A series of five classes and a faculty search workshop are being offered to the university community this fall.

Instructor-led workshops starting in September 2010 include:

• Americans with Disabilities: Your Rights as an Employee
• Diversity: Basic 101
• Understanding Yourself and Others: Learn your Diverse Work Style
• Diversity in the Workplace: Generational Differences
• Sexual Harassment

Questions related to the five workshops should be directed to Belinda Duncan, manager, Equal Opportunity and Diversity Training, at 330-672-8130 or bduncan8@kent.edu or sign up online at www.kent.edu/hr/register.

How to Conduct a Diverse Faculty Search Workshop

The purpose of the workshop is to give deans, chairs and hiring officials exactly what the title of the workshop promises: Effective and Efficient Techniques on How to Diversify the Faculty and Conduct Your Search.

Workshop goals are:

• Provide effective and efficient techniques on how to diversify the faculty
• Provide tools that can be used to attract a diverse candidate pool
• Debunk commonly held myths
• Examine hiring biases
• Learn how to create a welcoming environment

Registration is required and can be completed online at www.kent.edu/hr/register. Questions related to this workshop should be directed to Judith Brooks, manager, Faculty Recruitment and Retention at 330-672-8312 or jbrooks10@kent.edu.

For these trainings, there are no deadlines and participants will be prompted on registration and session availability.