Category Archives: Best Practices

Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) Annual Conference

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Tracy Butts, Ph.D.

This year’s CELT Conference theme, Active, Engaged Learning, highlights sessions in instruction, classroom management, interdisciplinary curriculum, diversity, internationalization, the use of appropriate technology to enhance student learning, civic engagement, and interdisciplinary curriculum. Brenda J. Allen, PhD, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion at … Continue reading →

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“Chico at its very best”: Reflections on the 2010 Diversity Summit

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Tracy Butts, Ph.D.

After reading “Diversity Academy 2011 Reflections,” which was posted earlier in this blog, Adelle DeMasi (Admissions) sent me the following post, her reflection on her experiences during the 2010 Diversity Summit for Chico State students.  Adelle shared,  “[the Diversity Summit] … Continue reading →

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Tim Wise’s “Majoring in Minstrelsy”

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Tracy Butts, Ph.D.

With the Cesar Chavez holiday this Friday, March 30, 2012, I thought this a good time to post a link to Tim Wise’s “Majoring in Minstrelsy: White Students, Blackface, and the Failure of Mainstream Multiculturalism.”  Wise addresses the issue of students dressing … Continue reading →

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