Multicultural Issues in the Curriculum
Friday, October 25, 2013, 10 am to 1 pm
E163 Student Union
Audience:
Future Students
Current Students
Faculty
Staff
Alumni
The public
Multicultural Issues in the Curriculum Symposium. As a follow-up to the posters exhibited at the Diversity in the Multicultural Millennium Conference, five Wright State faculty will demonstrate how they have incorporated multiculturalism into the classes they teach. Come and see how your colleagues have created models for student success and cultural competence in their respective field. Please join the Division of Multicultural Affairs & Community Engagement for this interesting and informative symposium.
10 am—10:30 am
Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions -Integrated into the International Management and International Business Courses
Melissa L. Gruys, Ph.D., SPHR
Professor and Chair, Department of Management and International Business
10:35 am—11:05 am
A National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education: Uncorking the Bottleneck to URM Student Success
Nathan W. Klingbeil, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
College of Engineering and Computer Science
11:10 am—11:40 am
Student Development Theory
Carol Logan Patitu, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations
Student Affairs in Higher Education Program
11:45 am—12:15 pm
Service Learning—Beginning Spanish: Diversity in Action
Ksenia Bonch Reeves, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages
12:20 pm—12:50 pm
Transforming Science Education at Wright State University
Kathrin Engisch, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Outreach and Associate Professor
College of Science and Mathematics