CPE’s Higher EDquity Webinar to Feature UK Diversity Leaders
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 3, 2020) — Join the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) for the next installment of the popular Higher EDquity Series webinars, Power and Identity 101, at noon EDT Wednesday, Aug. 5.
University of Kentucky diversity leaders Te'Asia Martin and Brian Hamilton will discuss how societal, cultural, interpersonal and individual biases can shape the identities of faculty and students, often leading to both intentional and unintentional oppression. Panelists will also discuss strategies for self-reflection and ideas on how to better serve marginalized populations.
Martin is program coordinator and Hamilton is assistant director of UK's Center for Graduate and Professional Diversity Initiatives.
Participants may submit questions in advance as part of registration.
Registration is available at http://cpe.ky.gov/higheredquity/webinar-080520.html.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.
In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.