Office Of Social Equity
West Chester University
13/15 University Avenue
West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610-436-2433
Fax: 610-436-3164
You are cordially invited to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s 4th Diversity Summit to be held at Kutztown University on Thursday, September 23 through Friday, September 24. The theme is Crossing Over into a New Decade: The Intersection of Diversity and Changing Economics.
PASSHE university faculty, staff and graduate students will present workshops on practical approaches to highlighting campus diversity in the areas of Disability Services, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex and Allied (GLBTQIA) issues, Multicultural issues and Women‘s issues in a time of diminished fiscal resources.
Calls for Proposals have been extended until Friday, May 14, 2010. Further instructions for those interested in submitting a proposal are attached to this message.
Overnight accommodations have been reserved at Bear Creek Mountain Resort, 101 Doe Mountain Lane, Macungie, PA 18062. Cost for the conference is $82.00 per evening. Reservations can be made by calling 866-754-2822. The reservation code is KU922. Reservations can also be secured online at: http://www.bcmountainresort.com.
Questions and comments you may have in regards to this event can be directed to Claire Van Ens at vanens@kutztown.edu. Summit registration materials and a tentative schedule of events will be forthcoming in the near future.
We hope that you will join us in looking at ways that diversity issues and changing economics intersect on our campuses. Please feel free to forward to anyone within PASSHE who may be interested in this opportunity.