Summer 2023 CDI Courses

CDI: Best Practices for Accomodating Students & Employees with Disabilities (facilitated by campus partners)
This class will discuss the University compliance obligations under Section 504 and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as relates to UGA students, employees, and other University community members with disabilities. The class will explain the respective responsibilities of the person with a disability and the University in terms of making requests for accommodations and participating in the interactive process to determine if a reasonable accommodation can be provided. The class will also explain the respective roles of UGAs Disability Resource Center, Human Resources and the Equal Opportunity Office in responding to requests for accommodations and insuring legal compliance, and will discuss examples of reasonable accommodations.

 

CDI: Diversity through Dance (facilitated by campus partners)
This workshop combines movement, interactive group discussion, hands-on activities and lecture to immerse us in embodied practices of cultural diversity. We will come to see and feel the ancient art of dance for what it is at its deepest roots: a vehicle for building human connection through kinesthetic empathy.

We will experience a repertoire of Latin dance moves such as Merengue, Salsa and Bachata to engage in joyful and rhythmic forms of cultural awareness. We will help each other step out of our often-deceptive cultural comfort zones into a new, open space of experiential connection, collective empowerment and democratic understanding. Throughout, the deep power of music in motion will bring us to feel and see each other as one. No prior dance skills are required. To learn more, click here

 

This course is an introduction to the Emotional Intelligence and Diversity (EID) model. The four-part model provides a framework to enhance our capacity to understand and navigate the complexities of diversity in the workplace. This is an elective course for the Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion. 

 

The overall goal of the course is to provide participants with an opportunity to explore multi-generational diversity. The course targets the building of multi-generational awareness, the enhancing of skills for effective engagements and the provision of tools that provide continued opportunities for growth and development around multigenerational spaces.

 

Using Real Colors personality assessment, participants will be able to identify their “color spectrum” using four cards that represent key personality types and understand how these differences, if not understood, can become barriers to interpersonal communication. The course will also enable participants to learn how to integrate this understanding of personality styles with cultural knowledge to ensure a more harmonious professional and personal environment. Note: Since the assessments are the same, participants cannot receive CDI credit for Real Colors if they have already received credit for True Colors. This is an elective course for the Certificate in Diversity & Inclusion.

 

CDI: UGA's Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy and the USG Sexual Misconduct Policy (facilitated by campus partners)
An interactive, introductory course on the Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment (NDAH) Policy and Sexual Misconduct Policy (SMP) that explains the practical applications of each Policy – what kind of conduct the Policy prohibits, the reporting responsibilities of University employees, and discussions of case studies.  Topics covered include: to whom and where the policies apply; definitions of discrimination and harassment, including sexual misconduct; what to do if you’re aware that discrimination or harassment is occurring; mandatory reporting obligations for persons in positions of authority; and EOO procedures for responding to and/or investigating complaints under each policy. This course is recommended for all University employees and counts as an elective toward the Diversity and Inclusion Certificate.