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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

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The InclusiveVT Summit 2024
Tuesday, August 20.

The InclusiveVT Summit is an annual InclusiveVT Touchpoint event that brings together diversity and inclusion stakeholders across the university to prepare for the upcoming academic year.

This year's Summit is taking an unconference approach.  An unconference is a participant-driven model that focuses on questions and topics generated by the participants around the broad topic of Virginia Tech in the Historical Moment. If you'd like to contribute to the topic in advance of the event, please share your thoughts about what you are thinking. 

Afternoon sessions build on concerns and questions raised during the morning session.

Schedule for the Day

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Morning session: Inn at Virginia Tech Ballroom (livestream available InclusiveVTSummit2024)

Afternoon sessions: Goodwin Hall (zoom available for individual sessions)

 

Time

Activity

9 am 

 Welcome and Opening Remarks from President Tim Sands
 

9:30

 What are we thinking about in this historical moment? 
Table discussions followed by a Plenary
 

10:45

Break

11:00

Lightning Talks: How we are responding across the university, with concluding remarks from Menah Pratt, Vice President for Strategic Affairs and Diversity

12:00

Lunch on your own --> Head over to Goodwin Hall for the afternoon sessions.

2:00

Allyship and the Next Right Thing: Using Your Influence When You Feel Frozen in Place
Goodwin Hall-Room 145

Restorative and Transformative Dialogue in the Time of Division
Goodwin Hall-Room 115

Using Trauma-Informed Pedagogy to Create Community and Belonging in the Classroom
Goodwin Hall-Room 125

Addressing faculty diversification practices in an anti-DEI climate
Goodwin Hall-Room 135

3:30

Planning for the Future: Civic Engagement and Constructive Dialogue
Goodwin Hall-Room 155

Transformational Allies--Leveraging Your Role to Make a Difference
Goodwin Hall-Room 115

Questions? Contact Jeneen Preston at pjeneen7@vt.edu