Tyrone Jean and Cherrel Miller Dyce made presentations at the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity held May 28 through June 1 in Portland, Oregon.
Tyrone Jean, assistant dean of students and director of the CREDE and Cherrel Miller Dyce, associate professor in the School of Education and former CREDE Faculty Fellow, presented their work at the National Conference On Race & Ethnicity (NCORE). The 31st annual conference has held in Portland, Oregon, from May 28 through June 1.
Jean and Miller Dyce made two presentations. The first presentation was entitled "Advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Efforts: A Critical Partnership Between Academic and Students Affairs." The second was entitled “Developing Intercultural Competence: An Intercultural Learning Certificate Program.”
"It’s imperative that we share our work with colleagues across institutions as we seek to advance diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in higher education," said Jean, a member of NCORE's National Advisory Council.
"As social justice educators, it is necessary to continue to build critical consciousness, shift deficit paradigms and improve educational outcomes for those who are marginalized,” Miller Dyce said.
Both sessions were well attended by faculty, staff, students, community organizers and professionals from non-profit industries. One participant commented that “this program is so admirable and impressive. Hearing about the growth and support this program has experienced is very encouraging and inspiring. Elon University seems to be undergoing amazing changes and taking great steps in social justice. Seeing such strong and knowledgeable, successful and impactful presenters of color was beyond inspiring. The strategy behind this program is incredible.”
NCORE has evolved into a vital national resource for higher education institutions, providing an annual multicultural forum that attracts Black/African Americans, American Indians, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Latino/as, and European Americans representing higher education institutions across the United States.
The NCORE conference constitutes the leading and most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American higher education. The conference focuses on the complex task of creating and sustaining comprehensive institutional change designed to improve racial and ethnic relations on campus and to expand opportunities for educational access and success by culturally diverse, traditionally underrepresented populations.