Higher Level is a training series designed to empower the Mountaineer Family to take ownership of the role each of us plays in promoting an inclusive campus culture. DEI's inaugural five-part sequence will address recognizing the effects of implicit bias.
The first of this five-session sequence will give an overview of implicit bias and demonstrate how even those with the best of intentions can allow inherent assumptions to cloud their judgement.
Later sessions will focus on how identity – specifically disability, race/ethnicity, and gender and LGBTQ+ identities – affects attempts to be fair and impartial.
Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions in the sequence.
Current opportunities to attend Session One: What is Implicit Bias?
• Feb. 21: 9-11 a.m., College of Law Event Hall, (FULL)
Hosted By: WVU College of Law
• Feb. 24: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Mountainlair – Rhododendron Room
• Feb. 24: 2-4 p.m., Advanced Engineering Research Building – Room 120
• Feb. 25: 3-5 p.m., Health Sciences Center – Wigner Suite HSCN 1120A
Hosted by: School of Pharmacy
• Feb. 26: 9-11 a.m., Mountainlair – Rhododendron Room
• Feb. 27: 2-4 p.m., Engineering – (Building and Room TBD)
Hosted by: Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources
• Feb. 28: 9:30–11:30 a.m., Martin Hall, (FULL)
Hosted by: Reed College of Media
• Feb. 28: Noon-2 p.m., Health Sciences Center – HSCN G119A
Hosted by: WVU School of Medicine – Basic Science
• March 2: 1-3 p.m., Health Sciences Center – (Room TBD)
Hosted by: School of Public Health
• March 5: 3-5 p.m., B&E Dean’s Boardroom – Suite 443
Hosted by: Chambers College of Business & Economics
Additional sessions may be added.
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