Workshop: Designing Inclusive STEM Training Environments

This interactive workshop will introduce approaches to facilitate inclusion, equity, and belonging in classroom, laboratory, and institutional training contexts. Workshop attendees will leave this session equipped with knowledge of evidence-based practices to promote equity, inclusion, and belonging and ideas for how to implement some of those practices within their local training environments.

Inclusive Communication Symposium 2024

C-Hub’s Annual Symposium brings together bold ideas and innovative thinkers to explore themes that enhance our ability to engender excellence through inclusion. Each year, we focus on a specific topic (2021: Inclusive Mentoring; 2022: Inclusive Leadership) to invite the broader community to share their work, insights, and practices.

Welcoming C-Hub`s Inaugural Visiting Fellow Dr. Taralyn Tan

We are pleased to announce our inaugural C-Hub Visiting Fellow, Dr. Taralyn (Tari) Tan.

A university that maximally benefits from its diverse community places paramount importance on expanding its insights toward creating inclusive classrooms and research environments. For a creative, courageous institution like OIST, it is crucial for our students, faculty, researchers, and administrators to engage with bold international educators and innovators. C-Hub’s Visiting Fellow Program fosters exchange and synthesis in collaboration with distinguished educators and experts across the world. Visiting Fellows present seminars or workshops, and engage in discussions with the OIST community on topics of relevance to C-Hub’s mission. Visiting Fellows also have the opportunity to collaborate with C-Hub on a project or program that will benefit the OIST community and extend our capacity toward supporting justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Webinar: "Effective, Fabulous Poster Presentations"

Come learn how to communicate your impactful ideas visually and engage audiences with poster presentations, an important skill set not only for scientists, but for all presenters! Poster presentations are an interactive, effective format for showcasing research or sharing ideas, programs, and projects.

Deadline for Registration---Writing Diversity Statements, Academic Job Market Series, Module 5

Academic Job Market Series, Module 5, Writing Diversity Statements will be held next week, December 14 (Thursday), from 4:15-5:30.

Diversity statements are becoming an increasingly common part of job application materials. Knowing how to conceptualize and then write one can greatly improve overall chances of success in a competitive job market.

Deadline for Submissions---Symposium 2024: Inclusive Leadership

The deadline is approaching to submit a proposal for a concurrent session or poster at C-Hub's Symposium 2024: Inclusive Communication, to be held March 7-8, 2024.

The deadline is next Friday, December 8.

Please consider submitting a proposal for one of the following types of session:

• panel discussion 
• professional development 
• birds-of-a-feather/shared interests 
• poster

Here is the link to our Call for Proposals page, which includes full descriptions of each of the session types and links to submit a proposal. 

#5 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff (English): Overview of OIST organization, Questions and Discussion

#5 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff (English) : Overview of OIST organization, Questions and Discussion Speaker: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub

Workshop: Facilitation as Leadership - Inclusive Event Facilitation

If you facilitate events for diverse audiences, you may encounter unexpected situations that are difficult to navigate at the moment. Effective facilitation centers on what participants are doing and experiencing, setting the tone of the event, and tending to the group dynamics in the room. Inclusive facilitation is a leadership skill that requires self-awareness, observational skills, agility, and intention. Join this session to sharpen your leadership facilitation skill set in preparation for your next event. This workshop is intended for participants who have some prior facilitation experience. The workshop will be conducted in English by Kristin Macapagal, Program Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Workshop: Practical tools for managing work, classes, and research amid tragedy (option 1)

Struggling with being "on" in the professional setting due to tragedy and grief in your personal life? Join this workshop to develop a personal action plan and practical toolkit for resilience in your daily professional setting after experiencing loss. This session is open to administrative staff, students, and researchers and is facilitated by Kristin Macapagal, Program Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Spots are limited to create a safe, respectful space for dialogue.

#4 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff (English): Research administrative support

#4 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff (English) : Research administrative support

Speaker: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office.    Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub