Friday, October 4, 2019
Walking directions from the Comfort Suites to registration in our Rector Science Complex.
4:00pm Registration & Welcome Reception – Rector Atrium, Rector Science Complex
Drinks and hors d'oeuvres provided by Dickinson Catering
5:00pm Welcome & Opening Remarks – Stafford Auditorium, Rector Science Complex
Samantha C. Brandauer
Associate Provost and Executive Director, Center for Global Study and Engagement
Dickinson College
Margee Ensign
President
Dickinson College
5:15pm Keynote address – Stafford Auditorium, Rector Science Complex
Amer Ahmed
A frequently requested keynote speaker, facilitator, and consultant, Amer F. Ahmed, Ed.D.
skillfully interweaves diversity, equity, and inclusion work with intercultural frameworks to
cultivate rich and meaningful dialogue with his audiences. He was born and raised in Ohio to
Indian Muslim immigrants, and draws on lived experience, deep theoretical analysis,
and practical application to guide institutions, leadership, and workplaces on a path to
transformative change.
7:00pm DINNER & Conversation – Stern Great Room, Stern Center
Food provided by Dickinson Catering
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Walking directions from the Comfort Suites to conference location in our Stern Center.
[Breakfast on your own]
8:45am Arrival Time – Coffee
9:00am Session 1 – Stern Great Room, Stern Center
Title: “Coming to Terms”
Session Description: We all use different language to talk about issues related to diversity
and inclusion, social justice and equity, and intercultural competence and learning. How
might our language create barriers to collaboration? What are ways we can break free from
traditional narratives?
Facilitators/Presenters:
Andrea Lanoux
Director of the Toor-Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts
Connecticut College
Lieke Schreel
Educational Director
Leiden University College The Hague
Amer Ahmed
Founder and CEO
AFA Diversity Consulting, LLC
10:15am BREAK – Coffee and snacks
10:30am Session 2 – Stern Center (Choose one of two options)
Session 2A – Stern Great Room
Title: "Preparing Students for Navigating Personal Identities during the Off-campus
Study Experience"
Session description:
Many of our students learn to navigate the politics of race and experiences of racism and
identities during their time at our institutions. As the population of off-campus study
students diversifies, so also must our language and processes around the preparation of
students and strategies for how they might negotiate difference during their OCS
experience. In this session, you will hear several perspectives from the home campus as well
as observations from a program provider.
Facilitators/Presenters:
David Tompkins
Associate Professor of History and Director of European Studies
Carleton College
Sue Mennicke
Associate Dean for International Programs
Franklin and Marshall College
Katie DeGuzman
Director, Education Abroad
Dickinson College
Malene Torp
Executive Director
DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia
Session 2B – Stern 102
Title: “Rethinking the Study Abroad/Home Study Dichotomy: Integrating Study Abroad,
Language Preparation, and Global Engagement with an Internationalized Student Body”
Session Description:
Soka University of America has a student body consisting of 43 percent international
students from over 40 different countries. We bridge academic and student affairs with
a co-curriculum designed to foster our institutional mission of developing global citizenship.
In this presentation we will discuss how students experience our Language and Culture,
Study Abroad, and International Studies programs. SUA students are required to take two
years of foreign language followed by a full semester of immersion in a society of their new
language. We will describe our assessment of language acquisition and global engagement.
Finally, we will discuss how SUA looks for new ways to replace the traditional dichotomy of
(foreign) study abroad and (non-foreign) on-campus study with four challenging years of
intercultural learning environments.
Facilitators/Presenters (Soka University of America):
Osamu Ishiyama
Director, Language and Culture Program
Alex Okuda
Director, Study Abroad Program
Bryan Penprase
Dean of Faculty
Ian Read
Director, International Studies Concentration
11:45am BREAK
12:00pm LUNCH
Food provided by Dickinson Catering
1:15pm Session 3 – Stern Center (Choose one of two options)
Session 3A – Stern 102
Title: “Group Dynamics on Site: The New Culture Shock”
Session description:
As education abroad student groups become more diverse, it has become even more
important for faculty and staff to understand group dynamics, conflict resolution, and the
role that they play in supporting students on site. In this interactive session, participants
will share the practices they have developed to prepare faculty and staff for inter- and
intragroup dynamics abroad. In talking through case studies from actual programs abroad,
participants will assemble a toolbox of best practices from the other participants and
facilitators. Given the attendees of this conference, the discussion about faculty and staff
needs and expectations should be rich and give each participant new insight into practices
they could adopt at their institution.
Facilitators/Presenters:
Emily Gorlewski
Associate Director, Study Abroad
Wesleyan University
Mark Lenhart
Executive Director
CET Academic Programs
Session 3B – Stern Great Room
Title: “From Diversity to Inclusion: Putting Rhetoric into Practice”
Session description:
The demographics of our campuses have shifted as we have prioritized diversity in such
areas as student recruiting and faculty/staff hiring. What does this mean for how we teach,
support, mentor and give voice to those who are underrepresented on our campuses? What
lessons have we learned and where are we struggling? This will be an interactive session
that will include student voices, a case study, and an opportunity for audience members to
share their campus experiences.
Facilitators/Presenters:
Susan Rose
Charles A Dana Professor in Sociology and
Director of the Community Studies Center and Mosaics
Dickinson College
Brenda Bretz
Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Inclusivity
Dickinson College
2:30pm BREAK – Coffee and snacks
2:45pm Session 4 – Stern Great Room, Stern Center
Title: “Global Engagement on the Home Campus”
Session Description: Our three panelists will each provide a short and specific window on
the topic of encouraging global engagement on one’s home campus in the U.S., after which
we will engage the rest of the conference participants in dialogue about goals, strategies,
and obstacles on their campuses. Throughout we will pay attention to the linked questions
of how global engagement can be inclusive, and how equity and inclusion efforts can reflect
the priorities of global engagement.
Facilitators/Presenters:
Stephen C. Angle
Director, Fries Center for Global Studies
Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies; and Professor of Philosophy
Wesleyan University
Julia Carnine - "Your Egalité is not my Equal”
Directrice, Dickinson en France
Dickinson College
Demetrius Colvin - "Pluralism and Unity in the Modern University”
Director, Resource Center
Wesleyan University
Kia Lor - “A Global Pathway for Building Intercultural Competence”
Assistant Director, Language and Intercultural Learning
Wesleyan University
4:00pm Conference ENDS
4-5:00pm (Optional) Rwanda Mosaic Photography Exhibit and Reception – Dickinson
Wine & cheese provided by Dickinson Catering