This training is designed to inform OSU employees of the University's policies and processes regarding accommodation and accessibility. Available upon request only. To request this training, submit a Training Request Form through EOA’s website.
The FYI Friday lineup consists of a variety of campus partners presenting brief, one-off, awareness- or foundational skill-building topics of interest to a wide audience. Weekly sessions are available to all Oregon State University students, faculty and staff - and there is no cost to attend. Presented on Fridays, Fall through Spring.
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The Search Advocate Community of Practice (CoP) is a monthly meeting for those who have already completed Search Advocate Foundations series. Trained advocates come together to discuss challenges, share strategies, and co-create the OSU Search Advocate program. Three CoP meetings during the academic year fulfill the annual search advocate continuing education requirements for eligibility.
This workshop is a deeper dive into remote and face-to-face interviews in the search and selection process. For current search advocates, the session will provide one unit of the three required units of continuing education.
This workshop explores the nature and organizational implications of individual worldviews. In addition to exploring the theory of worldview psychology and commonly associated negotiations in diverse teams, participants will practice interpersonal communication skills which attend to and mitigate intercultural complexities.
This is an interactive, multimodal workshop that utilizes individual reflection and group activities.
This workshop explores the theory and practice of equity literacy as a strategy for organizational change. To understand the foundations of equity literacy, participants will apply equity literacy skills through collaborative case analysis. Together, participants will grow their dynamic and adaptive skill sets to respond to organizational inequity.
This is an interactive, multimodal workshop that utilizes group work and case-based learning.
This workshop explores what it means to belong and how we can lead organizational change to facilitate a greater sense of belonging among diverse constituents. Participants will explore conceptual frameworks to better understand the dimensions and nuances of belonging, and do so in a manner which attends to systems of power and privilege. Participants will examine the tensions between individual assimilation and organizational transformation and consider their own sphere of influence in leading change.
This is an interactive, multimodal workshop that utilizes group work.
Participants will work together to establish shared knowledge, skills, and values for intergroup communication and collaboration. In so doing, participants will build relationships, practice dialogue, and prepare for pressing institutional and disciplinary diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges. Participants will explore foundational concepts for critical dialogic practices, explore multiple listening skills frameworks and practices listening and share with care, vulnerability, humility, and generosity.
This workshop raises participants’ consciousness to contemporary Queer and Trans issues in higher education. Participants will be challenged to broaden and complicate their understandings of gender and sexuality. Participants will also investigate the interdependent systems of oppression which sustain inequities for Queer and Trans people. Participants will also be equipped with skills and resources to develop their capacity to engage in solidarity with Queer and Trans people.
This workshop is a continuing education update for those who have completed the Search Advocate Foundations initial workshop series and will meet the requirements for them to remain eligible to serve in that role for another year. Content changes each year, but typically introduces new tools, reinforces recommendations for advocates, and provides a forum for practice and for addressing current questions.
