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Northeastern Pennsylvania Diversity Education Consortium's Programming Schedule for the fiscal year 2003-2004:



  • September 4, 2003 Consortium Social Wilkes University 10pm-2am
    This Social provides a network for students in the eight colleges/universities that participate in the Consortium.

  • September 10, 2003 Diversity Awareness Training Penn State Wilkes-Barre 8:30am-4pm
    Presenters: Linda Trompetter, Ph.D., President of NEPDEC and Arthur Breese, M.S., Director of NEPDEC. This workshop is designed to teach the benefits of managing and valuing diversity and the misconceptions about it in the workplace. The workshop is highly interactive and participants will engage in active dialogue.

  • September 17, 2003 Minority Career Day and College Fair University of Scranton 7pm
    This fair is designed to recruit and retain local minority students on each of our campuses.

  • September 24, 2003 Minority Career Day and College Fair Wilkes University 7pm
    This fair is designed to recruit and retain minority students on each of our campuses.

  • October 2, 2003 Advantages to Employers who Encourage Diversity Procter & Gamble 8:30am-12pm
    Presenter: Thomas Juul, Ph.D., Instructional technology Director at Thorton Township High School District. This presentation will explore the implications to organizations that encourage diversity among their employees. The presenter will use his dissertation work on the relationships of degree of openness of self identified gays and lesbians to stress and job satisfaction.

  • October 22, 2003 The Classroom Avenger Misericordia University 8:30am-12pm
    Presenter: Phillip Trompetter, Ph.D., Police and Forensic Psychologist. The workshop will present the findings of the U.S. Secret Service, show law enforcement the value of patrol planning for an active shooter, and help educators understand what risk markers they might anticipate and offer ideas for an early warning system. The audience is law enforcement personnel and educators.

  • October 24, 2003 King Gimp , Art Exhibit Wilkes University: Frank M. & Dorothy Henry Student Center Ballroom 7pm
    Presenter: Professor Stuart Stein, Towson University. This is a showing of both the Academy Award-winning documentary 'King Gimp' and the paintings of Danny Keplinger, a student artist with cerebral palsy. ProfessorStein worked with Mr. Keplinger.

  • October 31, 2003 and November 1, 2003 College and High School Leadership Conference Keystone College 8:30am-3:30pm
    Presenters: Linda Trompetter, Ph.D., President of NEPDEC, Arthur Breese, M.S., Director of NEPDEC and J.W. Wallace, M.A., Senior Director of Diversity Initiatives for the University of Pittsburgh. This workshop is for high school and college students in the Consortium. The participants will attain leadership skills to utilize in a multicultural, pluralistic society.

  • November 18, 2003 Are We Talking the Same Language? Cross Cultural Communication Skills University of Scranton 8:30am-12pm
    Presenters: James Calderone, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Social Work at College Misericordia and Arthur Breese, M.S., Director of NEPDEC. The way we communicate varies widely between, and even within, cultures. This workshop is designed to look at fundamental patterns of cultural differences in communication styles, to understand our own cultural frames of reference, and to recognize these patterns. Participants will attain an appreciation of these differences and an acknowledgement that they are real. PREREQUISITE: Diversity Awareness Training.

  • January 22, 2004 Consortium Social King's College 10pm-2am
    This social provides a network for students in the eight colleges/universities that participate in the Consortium.

  • January 27, 2004 Adding Class to the Mix Blue Cross Wilkes-Barre 8:30am-4:30pm
    Presenter: Cristine Clifford Cullinan, Ph.D., Training and Staff Development Administrator at the University of Oregon and the principle curriculum designer. This workshop is designed to explore the issues of socio-economic class and status and how they overlap and intertwine with issues of color, ethnicity, and the social construction of race. Participants will engage in exercises to explore these issues and will discuss how to use the information in their organizations.

  • February 9, 2004 Race: The Power of an Illusion University of Scranton 8:30am-12pm
    Presenters: James Calderone, Ed.D. Associate Professor of Social Work at College Misericordia, Ken Pidcock, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, Chemistry and Health Sciences at Wilkes University, Alika Hope Bryant, Director of the Office of College Diversity at King's College, and Arthur Breese, M.S., Director of NEPDEC. This workshop will challenge one of our most fundamental beliefs that race is a biological construct. Participants will gain an understanding of the biological vs. social construct of race and why race is still an issue in our country.

  • March 17, 2004 Gender Issues Penn State Worthington 8:30am-12pm
    Presenters: Linda Trompetter, Ph.D., President of NEPDEC and Arthur Breese, M.S., Director of NEPDEC. This workshop will help participants understand that men and women are taught to behave and communicate differently. Participants will learn some of the "Invisible Rules" each culture uses to define appropriate adult behavior and learn methods to improve communication between genders.

  • April 13, 2004 The Truth About Affirmative Action L.C.C.C. 8:30am-2:30pm
    Presenter: Keith Boykin, Graduate of Harvard Law School and former Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton. This session will provide a theoretical explanation and rationale for the use of affirmative action in education and in the workplace. Boykin will share information about the historical complexity of the policy and dispel the myth and misinformation.

  • April 22, 2004 Diversity Awareness Training Prudential Investments 8:30am-4pm
    Presenters: Linda Trompetter, Ph.D., President of NEPDEC and Arthur Breese, M.S., Director of NEPDEC. This workshop is designed to teach the benefits of managing and valuing diversity and the misconceptions about it in the workplace. The workshop is highly interactive and participants will engage in active dialogue.

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