Sponsored by Delta State’s Quality Enhancement Plan and the Diversity Committee, two I.D.E.A. lunches will be open to students, faculty and staff this month.<\/p>\n
I.D.E.A., which stands for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Advocacy, aims to\u00a0improve cultural competency on campus\u00a0through communication, collaboration and engagement.<\/p>\n
“The sessions are designed to engage students in rational and critical discussions in regards to the impact of labels on individuals and groups in society,\u201d said Dr. George Beals, assistant professor of counselor education and member of the Diversity Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n The free lunches, open to the first 40 registrants, will take place\u00a0on the second floor of\u00a0the Student Union.<\/p>\n Lunch schedule: To register for a lunch session,\u00a0complete the form at\u00a0https:\/\/deltastateqep.wufoo.com\/forms\/z1bmidsg0jzw82o<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information, call 662-846-4170, or contact Johansen at mjohansen@deltastate.edu<\/span><\/a> or Wendolyn Stevens at wstevens@deltastate.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Learn more about the QEP at\u00a0https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/academics\/institutional-research-and-planning\/sacs-2014-reaffirmation\/quality-enhancement-plan-2014\/<\/a>. Learn more about the DSU Diversity Committee at\u00a0https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/about-dsu\/administration\/diversity-committee\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sponsored by Delta State’s Quality Enhancement Plan and the Diversity Committee, two I.D.E.A. lunches will be open to students, faculty and staff this month. I.D.E.A., which stands for Inclusion, Diversity,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":71954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,254,296,1138,246],"tags":[1426,1628,1438,908],"class_list":["post-71947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-academics","category-diversity-committee","category-facultystaff","category-qep","category-students","tag-diversity-committee","tag-i-d-e-a","tag-qep","tag-quality-enhancement-plan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71947"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71958,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71947\/revisions\/71958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n–\u00a0Sept. 19 from 12-1 p.m. \u2013 \u201cWhat\u2019s in a Label?\u201d
\n– Sept. 20 from 12:15-1:15 p.m. \u2013 \u201cWhat\u2019s in a Label?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n