Staff Dialogue Awards
Building Capacity for Dialogue Across Difference

 
OVERVIEW

Through support from the Jesse Ball duPont Fund, the Faculty and Staff Dialogue Awards and the Student Dialogue Ambassadors Pilot Program will train and support faculty, staff, and students to develop dialogue across difference programming and curriculum. The Staff Dialogue Awards will give staff a $500 professional development stipend, plus up to $500 to cover programming expenses to incorporate dialogue into programming or leadership.

REQUIRED TRAINING

To be eligible for the Awards or Ambassador program, applicants must participate in the intensive one-and-a-half day training with Essential Partners, Sept. 6-7, 2019. Sign-up for the intensive training here; space is extremely limited.

Questions?

Email Cassie Meyer, Director of Dialogue Across Difference Programs.

TIMELINE

  • Sept. 6-7 2019: Intensive Training on Dialogue Across Difference with Essential Partners; Awards/Ambassador applications available
  • Oct. 7, 2019: Awards/Ambassador applications due; jury reviews applications
  • Oct. 15, 2019: Awards/Ambassador decisions announced
  • Oct. 15, 2019-April 20, 2020: Five meetings of Dialogue Peer Learning Community; implementation of dialogue programming and courses
  • Apr. 20, 2020: Final reflection due for Staff Dialogue Awardees and Student Dialogue Ambassadors
  • May 31, 2020: Syllabus and final reflection due for Faculty Dialogue Awardees
AWARD Recipient RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Attend one-and-a-half-day intensive dialogue training with Essential Partners on Sept. 6-7, 2019
  • Develop proposal for one or more dialogue events, or opportunities to incorporate dialogue into professional responsibilities, to implement during 2019-2020 academic year
  • Attend five meetings of the Dialogue Peer Learning Community during the 2019-2020 Academic Year
  • Present out on work at one of the Peer Learning sessions as well as other potential venues
  • Plan, promote, recruit for, and execute successful proposed dialogue event(s) or programming
  • Invite Director of Dialogue Across Difference for observation during one or more course sessions
  • By Apr. 20, 2020, submit final final reflection on work
  • Participate in programmatic assessment as requested