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Creating Inclusive Environments for Diverse Religious, Spiritual, and Secular Worldviews
When you hear the word “diversity”, what comes to mind? If you’re like most people, religion wasn’t your first thought, or even your second one at that. We live in a world, work jobs, attend classes, and are a part of organizations that are...Annual Rackham Connect Networking Event
Presenting Rackham Connect’s first annual networking event! Join us for a virtual game night to connect Rackham students and Rackham alumni with friendly competition, networking, and prizes. Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/WJVdV. We want to ensure...Change It Up! © Anti-Black Racism
Change It Up! © Anti-Black Racism is an interactive session where participants will learn about ways their identities can influence how they interact with others, as well as strategies they can start using immediately to navigate some of these interactions when harm...Navigating Difficult Conversations
In this interactive session, Rackham experts in conflict resolution will discuss the ways in which conflict can manifest in our academic and personal spheres and will explore strategies to navigate and address difficult conversations. You will leave with concrete...MORE (FACULTY) Session: Getting Your Mentoring Relationship Off to a Good Start
This workshop helps enhance the mentoring relationship between the student and faculty mentor by facilitating the development of shared expectations. Mentors and mentees work independently in separate sessions to identify their own objectives and styles, and consider...MORE (STUDENT) Session: Getting Your Mentoring Relationship Off to a Good Start
This workshop helps enhance the mentoring relationship between the student and faculty mentor by facilitating the development of shared expectations. Mentors and mentees work independently in separate sessions to identify their own objectives and styles, and consider...Developing DEI as a Critical Skill
In a recently published article, two U-M staff members explore how a Rackham certificate program is contributing to significant learning and student success by training graduate students to work in diverse environments while fostering a climate of equity and inclusivity.
A New Chapter in English Graduate Education
Faculty members and students in the Department of English Language and Literature are working together on initiatives to better prepare students for a wider range of career possibilities.
Recentering Place, Community, and Crisis Through Indigenous Studies
Erin Leary is in the second year of her Ph.D. in the Department of American Culture, researching the intersection of Indigenous studies and climate change. Leary’s (Re)mapping project seeks to recenter Indigenous knowledge through placemaking.