Multicultural Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills
Graduates should possess the attitudes, beliefs, values, and self-awareness necessary to serve students who are culturally different from themselves.
Specifically, students should be able to demonstrate...
- That they have carefully examined and, when necessary, challenged their own values, world view, assumptions, and biases
- That they possess specific knowledge about how gender, class, race and ethnicity, language, nationality, sexual orientation, age, religion or spirituality, disability, ability, and institutional power affect individuals and their experiences
- That they have the ability to effectively challenge and support individuals and systems around diversity issues
Imago Dei Training
Azusa Pacific University offers a diversity training seminar called Imago Dei, meaning “in the image of God,” to the faculty and staff of the university. The training takes place over two days on the Azusa Pacific University campus, and is taught by specially trained faculty and staff from the university.
I was permitted to attend the training as a graduate student because I was employed by the university and my concurrent enrollment in a diversity class. My objective for attending the training was to develop multicultural skills in order to work more effectively with college students of diverse backgrounds.
Reflection on Imago Dei Training
Student Life Diversity Training
As part of the Student Life staff at Azusa Pacific University I was able to attend a training workshop entitled “Diversity in Student Affairs – Translating Knowledge into Practice.” The workshop was presented by Christina Lunceford Ph.D. The objective of the session was to create an environment where all the information and knowledge the Student Life staff has about diversity into an ability to use the knowledge in practical ways on campus.
Reflection on Diversity Training
Two of my high school students at summer camp
Action Plan
As part of the Role of Diversity in Student Affairs Practice course I created an Action Plan with the following goals: to gain awareness and knowledge in regards to the African American culture and to develop multicultural skills that will allow me to better serve and understand all students of color (Pope & Reynolds, 1997). As part of my action plan I attended events, read a book, attended a seminar, and interviewed three students. I compiled all my goals, objectives, activities, descriptions and thoughts in a final document.
Book Review
As part of the Student Learning and the Co-curriculum class I completed a book review on the book Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? written by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. The book review includes citations of current research that supports Tatum’s ideas, thoughts, and perspective on diversity issues in today’s world.
