Tag Archives: DEI

diversity, equity & inclusion

Black History Month 2024: An artist and writer examine surveillance

Black History Month pays “tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.” The Black History Month 2024 theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” explores the key influence African Americans have had in the fields of “visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: Institutional resilience, challenges to tackle in 2024, GenAI

Dear Colleagues,I have been your EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M and advocate for more four years-time flies! It has been a pleasure to provide articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter. I am taking a hiatus for a year—it’s been a joy to serve you in this role! Thank you! Irina Key articles of interest: EDUCAUSE Top… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: Privacy, teaching post-pandemic, accessibility, and VR

My name is Irina (Irene) Knokh. I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M and your advocate for EDUCAUSE. I provide articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter. Key articles of interest: “Chief Privacy Officer: Positioning Privacy in Higher Ed” by Susan Bouregy, Jeff Gassaway, Blanche Stovall, and our own Svetla Sytch. Privacy has evolved from a primarily… Read More »

Education and Awareness in VR: New experience illustrates the effects of racial discrimination

By | July 31, 2023

Assistance from the XR team at the University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation has helped bring to life 1000 Cut Journey, a new virtual reality experience that immerses users in the life of a fictional Black man in America. 1000 Cut Journey aims to provide users with deeper insights into the microaggressions and racial injustices Black Americans… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: Teaching, engagement, and student support practices

My name is Irina “Irene” Knokh. I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M and your advocate for EDUCAUSE. I will provide articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter.  This edition covers highlights in teaching, engagement, and student support practices. In the series of articles “Changed by Our Journey,” the instructors share what they have learned and tried… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: Marketing and IT, AI for solving problems, designing virtual ed tech

My name is Irina “Irene” Knokh. I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M and your advocate for EDUCAUSE. I will provide articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter.  Collaboration is key: Why IT Needs to Pay More Attention to Marketing Technology Carrie Shumaker (Chief Information and Strategy Officer, UM-Dearborn), and Rebecca Joffrey (Cornell), write that it’s critical… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: XR in the clinical setting, ChatGPT, resilience and personal agility, faculty and student mentoring

My name is Irene Knokh. I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M and your advocate for EDUCAUSE. I will provide articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter.  I took a brief hiatus in February and I’m back! Welcome to Spring 2023 (at least officially it’s Spring)! Extended Reality (XR) in the clinical setting Hail to the Victors… Read More »

Call for impactful internship projects

The Information and Technology Services (ITS) Summer Internship Program is looking for impactful projects for the 2023 cohort to invest in this summer!  As the program enters its ninth year, interns have made a difference in many areas of ITS and the Michigan IT Community through cohort projects. Some examples from previous years include: Interns will work on… Read More »

Rooting for Black women in cybersecurity

With Black History Month winding down and International Women’s Day around the corner, ITS Information Assurance (IA) celebrates Black women in cybersecurity.  In the face of racist institutional policies and segregation laws in 1940s and 1950s America, Black women, such as Annie Briggs, Ethel Just, and the Black “code girls” of Arlington Hall, blazed trails in a field… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: Privacy & security in higher ed, DEI efforts, and AI

My name is Irene Knokh and I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M. I share articles of interest, upcoming trends, and advocate on your behalf for EDUCAUSE. I provide articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter. Welcome to 2023! I will provide EDUCAUSE articles of interest and upcoming trends in each newsletter. Welcome to 2023! Data Privacy Day was… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: Year-end wrap, highlights, and best practices

My name is Irene Knokh and I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M. I share articles of interest, upcoming trends, and advocate on your behalf for EDUCAUSE. Welcome to the December edition! ‘Tis the homestretch! For the different perspectives on the top 2023 issues from federal, corporate, teaching and senior IT leaders’ view, visit the 2023 Top IT Issues report. Below… Read More »

Website showcases UMSI progress on diversity, equity and inclusion

By | October 31, 2022

The U-M School of Information (UMSI) DEI Office is launching a website to highlight the school-wide work that has been done from 2016-2021. The website comes as the school’s DEI committee begins gathering community input on priorities for a DEI 2.0 strategic plan, launching in 2023. “We want to share and acknowledge the work of our community — students,… Read More »

This month in EDUCAUSE: Communities of practice, transform teaching and learning with digital learning, workforce shakeup, and more

My name is Irene Knokh and I’m the EDUCAUSE ambassador for U-M. I share articles of interest, upcoming trends, and advocate on your behalf for EDUCAUSE. Welcome back to Fall 2022. It has been an intense summer and the newsletter took a hiatus for a couple of months! There’s a lot to share with you in the newsletter.  30 higher… Read More »