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Provost’s Inclusion Series to feature Universal Design
You are welcome to attend the first of this year’s Inclusion Series presentations Universal Design in Higher Education Tuesday, December 5, from 5:00–6:30PM in Shriver Heritage Room. The interactive presentation will focus on utilizing Universal Design inside and outside the classroom to ensure Miami offers an accessible learning, working and living environment. The presentation includes a tour…
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LastPass password management go-live date for IT Services
It’s finally happening: We’re rolling out LastPass to all IT Services employees! What does this mean? Essentially, everyone in IT Services will have access to LastPass via a browser plugin and/or website. On the morning of October 31, you will receive an email from LastPass to set up your account. The email will have a…
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IT Updates: Diwali celebration!
You probably noticed a few of our co-workers dressed in traditional garb yesterday. This week marks the 2017 celebration of Diwali. Since IT Services is one of the most diverse groups on campus, I wanted to take a minute to celebrate our co-workers! Diwali (or Deepawali) is the Hindu festival of lights. It’s celebrated every…
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Highlights from Inclusion Symposium
Here is the link to the materials http://bit.ly/muis17 A PDF of Chris Glass’ slides are the first file called, “SLIDES – Practical Strategies for Chinese International Student Engagement, Learning, and Success”, followed by some of the materials that Chris recommended. Kelley’s videos: cultural intelligence: https://youtu.be/Rkt_HKMPOEI what is unconscious bias: https://youtu.be/rbe5D3Yh43o Ricardo Averbach: https://docs.google.com/a/miamioh.edu/presentation/d/1NQ6athAfLCn3Ov2624VVeIjU1n2F3Um9Z9hfH0yLzqg/edit?usp=sharing
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IT Updates: Big props to the AccessMU folks!
Yesterday’s Accessibility Symposium was another success for the AccessMU team. It was the fourth annual symposium, and it represented weeks of work culminating in one awesome event. The day began with a keynote speech from Janet Peters, Project Coordinator at the Great Lakes ADA Center, about how inclusion drives innovation. The necessity of new, inclusive technologies,…
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