherine Phillips shared remarks and engaged in Q&A with approximately 50 UB students during a mentoring dinner, sponsored by the UB Center for Diversity Innovation.
October 17, 2019
The Center sponsored a campus-wide presentation by renowned diversity scientist Prof. Katherine Phillips (Columbia University). Prof. Phillips shared the voluminous empirical evidence demonstrating how diversity enables individuals, groups and organizations to achieve higher performance. The event, attended by over 200 faculty, staff, administrators and students, was following by a reception in the Center for the Arts.
June 10, 2019
The Center is a co-sponsor and workshop provider at the Buffalo Niagara Partnership’s diversity conference, scheduled for June 10, 2019.
June 4, 2019
An open conversation on Campus Diversity presented by Professional Staff Senate’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee
This event will incorporate inclusive excellence by:
May 10, 2019
The Center for Diversity Innovation served as a co-sponsor of the UB Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness conference, “Lead Together: Building Inclusiveness in Today’s World.” Dr. Maura Belliveau, Director of the Center, also provided two workshops for participants.
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Buffalo Room
10 Capen Hall
Luncheon
11:15 a.m. — 12 p.m.
Workshop
12 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
Open to All UB Faculty
Historically, mentoring relationships have been based on connections offering higher levels of similarity. What happens when similarity is not there? How do we mentor across dimensions of difference?
In this participatory session, Blake-Beard will share her research and experience to explore how mentoring relationships offer an opportunity to address unconscious bias. In this seminar, participants will work through a series of questions:
Stacy Blake-Beard, PhD, is a renowned scholar, consultant, speaker, mentor and coach. She is currently the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair of Women and Leadership at the Simmons College School of Management. She holds a MA and a PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on mentoring relationships, with a focus on mentoring across difference.
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Buffalo Room
10 Capen Hall
3:15 p.m.
Snacks and beverages
Workshop
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Students with access to mentoring relationships are more academically successful and develop a stronger sense of professional identity. The ability to build and maintain effective mentoring relationships is a core leadership competency. But effective mentoring relationships don’t just happen—there are skills and strategies for successfully creating and leveraging mentoring relationships.
In this workshop, we will delve into the following:
Stacy Blake-Beard, PhD, is a renowned scholar, consultant, speaker, mentor and coach. She is currently the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair of Women and Leadership at the Simmons College School of Management. She holds a MA and a PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on mentoring relationships, with a focus on mentoring across difference.