(1) Call for Facilitators (Institute Wide)
(2) Student Town Hall Recording Available (Students)
(3) E-Course Reserves (Students)
(4) Malden Community Town Hall: Fighting Anti-Asian Racism and COVID-19
– Thursday, May 14 (Institute Wide)
(5) Virtual NECHE Comprehensive Evaluation (Institute Wide)
(1) Call for Facilitators (Institute Wide)
From Dr. Kimberly Truong, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is looking for facilitators for our
Power, Privilege, and Positionality event for new students. Facilitators are expected to monitor a discussion board on D2L and facilitate conversation on June 1, 2:00–3:30 p.m., via Zoom. We have an institutional goal of 75% faculty and staff participation this year. Current students, faculty, staff, alumni, and clinical supervisors who are interested can now
self-enroll. Contact
Kay Martinez or
Kim Truong with any questions.
(2) Student Town Hall Recording Available (Students)
From Ronan Campbell, Office of Student and Alumni Services
The Zoom
recording from the May 11 Student Town Hall Meeting with President Paula Milone-Nuzzo is now available. As a part of this meeting, Provost Johnson shared the CART (Coronavirus Academic Response Team) model that he developed and Denis Stratford, who is leading the IHP’s “return to campus," shared campus planning to date. The President also addressed questions from the class representatives. Recordings from previous Student Town Halls can be found in the
student section of the Institute Coronavirus page.
(3) E-Course Reserves (Students)
From Amanda Tarbet, Office of the Provost
Even though the Bellack Library is closed, a number of our course reserve textbooks are available as e-books.
Browse the list to see if your textbook is available.
Contact Amanda Tarbet with any questions.
(4) Malden Community Town Hall: Fighting Anti-Asian Racism and COVID-19
– Thursday, May 14 (Institute Wide)
From Dr. Kimberly Truong, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Join the Greater Malden Asian American Community Coalition for a conversation with a panel of speakers regarding the recent surge of anti-Asian violence due to COVID-19 and what we can do at this time to combat racism in our community on Thursday, May 14, 6:00–7:30 p.m. Panelists include Dr. Kim Truong, executive director for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Institute, Thomas Tran, student leader at Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy in Malden, Dr. Andrew Leong, long-time activist and professor at UMass Boston, and Dr. Jean Wu, long-time activist and educator.
Register.
(5) Virtual NECHE Comprehensive Evaluation (Institute Wide)
From Joanna Kreisel, Office of the President
The meetings will be held via Zoom, hosted by NECHE. The schedule will be shared out as soon as it is finalized. Over the next month, you will be asked to reengage with the NECHE process in preparation for this evaluation.
