Want to learn more about what cyber threats are facing the OSU Community and how the OSU Community can help defeat them? Come learn from the OSU Cyber defenders on what they are doing and how the OSU Community plays a key part in protecting the university.
Friday, October 11th, 12:00 -1:00 p.m. PST via Zoom
Part of the FYI Friday program; all faculty and staff are welcome!
Communicating across cultures can be both enjoyable and uncertain. Often, when interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds, we focus on differences between us, instead of considering how we are similar. This training session will highlight four building blocks for understanding effective communication with those who hold different cultural identities from ours.
Workplace conflicts are not uncommon, but they can make us feel uncomfortable and unsure about how to engage. In this workshop, we’ll explore, and practice five key things people can do to help productively manage conflict toward meaningful resolution and even, potentially, new understanding.
Participants will leave with evidence-based strategies -- and a bit of low-stakes experience through practice – to guide their interactions with conflict now and in the future.
Friday, October 25th 10:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. PST. Remote via Zoom
Career Champions is a professional development program designed for faculty and instructors to learn tangible ways to add career connection in the classroom, while advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion and examining the barriers to access for first generation students, students of color, and low-income students.
This course is intended for employees reaching Medicare eligibility and/or Medicare eligible employees losing PEBB health benefits due to retirement, reduced FTE or leaving OSU employment.
The course will provide Information regarding the different parts of Medicare, enrollment timelines, how to enroll in A and B, what is required to enroll and who can provide assistance.
Friday, November 1st 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PST. Remote via Zoom
Part of the FYI Friday Program
October is Open Enrollment! Join us to receive an overview of health benefit options, eligibility, and updates for Open Enrollment.
Friday, October 4th, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PST via Zoom.
Part of the FYI Friday program; all faculty and staff are welcome!
LGBTQIA+ people have always been part of our communities and workplaces; only recently have more LGBTQIA+ people felt safe enough to live and love openly. In spite of cultural and legislative progress, LGBTQIA+ members and colleagues still face bias, frequent harassment in daily life, and discrimination. Organizations that promote diversity, equity and inclusion must be clear that people of all sexual and gender identities, orientations and expressions are valued and welcome.
As our society has become increasingly diverse, more and more organizations have expressed a desire to advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace. An important first step toward this goal is developing an understanding of foundational DEI concepts.
The recent pandemic has caused a massive, sudden shift to remote work for many companies. This shift impacts efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace, both in positive and potentially challenging ways.
Organizations that can successfully diversify their workforces reap a number of rewards. Research links workforce diversity to multiple indicators of employee satisfaction, profitability and financial health. But, if you or your company are seeking to diversify your workforce, the question of how to start can seem overwhelming.
