UC Business Professor a Catalyst for Diversity

From UC News:

UC Business Professor a Catalyst for Diversity

Hall of fame induction to recognize role in The PhD Project.

Date: 10/2/2012 12:00:00 AM
By: Judy Ashton
Phone: (513) 556-7162

   

Ralph Katerberg

For helping to create diversity in academia, Professor Ralph Katerberg will be inducted into The PhD Project Hall of Fame.

Katerberg, head of the Department of Management in the Carl H. Lindner College of Business, is among three professors being inducted into the award-winning program whose mission is to expand diversity in corporate America by increasing diversity of business school faculty. Professors Carolyn Callahan, University of Memphis, and Thomas Lopez, University of Alabama, will also be installed at the organization’s annual conference November 14-16 in Chicago.

Founded in 1994, The PhD Project began as a way to attract under-represented minorities (African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans) to business school doctoral programs. KPMG Foundation is a founding member and principle funder of The PhD Project.

Katerberg has been instrumental in helping the organization achieve its mission by serving as a conference keynote speaker, reviewing conference applicants and representing the doctoral program at UC’s Lindner College of Business. He also offers guidance to the organization as it evolved throughout the years.

Katerberg says he appreciates having been a part of The PhD Project from the beginning.

“I have been blessed to be associated with the visionary leaders whose systemic approach to addressing diversity is changing the face of business education,” he says.

Since its inception, The PhD Project has increased minority business professors from 294 to 1,158. Currently 374 minorities are currently enrolled in doctoral programs around the country and will join faculty in business schools over the next few years.

The Hall of Fame began in 2011 to recognize those who, through leadership, have inspired and served as mentors.

New Spring Semester Course: Foundations of Service Learning and Civic Engagement (SLCE2019)

From the UC Center for Service Learning & Civic Engagement:

A new online course is being offered this spring semester: Foundations of Service Learning and Civic Engagement (SLCE2019).

SLCE2019 (call number 706542, Division of Professional Practice and Experiential Learning) will cover the history, philosophy, and foundations of Service Learning and Civic Engagement. In this class, students will learn how to connect their passions and skill sets to the service of others and will have the opportunity to network with some of the most gifted servant leaders in the world. In addition to interacting with a very wide range of people, both locally and globally, students will:

• Participate in "hands-on learning" by working alongside fellow student-leaders
• Create an electronic portfolio to showcase their learning, service, and work
• Build their professional network by working with community servants and civic leaders
• Learn about leveraging social networks for the service of others

Click HERE and/or email SL@uc.edu for more detailed information.

Humanity in Action Fellowship - Applications due Jan 10th!

Recommended via SJTI listserv:

The Humanity in Action Fellowship

Program Dates
May 31 to June 30, 2013: Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris and Warsaw

Eligibility
Students and recent graduates from universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States

APPLY

Intensive and demanding, the Humanity in Action Fellowship brings together international groups of university students and recent graduates to explore national histories of discrimination and resistance, as well as examples of issues affecting different minority groups today.

Each program is highly interdisciplinary and features daily lectures and discussions with renowned academics, journalists, politicians and activists, as well as site visits to government agencies, non-profit and community organizations, museums and memorials. The programs seek to highlight different models of action to remedy injustice.

The objective of the Humanity in Action Fellowship is to facilitate a collective exploration of the social and political roots of discrimination, as well as to provide a forum where potential solutions to some of today's most challenging issues can be considered and discussed. The programs are also intended to instill a responsibility among Humanity in Action Fellows to recognize and address the need to protect minorities and promote human rights—in their own communities and around the world. 

See the 2012 Fellowship Curriculum » 

Shades of You Invites You to Sign Halloween Pledge!

From Shades of You:

October is finally upon us, and you know what that means... cute boots, warm apple cider and HALLOWEEN!!!

Halloween is a time for us to be creative, think outside of the box and most importantly HAVE FUN. However, many women take this day as an opportunity to roam around scantily clad, revealing all of their goodies!!

This Halloween season, the ladies of Shades of You are sponsoring a "Halloween Pledge". We are asking that young women take a pledge against dressing promiscuously for Halloween and instead use their creativity to generate cute, classy and fun Halloween costumes! Remember ladies we are SO much more than our bodies!!!

If you would like to take our pledge, please send your name and year to ShadesofYou@gmail.com. This will serve as a "virtual signature". We will also be taking signatures at our next program! After Halloween, send us pictures of your costume and we'll make a display of the women choosing to stand out and make positive choices!

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @Shades_Of_You , for information about upcoming programs, community service opportunities, etc. We follow back!! 

Dragula Drag Show & Halloween Party - Oct 26th!

Via the UC LGBTQ Center:

Dragula
Drag Show & Halloween Party

Friday, October 26th
St. John's UU Church
320 Resor Ave in Clifton
Adults $10, Students $5

Doors open at 7:30,  Show starts at 8:00
Party with music and dancing until 11:00
Raffle tickets available for great prizes
Costume optional
An alcohol-free event

Be yourself.
BGLQT and straight allies of all ages are welcome.

Proceeds help fund St. John's and their trip to Transylvania

CCM's Studio Series Presents "The Laramie Project" This Fall - Free Showings!

From UC News:

CCM's Studio Series Presents 'The Laramie Project' This Fall

The Department of Drama will also host a free play-reading series and symposium from Oct. 15-19, exploring other touchstones of the American gay canon of dramatic literature.

Date: 10/3/2012 12:00:00 AM
By: Curt Whitacre
Phone: (513) 556-2683

   

Alumnus Rick Coons.

Later this fall, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) Studio Series proudly presents The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project. As a lead-in to this powerful production, CCM’s Department of Drama will also host a unique play reading series and symposium from Oct. 15–19, exploring other cultural touchstones of the American gay canon of dramatic literature. These events are intended for mature audiences.

Directed by drama department chair Richard E. Hess, The Laramie Project brings to life on stage the facts surrounding the death of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student whose brutal murder shocked the country in 1998. Kaufman and members of his theatre company traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, to conduct 200 interviews with the residents of the town. The result is a powerful dramatization of the murder, investigation and subsequent convictions – a sobering look into how hate is born and nurtured in the back streets of a friendly American town. The Laramie Project runs Nov. 29–Dec. 1 in UC’s Cohen Family Studio Theater. Admission is free, but reservations are required. Performance times are:

• 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29
• 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30
• 2 & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1

From Oct. 15–18, CCM will also present a week-long play reading series celebrating other hallmarks of gay-themed dramatic literature. This series will close with a special symposium on Oct. 19 entitled “Storytellers, History Makers and Revolutionaries: The LGBT Story.” This symposium will be moderated by UC alumnus Dr. Rick Coons, who completed his BFA in Drama in 1999. When CCM presented the regional premiere of Angels in America in 1998 and 1999, Coons played Prior Walter in both parts of the production.

The play reading series will feature:

• Oct. 15: The Normal Heart (1985) by Larry Kramer
• Oct. 16: Angels in America, Pt. 1: Millennium Approaches (1993) by Tony Kushner
• Oct. 17: Angels in America, Pt. 2: Perestroika (1993) by Tony Kushner
• Oct. 18: Sons of the Prophet (2011) by Stephen Karam

Each reading begins at 7 p.m. in room 4755 of UC’s Corbett Center for the Performing Arts and is free and open to the public.

“Storytellers, History Makers and Revolutionaries: The LGBT Story” will be presented in Patricia Corbett Theater at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19.

About Rick Coons
Dr. Rick Coons received his master's degree in clinical psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles with an emphasis in LGBT psychology. From there, he continued in the clinical psychology program at the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles and received his doctorate in clinical psychology with an emphasis in multicultural and community psychology. His doctoral project examined the relationship between heterosexism as a form of sexualized abuse on a cultural level and the impact it has on gay male sexual behavior.

Dr. Coons has worked as a therapist in several community health centers including AIDS Project Los Angeles, AIDS Service Center, Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, South Central Training Consortium, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Division of Adolescent Medicine-High Risk Youth Program and Clearview Addiction Treatment Programs providing individual, couples and group psychotherapy.

Admission
Admission to The Laramie Project is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at 12 noon on Monday, Nov. 26 – visit the CCM Box office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order. This production contains mature subject matter.

All installments of the Oct. 15–19 play reading series and symposium are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.

Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.

Diversity Topics Now Accepted for March Conference

From UC News:

Diversity Topics Now Accepted for March Conference

The 2013 UC Diversity Conference seeks thought-provoking programs. Early registration has begun.

Date: 10/8/2012 12:00:00 AM
By: Greg Hand
Phone: (513) 556-1822

   Planners for the University of Cincinnati Diversity Conference are looking for though-provoking presentations for the March 27 event.

"To make this event great community collaboration, we are seeking thought-provoking interactive workshop presentations and stimulating panel discussions," said Mitchel D. Livingston, UC's Chief Diversity Officer. "We welcome proposals from all interested faculty, students, staff, administrators and area professionals who practice and value being a diversity leader."

The 5th Annual University of Cincinnati Diversity Conference will be held March 27, 2013. 

"This conference is designed to highlight pedagogy, experiential knowledge and innovative practices that encourage individuals and organizations to build vibrant, diverse and inclusive environments," said conference Co-Chair Lisa H. Newman.

Newman said there organizers are planning for four concurrent sessions with eight to 10 presentations with flexible formats that may include more than one presenter.  Each session will be one hour and fifteen minutes in length.

Further details are available at the conference web site.

Early registration for the Diversity Conference at reduced rates is also available though the conference web site.