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PROGRAMS & SERVICES

DIVERSITY TRAINING

Throughout the year, we facilitate various workshops that make students aware of their multiple social identities and how they impact their lives inside and outside of the classroom.  In these sessions, students receive hands-on, practical skills for challenging their biases, confronting inappropriate behavior, communicating with people from different backgrounds and working to increase unity and inclusion on campus.  If you are interested in sponsoring or participating in one of our training workshops, contact Mary Larkin, Program Coordinator for the LGBT Resource Center at mlarkin@emich.edu.

L.I.V.E. WELCOME WEEK (Tuesday, September 3 - Friday, September 6, 2013)

L.I.V.E. (Learning Integrity, Valuing Equality) is a series of programs immediately following New Student Orientation designed to engage incoming first-generation students and students of color, assisting with their transition from high school to college.  Our goal is to introduce students to valuable academic resources, faculty and student organizations who can create a network of support to help them persist and graduate.  All events are FREE and open to all EMU students, their parents, alumni, faculty and staff!

Tuesday, September 3, 2013:  L.I.V.E. SHOWCASE, University Park, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

• This annual kickoff event features performing arts student groups, alumni storytellers, steppers and other EMU performers who will present positive messages to welcome and encourage incoming students.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013:  FORUM - "EMU LIFE: TOOLS FOR SURVIVAL", Student Center Ballroom B, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

• Through this forum, students will learn about behavioral pitfalls to avoid so they can stay on the path toward success and graduation!

Thursday, September 5, 2013: FACULTY / STUDENT MIXER, Student Center, Room 310A/B, 2:30 - 5:00 pm

• Students will meet and mingle with faculty and staff of color at EMU who can help them successfully navigate the campus and provide academic opportunities not often afforded to them.

Friday, September 6, 2013:  LASER TAG, Student Center Ballroom A/B, 4:30 - 7:30 pm

• If you love laser tag, inflatable jousting and bouncy houses, this will be the place for you!!  Let off some steam and enjoy all the fun before going to Friday Night at the Movies in the Auditorium!!

For more information about L.I.V.E. Welcome Week, contact Reggie Barnes, Director of Diversity and Community Involvement at (734) 487-6790 or rbarne13@emich.edu.

 

THE BROTHERHOOD INITIATIVE

The BrotherHOOD (Helping Others Obtain Degrees) is a university-wide initiative designed to engage, empower, retain and graduate more males of color at Eastern Michigan University.  Through collaborative partnerships with offices throughout the university, we employ a success-driven approach to help them develop as students and as men instead of addressing deficits and challenges they need to overcome.

Learning Outcomes:  Through participation in the BrotherHOOD Initiative, students will be able to:

• Establish healthy, mutually beneficial relationships, manage interpersonal conflicts effectively and demonstrate appropriately assertive behavior.
• Seek help for academic, financial and other personal challenges and offer assistance to others as needed.
• Articulate and make plans to achieve individual short- and long-term goals and objectives.
• Effectively and coherently communicate through writing and speaking.
• Exhibit self-reliant behaviors necessary to effectively manage their time and personal affairs.

For more information about The BrotherHOOD Initiative, contact Reggie Barnes, Director of Diversity and Community Involvement at (734) 487-6790 or rbarne13@emich.edu.