The Center for Multicultural Education and Programs presents the 2009-2010 ACT-Institute:

The Administrators Cultural Training Institute (A.C.T. I) is a cost-free, continuing professional development program, designed for Code 100 Student Affairs administrators at NYU.  Launched in Fall 2008, the A.C.T. Institute is designed to explore concepts such as diversity, social justice, identity and inclusion particularly as they relate to the work administrators conduct with students and colleagues.  Participants will gain both insights and practical tools to inform their personal lens, which we believe will assist efforts to impact institutional, cultural and individual practices.  Participants can be nominated by colleagues or self-apply.

The Foundations seminar is the first in the series and serves as a required prerequisite in order to enroll in any of the other seminars.  Foundations offers a broad overview of the complexities of diversity issues in higher education and provides common language and shared theoretical frameworks for analyzing these issues.  Foundations will be offered twice: Friday, October 30, 2009, 1-4pm and Friday, November 20, 2009, 1-4pm.  Participants need only attend one of these sessions.  For professionals who attended Foundations last year, the prerequisite requirement has been met and they are therefore eligible to attend any of the subsequent seminars.  Pre-registration is required for participation in all A.C.T. I seminars.

Content seminars will more closely examine selected areas of diversity and social justice in higher education and NYU specifically.  The first three content seminars were offered in the 2008-09 series.  The fourth, fifth and sixth seminars are brand new this year.  Lunch is provided at all A.C.T. I seminars.  Selected area seminars are scheduled for the these dates:

The NYU Human Resources Department recognizes the A.C.T.Institute as a certificated professional development training.  New participants who complete the prerequisite Foundations seminar and any two selected area seminars during the 2009-10 series will receive a certificate from NYU Human Resources indicating completion of formal training requirements for Basic Cultural Competency.  For those new or returning participants who complete or have completed the prerequisite Foundations seminar and at least five of the six selected content seminars during this or last year’s series will receive a certificate from NYU Human Resources indicating completion of formal training requirements for Advanced Cultural Competency. Advanced Cultural Competency holders will also be recognized at the NYU NIA Awards, sponsored by The Center for Multicultural Education and Programs and the Hallmark Awards sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs at NYU.

Applications are now closed

Applications are due no later than October 28, 2009.

Space is limited to 40 participants so early registration is encouraged.  Location of seminars will be given after notification of enrollment.

For questions email marcella@nyu.edu or richard.chavolla@nyu.edu or call 212-998-4350.

ACT-I instructors: Richard Chavolla, Director, Center for Multicultural Education & Programs

Marcella Runell Hall, Associate Director, Center for Multicultural Education & Programs, Center for Spiritual Life