Buffalo State College will present “Beyond the Numbers: Enhancing Campus Diversity Through Curriculum Reform,” on Friday, Oct. 15, 2004, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

Orlando L. Taylor, Ph.D., vice provost for research, dean of the graduate school, and professor of communications at Howard University, will give the keynote address. Paul Theobold, Ph.D., Woods-Beals Endowed Chair in Urban and Rural Education at Buffalo State College, will give the post-note.

The day-long seminar, which begins at 9 a.m., is aimed at faculty and administrators of undergraduate and graduate programs at two- and four-year colleges, campus assessment personnel, enrollment management personnel, student affairs personnel, curriculum committees, diversity councils, secondary school administrators and faculty and students.

Participants will learn strategies for discussing sensitive topics on diversity in the classroom, strategies for using assessment data to improve the campus climate for diversity and social justice, strategies for infusing diversity in curricular and extra-curricular programs and activities for graduate and undergraduate students and strategies to increase the retention and graduation rates of students from historically underrepresented groups. Participants will also learn what students are saying about the benefits of diversity in higher education.

Discussion sessions include:

Flashpoints: dealing with confrontations around diversity in the classroom;

Using diversity assessment data to effect change on college campuses;

Enhancing diversity in the undergraduate and graduate curricula;

Beyond the classroom: advancing diversity in student life; and,

Beyond admission: moving to retention and graduation.

Discussion leaders include Dolores Bolden Milan, M.S. Ed., coordinator, African-African American Program, Buffalo Public Schools; Henry J. Durand, Ed.D., associate vice provost, academic development services, University at Buffalo; Grant L. Ingle, Ph.D., director, Office of Human Relations, University of Massachusetts; Scott Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor, criminal justice, Buffalo State College; Carol Patitu, Ph.D., associate professor, educational foundations, Buffalo State College; Raechele L. Pope, Ed.D., associate professor, educational leadership, University at Buffalo; Kevin Railey, Ph.D., chair and professor, English, Buffalo State College; Amy Reynolds, Ph.D., staff psychologist, Buffalo State College; Kerran L. Sanger, Ph.D., associate professor, communication, Buffalo State College; and Martha Stassen, Ph.D., director of assessment, University of Massachusetts.

Facilitators include Lavonne Ansari, Ph.D., vice president, operations, Niagara County Community College; Nan DiBello, Ph.D., Niagara Frontier dean, Empire State College; Cynthia Eggleston, M.S. Ed., director, enrollment support and retention, Buffalo State College; Marsha Jackson, Ph.D., associate vice president, Academic Affairs, Erie Community College; Maria H. Lima, associate professor, English, SUNY Geneseo; and Diane Trsucott, Ph.D., director, Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education, Buffalo State College.

The event is co-sponsored by Erie County and the State University of New York‘s Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action.

For registration information, contact the Buffalo State College Office of Equity and Campus Diversity at (716) 878-6210.