Higher Education Diversity Conference Announced

Local and state higher education professionals will gather on campus later this month for the Greater Pittsburgh Higher Education Diversity Consortium’s fourth annual Professional Development Conference, Survivor: D&I—the Politics and Policy of Identity.

The conference will be held Monday, Nov. 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Charles J. Dougherty Ballroom. It is open to all higher education professionals and community members with an interest in diversity spaces of higher education in Pennsylvania.

A higher education leader keynote will kick off the conference followed by workshops that showcase diversity and inclusion research and practice. The conference also will feature a panel on campus disaster communication. Lunch will be provided.

Registration is available online. For questions, contact Paula Davis at pkd100@pitt.edu or 412.648.2066.