IExcel seminars
Seminars are open to employees, faculty and staff.
Seminars are 90-minute, single sessions that focus on key DEI topics. They are instructor-led, interactive sessions that provide foundational knowledge and skills around diversity and inclusion.
Below are descriptions of the different seminars we offer. If you don't see what you need, please contact us and we can tailor a seminar to meet your specific requirements.
If you are interested in one of these sessions or in any offering in IExcel's portfolio of programs, please fill out this form and will be in touch ASAP.
What attendees say
Phenomenal. The presentation was informative and provocative. There was a perfect balance of presentation versus discussion. I loved that attendees included students, faculty, and staff.
Extraordinary session! Lots of valuable information and I especially appreciate the actionable parts that I can use to start making a difference right away.
Better Practices for Inclusive Teaching
This extended seminar (4 hrs) is designed for faculty to workshop their syllabi to enhance diversity and inclusion throughout their teaching. It focuses on developing best practices for revising course content to incorporate learner-centered teaching methodologies that consider multiple cultural perspectives.
Cultivating an Inclusive Workplace
This seminar is designed to increase understanding of diversity, inclusion and equity concepts and the practices that sustain them. Participants will explore power dynamics in the workplace, set inclusion-related goals, and begin developing practices toward creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment.
Deconstructing Disabilities
This seminar focuses on knowledge of prevailing social, economic, political, and historical factors that limit the framing of disability within the realms of compliance and legal obligation in the context of higher education.
Difficult Dialogues in the Classroom
This seminar focuses on developing DEI skills to address complex, sometimes controversial conversations around social identity and issues in classroom settings regardless of the course topic.
Difficult Dialogues in the Workplace
This seminar focuses on developing DEI skills to address complex, sometimes controversial conversations around social identity and issues in workplace settings.
Disability + Neurodiversity 101
This seminar focuses on knowledge of population size, appropriate terminology (including people-first vs. identity-first language), personal disclosures of barriers, and key accessibility issues at VCU and in the surrounding community.
Fostering Clear Communication in Diverse Teams
This seminar is designed to increase understanding of how to have inclusive and empowering conversations in the workplace. Participants will learn communication styles and practices for navigating power dynamics.
Gender: Beyond the Binary
This seminar focuses on knowledge of who genderqueer and non-binary people are, provides a stronger grasp of terminology and definitions to guide inclusive language practices, and an increased awareness of the current social and political contexts as it applies to gender non-conforming communities.
Implicit Bias in Healthcare
This seminar is designed to cultivate self-awareness of implicit bias in health sciences professionals, and apply it to healthcare settings, including the impact of bias on patient care.
Implicit Bias in the Workplace
This seminar is designed to cultivate self-awareness of implicit bias in the workplace and help participants consider the impact of their bias on workplace culture.
Religious Diversity
This seminar focuses on knowledge of religion as a social identity and its role in the United States. Participants will explore how to be inclusive of religious diversity.
What is Ageism?
This seminar focuses on how we can liberate ourselves from negative cultural assumptions about aging, which shape our attitudes to ourselves and others as we grow older.