Spring Semester Updates — Feb. 1, 2024
Spring Semester Updates
Welcome to the spring 2024 semester! Every two weeks, the CEAE JEDI Committee sends this brief email (designed to be read in one minute or less) to the department’s students, staff, research faculty, and faculty on DEI topics. Today’s email is meant to share some reminders and updates as we begin a new semester:
· We encourage you to explore our Inclusive Excellence page, which is full of amazing resources.
· You can view our current initiatives and accomplishments as well as our current members on our committee page.
· We have an Anonymous Feedback Form that is open to all members of the CEAE department. Feedback may include input related to enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion; suggestions on improving classroom experience; or ideas for department events to enhance our knowledge and/or sense of community.
· Join our committee! We invite all students, research faculty, staff, and faculty to be members of our committee. We meet bi-weekly on Thursdays from 2:15-3:15p.m. on Zoom. Email ceae-jedi@colorado.edu if interested.
Today’s Guest Speaker
A reminder that we are hosting a Lunch & Learn today at 12:15 p.m. in ECCE 1B41 and . Dr. Tanya Ennis, the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Research, Creative Work and Innovation, will be presenting the findings from her dissertation: Yearning to Learn: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Black Engineering Students Deciding to Stay or Leave Engineering Majors (biography & abstract attached). We will hear about the impact of a racialized environment and the intertwining of social and academic support through friendship on engineering students’ experiences. All members of the CEAE department are invited to attend and lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.
Best,
CEAE JEDI Committee
Current Members: Aditi Bhaskar (Co Chair), Madison Lane (Co Chair), Karl Linden, Kathy Stutzman, Shideh Dashti, Steve Ayer, Jennifer Scheib, Akash Bhat, Emi Szabo