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Date & Time: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: UB North Campus, Center for the Arts
Intended Audience: ALANA is a celebration open to all, but please note that this is a ticketed event, and registration is now closed.
At the conclusion of each academic year, the Intercultural and Diversity Center hosts the ALANA (African, Latinx, Asian, and Native American) Celebration of Achievement, a pre-commencement celebration honoring the achievements of those students who have successfully completed an undergraduate or graduate/professional degree from the University at Buffalo.
The ALANA celebration is an intimate ceremony open to all students, centering around the shared experiences of historically racially underrepresented cultures and includes a Kente Stole to be worn during the celebration.
For more information, please visit the Student Life Website.
Sponsored by: Intercultural and Diversity Center.
The Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC) is committed to supporting all students on campus. By focusing on personal identity, advocacy and other critical issues that are facing society today, the IDC helps students broaden their perspectives and gain a deeper understanding of our ever-changing world. To find out more about their upcoming events, visit the IDC Events Calendar.
Sponsored by: Intercultural and Diversity Center
Date & Time: Thursday, May 29, 2025, 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Location: Zoom (registration requiered)
Intended Audience: Open Event
Join us for a free, one-hour virtual training session designed to enhance your understanding of Native American cultures and histories. This session will provide foundational knowledge to support respectful and informed engagement with Native communities.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/g10M56z-SAyiLA37WngRIA
Presented by Native American Community Services
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Zoom (registration requiered)
Intended Audience: Open Event
This free, three-hour virtual training provides a deeper exploration of Native American Cultural Competency. The session includes a screening of “Unseen Tears”, a moving documentary that examines the legacy and trauma of Indian boarding schools. A guided discussion will follow, offering participants a space to reflect and engage with the material. This session is ideal for professionals and community members looking to build more meaningful, respectful relationships with Native peoples and communities.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IH6PSsFjSVyia8208QKXag
Presented by Native American Community Services
Date & Time: Submit anytime
Intended Audience: UB Students, Faculty and Staff
The University Archives is launching a project to encourage students, faculty and staff to document their personal experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak and contribute them to the University Archives. Students have been impacted by great change to their learning environments, living situations, employment, and social connections. Faculty have adapted the ways in which they deliver course materials and interact with students. Staff have adjusted to changes in their work environments, both at home and on campus, all while coping with momentous change in daily routines, family life, and personal health and safety. By collecting and preserving these perspectives the University Archives supports the research mission of the university, allowing future students, researchers, and scholars to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an undoubtedly transformative event in the history of student life and the academic experience at UB. Visit University Archives webpage for more information.
Sponsored by: University Libraries
These workshops were led by Dr. Anne Etgen, Professor Emerita in the Department of Neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and nationally recognized expert in recruiting and retaining diverse faculty. We encourage this resource for all Department Chairs and faculty who plan to serve on search committees. Below are descriptions of the three workshops. Click here to view them on UB Edge.
Sponsored by: the Office of Inclusive Excellence
Presents evidence that workforce diversity is a driving force for excellence and innovation, and discusses factors that contribute to limiting diversity, including implicit or unconscious bias. Finally, describes evidence-based strategies that can overcome the bias in the faculty search process. Click here to view on UB Edge.
Outlines strategies that facilitate the academic success, promotion and retention of faculty. Topics discussed include strong mentoring programs, faculty cluster hiring (cohort model), activities and resources to reduce isolation, increase community building and networking, and to foster career, research, and professional advancement. Click here to view on UB Edge.
Discusses the role of departmental and institutional climate as a barrier to achieving faculty diversity. Climate comprises people’s shared perception of the quality, fairness and inclusivity of the environment in which they work. Improving departmental and institutional climate, with clear signals from leadership that diversity, equity and inclusion are core values, can enhance the work environment for all members of the academic community. Click here to view on UB Edge.