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Yellow highlights training tailored to graduate students' needs
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Updated November 2023
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CategoryTraining/ResourceDescriptionDepartment/Unit
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Communication and Expectations: Unclear expectations
Delays with or lack of feedback
Poor communication
Refusing to use or acknowledge trainee’s name, gender identity, pronouns
Intentionally not responding to a trainee, actively avoiding a trainee
Introduction to International Student AdvisingIntended for new or seasoned academic advisors, Graduate Program Coordinators, career counselors, and student services staff who work with international students. It is offered twice a year. February sessions are focused on graduate and professional students.ISSS
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Intercultural Workshop SeriesHelps UMN staff members improve interactions and relationships with international students, staff, and faculty. Not offered in 23/24 academic year. ISSS
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Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus (ICC)Serves as a hub for the rich internationalization efforts across the University of Minnesota system.Global Programs and Strategy Alliance
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Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring 101: For Research Mentors of Graduate Students, Fellows, and Early-Career FacultyCTS101 Administered by: Clinical and Translational Science Institute(Online, self-paced, ~2 hour completion time). This course is designed to help faculty members or other experienced scientists become more effective research mentors for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career faculty. Learners are introduced to different mentoring models, roles that research mentors play in their mentees’ development, strategies for building effective relationships with mentees, and application of these strategies to common mentoring scenarios.Training Hub
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Enhancing Motivation Using the CARES Mentoring ModelCTS100 Administered by: Clinical and Translational Science Institute
(Online, self-paced, ~75 minute completion time). Motivation is a key driver of student and employee engagement, persistence, satisfaction, and performance. This course describes an approach to mentoring that focuses on fulfilling the core psychological needs that enhance a mentee’s motivation. Targeted to faculty who are mentoring students, fellows, or other faculty in academic settings, including research training programs.
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Engaging Globally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms Cohort ProgramSemester-long program, a small group of instructors will come together to learn and support one another in efforts to better engage globally and linguistically diverse students in class.Global Programs and Strategy Alliance
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Support and Resources: Failure to provide resources for success
Unwillingness to implement disability accommodations
Intentionally extending postdoc appointment beyond UMN limits
Fundamentals of Disability Accommodations and Inclusive Course DesignOED201 Administered by: Office for Equity and Diversity
Fundamentals of Disability Accommodations and Inclusive Course Design is comprised of three 20-minute modules: Module 1 - Understanding Disability and Reasonable Accommodations; Module 2 - Providing Reasonable Accommodations for Disability; Module 3 - Inclusive Course Design. This interactive and highly accessible course provides faculty and instructors the opportunity to learn at their own pace and to work through exercises on disability accommodations and inclusive course design.
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Influencing Disability InclusionDD0001 Administered by: UMD Disability Services
Online training for students, staff, and faculty interested in advancing inclusion for people with disabilities.
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Academic Integrity: Scholastic dishonesty/academic misconduct
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Offensive Behavior, Coercion, and Retaliation: Offensive behavior
Verbal abuse, both intentional or unintentional, that ridicules, disparages or humiliates a trainee
Retaliation/threats of retaliation
Coercion (ex. - participation in social activities, performance of personal services, not being allowed to take vacation time)
Resources: The Dignity ProjectOffers resources on building civility, responding to academic incivility, toxic behavior, harassment, etc. Tailored to graduate students.Office for Student Conflict Resolution
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Resources on Advancing Respectful Academic CulturesTools, presentations, readings, and links to other departments and resourcesFaculty & Academic Affairs
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Resources on Campus ClimateLinks to departments on campus for various concerns such as bullying, harassment, discrimination, physical threats/assault, privacy violation, racial profiling, and retaliationOffice for Equity and Diversity
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HIPAA Privacy Training (2023)HIP023 Administered by: Health Information Privacy and Compliance Office
This is the required course for faculty, staff, students, and volunteers who are required to take the University's HIPAA training. The course consists of narrated interactive scenarios to teach you about the policies and procedures the University has implemented to protect the privacy of health information. The training should take approximately 30 minutes to complete and you must view all content for the completion to be reflected on your transcript.
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Egregious Behaviors: Sexual harassment/misconduct
Physical abuse/violence
Discrimination
Aurora CenterOffers workshops upon request on such topics as rape culture; bystander intervention; support; etcAurora Center
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Equity Certificate Hosted Online (ECHO)The Office for Equity and Diversity’s (OED) Education Program offers virtual workshops for University of Minnesota departments, programs, and units, as well as community organizations. The OED Education Program also facilitates the Equity Certificate Hosted Online (ECHO) program. Topics include: Ableism & Disability Justice; Challenging Classism; Gender, Gender Identity, and Sexuality; Race, Racism, and White Supremacy; Religious and Spiritual Identities; Understanding and Addressing Gender-Based Oppression.Office for Equity and Diversity
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Office for Equity & Diversity Education ProgramOffers workshops on such topics as implicit bias in hiring; microaggressions; navigating challenging conversationsOffice for Equity and Diversity
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Diversity: Inclusion in the Modern Workplace (EDU)DHR109 Administered by: UM Duluth Human Resources
In order to expand our education offerings related to Goal 2, UMD has partnered with EVERFI, a community engagement operating system. These online modules focus on critical topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice and are available for students, staff, and faculty at UMD.
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Implicit Bias in the Faculty Search ProcessDHR004 Administered by: UM Duluth Human Resources
Identifying And Challenging Implicit Bias in Faculty Search Committees - Open to any staff or faculty serving on faculty search committees. There is a similar but separate training for the staff search process.
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Minoritization of International StudentsCEI465 Administered by: Center for Educational Innovation
Many international students often come to the U.S. with a limited sense of their own racial identity and undergo some challenges as a new “minoritized” identity is imposed upon them. We will discuss this issue and how we can support international students as they navigate new identities. We will also consider how the institution can support students and more specifically how we can create more inclusive learning environments to reduce the harm caused by discrimination and prejudice.
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Free Resources Offered by Other UniversitiesFree Professional Development CourseFree online course on implicit bias and microagressionsUniversity of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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Equity-Minded Mentoring ToolkitMentoring relationships are critical to scholarly identity development and sense of belonging for graduate students, but the benefits of mentoring can often vary in inequitable ways across social identities such as race, class, and gender. This toolkit was designed to engage mentors in deeper thinking about how mentoring relationships in graduate education can embody equity-mindednessUniversity of Southern California
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Discussion Guide for Equity in Science: Representation, Culture, & the Dynamics of Change in Graduate EducationEquity in Science synthesizes several years of research aimed at advancing what we know about how change happens in STEM courses, departments, and disciplines -- its possibilities, limits, and how it is already occurring in some spaces. This guide is written to encourage reflection, discussion, and action.University of Southern California
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Resources for Supporting Graduate Student WellbeingMental health and wellness; Meditation and mindfulness; Self-care; Managing stress; Resisting the fallacy of unworthiness; Suggested scholarly readings.University of Southern California
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Racialized Gatekeeping Systems: Guidance for Navigation and TransformationThis document distills takeaways and input of 200+ attendees of webinars held by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the NSF INCLUDES Alliance: Inclusive Graduate Education Network (IGEN) in March 2023. In these events, panelists and participants discussed the newest NASEM report Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations.University of Southern California
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