Preconference Workshops

Get a head start on your professional development by attending one of the three preconference workshops!

Understanding Higher Education

Sunday, September 25 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

$185 for CUPA-HR Members • $210 for Nonmembers

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This preconference workshop is sold out.
Please email Shiona Christensen at schristensen@cupahr.org to be placed on the waiting list.

Higher education is a unique environment that brings with it unique challenges. Past presidents and past chairs of CUPA-HR’s board of directors have developed full-day workshop specifically for HR professionals who are new to higher education. This preconference program, presented by seasoned higher ed HR leaders, will provide you with the knowledge you need while answering your questions about issues specific to colleges and universities.

Highlights will include:

• An orientation to the history and philosophy of “The Academy.”
• An understanding of the characteristics of higher education and how it differs from the rest of the world of work.
• An explanation of protocols, traditions and vernacular specific to higher education.
• A review of the ways institutions are classified, organized and governed.
• A tutorial on the budgetary and financial aspects of colleges and universities.
• Terms and conditions of employment for administrators and academics.
• A discussion about the future of higher education and how it will affect you.
• Rich resources for continued education and reference.

This is your opportunity to learn from the leaders who have shaped higher education HR across the country. This workshop consistently sells out, so be sure to register early!

Patti Couger, Past President/Chair, CUPA-HR National Board of Directors, CUPA-HR Knowledge Center Content Manager, and former Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, The Texas A&M University System; Allison Vaillancourt, Past President/Chair, CUPA-HR National Board of Directors, Vice President for Human Resources, The University of Arizona

Transforming Higher Education Institutions Using Multicultural Organizational Development (MCOD)

Sunday, September 25 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

$185 for CUPA-HR Members • $210 for Nonmembers

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This session will introduce participants to the concept of multicultural organizational development (MCOD) as a framework for envisioning, directing and sustaining long-term systemic change efforts. Presenters will engage participants to explore the reasons why efforts to effect systemic change in higher education institutions often meet with limited success. Participants will be introduced to an organizational change process that institutional teams can use to assess their organization’s current status; plan and implement change strategies; and evaluate and monitor results. The session will also incorporate the use of various assessments, experiential activities and small group dialogue to provide participants with clear ideas about how to adapt these principles to their own institutions.

During this session, participants will:

• Become familiar with MCOD as a conceptual framework for multicultural change in higher education;
• Identify the stages that organizations move through as they become more multicultural;
• Learn to apply the MCOD model to one’s own institution using assessments and discussion;
• Discover next steps for one’s institution.

This workshop was designed for HR leaders, as well as for HR generalists and others who have responsibility for effecting change in their institutions around issues of diversity and social justice.

Dr. Bailey Jackson, former Dean and current Faculty Member in the Social Justice Education Program in the School of Education, and Dr. Linda Marchesani, Manager of Workplace Learning and Development, both of University of Massachusetts Amherst

Creating Your Own Self-Directed Diversity Education Program Using the Diversity Passport

Sunday, September 25 • 8:30-11:30 a.m.

$135 for CUPA-HR Members • $160 for Nonmembers

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The ability to draw on the best efforts of a wide variety of individuals is crucial to the success of higher education institutions, particularly with an increasingly diverse set of students and faculty. However, data shows that some women and minority groups indicate less supportive experiences in our organizations than other groups, perhaps causing them to withhold valuable contributions.

During this session:

• Find out how to increase the diversity leadership skills that enable respectful interaction with all people — a benefit to each of us regardless of our gender, skin color or background.
• Learn about the details needed to develop a Diversity Passport — an innovative tool for the self-directed diversity education of university community members.
• Overcome the challenge of a “been there, done that” attitude about diversity education and discover how you can add this to your to-do list even during this time of increased workloads and pressure for productivity.

Presenters will provide an update on the expansion of the Diversity Passport program at the University of Michigan and its successful adaptation by other institutions, including passport samples, program implementation outlines and lessons learned as well as dos and don’ts for a successful program. Participants will leave with tangible passport samples, a program development outline and a guidebook for how to implement a similar program at their own institutions.

Catherine Lilly, Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, University of Michigan

Race and Ethnicity Intergroup Dialogue

Sunday, September 25 • 12:30-3:30 p.m.

$135 for CUPA-HR Members • $160 for Nonmembers

Due to the format of this workshop, registration is limited to 15.

When the “Tipping Point” occurred is hard to determine, but it is increasingly clear that colleges and universities that actively and passionately pursue inclusiveness as a driving principle will be better positioned to find, develop and retain talent and engaged people by creating the foundations needed for a supportive work environment and institutional community — essentials for organizational excellence.

Participants in this fast-moving and thought-provoking workshop will learn about and utilize Intergroup Dialogue to go beyond discussion and gain understanding and insight into themselves and their colleagues. Participants will explore individual identity and group membership; issues of commonalities and differences; and conflicts and ways of working together within and across our individual and group identities. While this workshop is mainly focused on race and ethnicity, other intersecting social identities, such as socio-economic class, gender, religion and sexual orientation, will also be explored.

Elaine Brigham, Doctoral Student, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Instructor, Smith College; Tanya Williams, Associate Dean of Students for Diversity and Inclusion, Mt. Holyoke College

The use of the HR Certification Institute Approved Provider seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.