Bennett College Starts Diversity Officers Lecture Series
Bennett College for Women is introducing the Diversity Officers Lecture Series for the 2005–2006 academic year.
The series is a program of the Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity & Inclusion Institute, whose mission is to create, communicate and continually support the compelling case for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and worldplace through education, training, research and publication, according to Bea Perdue, the director of development and diversity initiatives at Bennett College.
The official series launch is set for Oct. 11 and the guest speakers will include Luke Visconti, partner and cofounder of DiversityInc, who also is a member of the Bennett board of trustees; Ted Childs, vice president, Global Workforce Diversity, IBM; and David Thomas, professor, Harvard Business School.
Speakers in the lecture series include:
Childs and Thomas, Oct. 11
McDonald's Chief Diversity Officer Pat Harris, Oct. 25
Visconti, Nov. 8
Campbell Soup Vice President of Diversity Gwen Houston, Nov. 22
Merck Executive Director for Diversity and Work Deborah Dagit, Jan. 17
Sodexho USA Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Rohini Anand, Jan. 31
Food Lion Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Eric Watson, Feb. 7
Georgia Power Vice President of Diversity Action Frank McClosky, Feb. 21
Professor of Diversity at the Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity & Inclusion Institute Julianne Malveaux, Mar. 14
The students will have an opportunity to hear from the speakers and will be able to understand how they can leverage their differences and be in a position to take on positions.
Students are required to take ACES (Academic Cultural Enrichment Series) programs throughout their matriculation and receive a certain number of ACES credits. The whole idea, Perdue says, is to enrich their experience outside of their traditional professors.
"We tried to look at individuals who have had the greatest impact on leading diversity in the corporate area," says Perdue on the invited speakers. "Even now when you look at corporations and academic institutions, women of color are still underrepresented in these areas."
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