Diversity: What's In It For My Community?
Nancy "Rusty" Barcel
Friday, 01 Mar 2013 at 12:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Nancy "Rusty" Barcel is the president of Northern New Mexico College and served previously as the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity the University of Minnesota. Once the only Chicana student at the University of Iowa, Barcel has since become one of the nation's most highly respected authorities on equity and diversity in higher education. She speaks regularly about diversity and institutional transformation in universities. The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies named her their 2012 Scholar, a prestigious academic award bestowed by the organization. She has also held administrative positions at the University of Washington and the University of Iowa. Part of the 2013 Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity, ISCORE.Registration is open for the 14th annual Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity, ISCORE, to be held March 1, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., in the Memorial Union.
ISCORE is a comprehensive forum on issues of race and ethnicity at Iowa State and beyond. Students, staff and faculty will provide concurrent sessions, and Dan Robinson, University Professor and director of graduate education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies , will provide the 9:00 a.m. morning address.
www.iscore.iastate.edu/registration/
Cosponsored By:
- ISCORE
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
Sign-ins are after the event concludes. For lectures in the Memorial Union, go to the information desk in the Main Lounge. In other academic buildings, look for signage outside the auditorium.
Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
- Check with Lectures staff before taking photographs or recording any portion of the event. There are often restrictions. Cell phones, tablets and laptops may be used to take notes or for class assignments.
- Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.