Archive for 'Environment/Culture'
Creating a Welcoming Environment in the Workplace
Creating a welcoming environment is the first step toward building a community in the workplace. An aggregate of people working in close proximity is not a community. A working community can only be created and sustained in an environment that is welcoming and conducive to personal well being and professional growth. Persons in communities feel […]
Posted: January 13th, 2009 under Environment/Culture, General.
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Turning the Gaze on Our Institution
I have been thinking about an important move we have made at Warner. Our Diversity and Inclusion Committee members Donna Harris, Stephanie Waterman, Pia Bunton, Susan Hetherington, Mark Washburn, and I have shifted from working on ways to “help” people of color (staff, students and faculty) feel welcome, supported, comfortable etc., to examining the ways […]
Posted: December 1st, 2008 under Environment/Culture, General, Social Class.
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