Webinars & Roundtables
This is an elective course in the ACUI SafeZone program and is meant for those who have already completed the ACUI SafeZone Foundations. It will continue to build upon the foundation developed by the Introduction course to help individuals better understand how to ally with those who are members of the gender and sexual minority community. It will include tips on how to ally yourself with the community and will utilize various resources to engage participants, including videos, scenarios, and discussion. Individuals will end the session by making a SMART goal to prove that allying is not just an identity but is an action.
Note: Each of the three SafeZone Works Series programs is eligible for 1.5 certification CE credits in the Social Justice domain. If you attend all three SafeZone workshops, you will earn a special digital credential you can use in your resume, social media, or online portfolio.
About the Presenter
Caleb Eubanks currently serves as the union marketing and communication manager for the Elliott Student Union at University of Central Missouri. He received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and a Master of Science in college student personnel from Arkansas Tech University. Prior to his work at Central Missouri, he was involved with diversity and inclusion initiatives, LGBTQ+ education, event planning, and storytelling. Eubanks also serves as the inclusivity coordinator for ACUI Region II and is the LGBTQIA+ Community of Practice leader.
Registration Details
- Individual at Premium, Full, or Digital Tier Member Campus: Free
- Nonmember – $50
Each person who wants access to event or resources following event should register individually. Members must be associated with the correct campus account to receive the $0 rate, where applicable; please contact acui@acui.org with questions or issues.
Join us for this Information/Welcome Desk Roundtable, where we will discuss topics such as student training around interpersonal skills, the need for interpersonal skills, removing information/welcome desks, and scope of work for students.
Registration Details
- Individual at Premium, Full, or Digital Tier Member Campus: Free
- Nonmember – $50
Each person who wants access to event or resources following event should register individually. Members must be associated with the correct campus account to receive the $0 rate, where applicable; please contact acui@acui.org with questions or issues.
Let’s talk about art! Does your union have an art collection? Are you considering or reconsidering the artwork in your union? Join us for this informative program to learn about art collections and protecting the art on your campus.
Registration Details
- Individual at Premium, Full, or Digital Tier Member Campus: Free
- Nonmember – $50
Each person who wants access to event or resources following event should register individually. Members must be associated with the correct campus account to receive the $0 rate, where applicable; please contact acui@acui.org with questions or issues.
This workshop is offered in part of the ACUI SafeZone program and is considered one of the elective courses. The focus of the workshop is centered around the transgender or trans community as part of the larger LBTQIA+ community. In this workshop, participants will learn specifics surrounding key terms and phrases, historical information surrounding the community, a global look at gender in other cultures, and discussion of current issues. Additionally, participants will be able to take away some key aspects of being a trans ally. A prerequisite for this workshop is the SafeZone Foundations course.
Note: Each of the three SafeZone Works Series programs is eligible for 1.5 certification CE credits in the Social Justice domain. If you attend all three SafeZone workshops, you will earn a special digital credential you can use in your resume, social media, or online portfolio.
About the Presenter
Caleb Eubanks currently serves as the union marketing and communication manager for the Elliott Student Union at University of Central Missouri. He received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and a Master of Science in college student personnel from Arkansas Tech University. Prior to his work at Central Missouri, he was involved with diversity and inclusion initiatives, LGBTQ+ education, event planning, and storytelling. Eubanks also serves as the inclusivity coordinator for ACUI Region II and is the LGBTQIA+ Community of Practice leader.
Registration Details
- Individual at Premium, Full, or Digital Tier Member Campus: Free
- Nonmember – $50
Each person who wants access to event or resources following event should register individually. Members must be associated with the correct campus account to receive the $0 rate, where applicable; please contact acui@acui.org with questions or issues.
Virtual Workshops
Resilience in the Face of Resistance | October 3, 2–3:30 p.m. Eastern
Do you feel resistance as you balance professional expectations and personal goals? Building resilience is necessary to respond effectively to unexpected challenges. Find the bounce back to move forward and manage work, family, and life demands by attending this 90-minute workshop. Our speaker, Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew, adjunct professor at Tulane University, will help you recognize the power of your personal narrative and how to use the value of your social capital to regain resilience in the face of resistance.
Early (through August 31)
- Individual at Premium or Full Tier Member Campus: $125
- Nonmember/Individual at Digital Tier Campus: $150
Regular (September 1–29)
- Individual at Premium or Full Tier Member Campus: $175
- Nonmember/Individual at Digital Tier Campus: $210
Objectives
This workshop will focus on five key areas that will help you build resilience:
- Understanding the power of our narratives
- Working our muscles; what is resilience?
- Change brings change; dealing with transition
- Extending empathy to ourselves and others
- Lessons we can learn from this season
About the Presenter
Froswa’ Booker-Drew, Ph.D., is a network weaver who believes relationships are the key to our personal, professional, and organizational growth. She has been quoted/featured in Forbes, Ozy, Bustle, Huffington Post, Modern Luxury, and other media outlets, due to an extensive background in leadership, nonprofit management, philanthropy, partnership development, training, and education. She is the CEO of Soulstice Consultancy, LLC, providing DEI, leadership training, community engagement strategies and philanthropic/partnership guidance for institutions and the CEO of R2 Foundation (Restoration and Reconciliation Foundation), providing support for Black-led nonprofits.
Froswa’ graduated with a Ph.D. from Antioch University in leadership and change with a focus on social capital, diverse women, change management, and relational leadership. She attended the Jean Baker Miller Institute at Wellesley for training in relational cultural theory and has completed facilitator training on immunity to change based on the work of Kegan and Lahey of Harvard. She has also completed training through UNICEF on equity-based evaluations. Booker-Drew is currently an adjunct professor at Tulane University in the Master of Public Administration Program, teaching the course governance, leadership, and sustainability and is an affiliate faculty member at the Graduate School of Leadership and Change, Antioch University. She has also been an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas–Dallas, the University of Texas–Arlington, and Capital Seminary and Graduate School.
Thought Leadership Events
Thought leadership events bring in experts from outside of higher education to share information on industry best practices, trends, or research that assists college union and student activities professionals to do their work on campus.
Triaging Our Talent | July 11
Triaging Our Talent: Recruiting and Retaining through Positive Leadership | July 11, 1–2 pm. Eastern
Colleges and universities are not immune to The Great Resignation, with one startling and troubling difference: across campuses, colleagues are leaving their jobs and moving into professions outside of higher education. What can leaders do to stop this
hemorrhage of talent? What we do know is that 2019 thinking won’t work in 2023. This session will explore the ways we can support our employees and help them continue to thrive in higher education—and what we can do to dissuade them from
leaving.
This session will be presented by Jaime Hunt, vice president of university communications for strategic communication and marketing at Old Dominion University.
Transformation has been a hallmark of Jaime Hunt’s career. In her more than 18 years working in higher education, Hunt has proven herself to be a strategic, entrepreneurial, and innovative leader. Advancing higher education communications and marketing and—as she says—“busting silos” to achieve business objectives are her passions.
Prior to joining the ODU family in 2022, she served as vice president and chief communications and marketing officer at Miami University (Ohio) and vice chancellor for strategic communications and chief marketing officer for Winston-Salem State University. She has also served in public relations, marketing, digital strategy, and media relations leadership roles at three other institutions.
Hunt is a prolific thought leader with regular columns in Forbes, VoltEDU, and Inside Higher Ed and is the host of a popular podcast on the Enrollify network: Confessions of a Higher Ed CMO with Jaime Hunt. She believes a rising tide lifts all boats and strives to help her colleagues join her in maturing their communications and marketing operations.
Registration Details
- Premium or Full Tier Member Campus Pass: $199*
- Individual at Digital Tier Campus: $99
- Nonmember: $99
*A campus pass means that once the first person secures a campus registration, anyone else on campus can then register for $0 to receive resource access. Each person who wants access to event or resources following event should register individually. Members must be associated with the correct campus account to receive the $0 rate; please contact acui@acui.org with questions or issues.
Members of your campus community can easily create a website login:
- Go to acui.org
- Click on “My Account” in the upper right-hand corner of the page
- Click “Get Started” under “New Member? Forgot Your Password?”
- It will then prompt them to enter their email.
- If it says their email is already in the system, this means they already have an account. They can email acui@acui.org if they need help accessing it.
- If it says their email is not in the system, then they can proceed with creating a profile.
- There will be a place to enter their Affiliated Account. This is where they will enter the campus name to get linked to the membership and benefits.
Premium and Full Tier members may use Thought Leadership credit toward this event. Find out more.
Uncovering Accent Bias | July 25
Uncovering Accent Bias | July 25, 10 a.m. Eastern
Biases can persist and be very subtly conveyed, whether consciously or unconsciously. There can be a great variety of consequences that come with these biases we carry. “Uncovering Accent Biases” is founded on the basis of Ilana Torres’
discoveries during her work on accent biases in children and adults and will provide an overview of the different environments in which accent biases arise, from media to the court system, in both children and adults, and possible solutions to honoring
varieties in accents and cultures while compassionately uncovering your own biases. We will discuss advocacy and ethical practices in social justice, human resources, and student learning.
This session will be presented by Ilana Torres, interpreter coordinator for the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania.
Approach," in the Linguistic Society of America’s Experiments in Linguistic Meaning on the topic of pronoun use in image-text presentations within online discourse.
Registration Details
- Premium or Full Tier Member Campus Pass: $199*
- Individual at Digital Tier Campus: $99
- Nonmember: $99
*A campus pass means that once the first person secures a campus registration, anyone else on campus can then register for $0 to receive resource access. Each person who wants access to event or resources following event should register individually. Members must be associated with the correct campus account to receive the $0 rate; please contact acui@acui.org with questions or issues.
Members of your campus community can easily create a website login:
- Go to acui.org
- Click on “My Account” in the upper right-hand corner of the page
- Click “Get Started” under “New Member? Forgot Your Password?”
- It will then prompt them to enter their email.
- If it says their email is already in the system, this means they already have an account. They can email acui@acui.org if they need help accessing it.
- If it says their email is not in the system, then they can proceed with creating a profile.
- There will be a place to enter their Affiliated Account. This is where they will enter the campus name to get linked to the membership and benefits.
Premium and Full Tier members may use Thought Leadership credit toward this event. Find out more.
Risk and Emergency Management | August 9
This discussion-based presentation provides an overview of risk and emergency management, introduces risk and emergency management best practices, and offers an opportunity for open and interactive discussion. Specific content includes:
- Evaluating social and physical risks and vulnerabilities
- Developing security and risk mitigation strategies
- Assessing venue-specific risk and safety policies and procedures
- Deciding when and how to reach out to others—administration, supervisors, campus partners, and others related to risk and safety
- Applying basic principles of emergency management and continuity of operations planning
- Understanding the college union’s role in institutional emergency management plans
Registration Details
- Premium or Full Tier Member Campus Pass: $199*
- Individual at Digital Tier Campus: $99
- Nonmember: $99
*A campus pass means that once the first person secures a campus registration, anyone else on campus can then register for $0 to receive resource access. Each person who wants access to event or resources following event should register individually. Members must be associated with the correct campus account to receive the $0 rate; please contact acui@acui.org with questions or issues.
Members of your campus community can easily create a website login:
- Go to acui.org
- Click on “My Account” in the upper right-hand corner of the page
- Click “Get Started” under “New Member? Forgot Your Password?”
- It will then prompt them to enter their email.
- If it says their email is already in the system, this means they already have an account. They can email acui@acui.org if they need help accessing it.
- If it says their email is not in the system, then they can proceed with creating a profile.
- There will be a place to enter their Affiliated Account. This is where they will enter the campus name to get linked to the membership and benefits.
Premium and Full Tier members may use Thought Leadership credit toward this event. Find out more.
Mark J Morgan, Ph.D., is a subject matter expert and practitioner with over 40 years of experience and is a recognized and trusted expert in the fields of risk and emergency management; chemical warfare weapons and agent elimination; chemical, biological, and infrastructure security; consequence management; continuity of government and operations; intelligence analysis; and facilitation and exercise development. He is also expert in hazard mitigation science and technology; scientific interpretation and explanation; and in the fields of infrastructure protection, counter-terrorism survivability, corporate governance, risk governance and management, emergency, disaster, and crisis management, preparedness, and response in all-hazard/all-risk programs. Morgan is also an adjunct professor with Western Carolina University’s Emergency and Disaster Management Program.
