Volume 1, Issue 1 Spring 2020 ASU Newport Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter — Spring 2020 Edition Newsletter Why Should We Embrace Diversity? If you have ever asked this 8. It dispels negative stereotypes D&I Learning Tools: question about Diversity and and personal biases. Inclusion at ASUN, this article is 9. It inspires creativity. AACC’s Presentation: for you. Advantages of diversity “Address can bring about the following: 10. It drives innovation. Unconscious Bias to 1. Differences can be valuable. 11. It makes ASUN more Create an Inclusive competitive and profitable. Campus 2. Getting to know other Community ” cultures. 12. It provides an opportunity for VisionSpring is personal growth and 3. Diversity is good for the ASUNs access to a development. image of ASUN. Certified D&I 13. Diverse teams are more Consulting Firm! 4. It brings a wide array of skills productive. and talent. Diverse Publication — 14. It displays a greater retention Issues in Higher 5. It limits the risk of lawsuits. rate. Education 6. It is legally and morally right. 15. It drives community growth. 7. The world is changing 16. It ’ s the RIGHT thing to do. quickly; ASUN does not want to be left behind. Local Partnerships ASU - Newport donated items to Cornerstone Transition Home on Valentine ’ s Day. Click below to visit Cornerstone ’ s website and learn more about this local organi- zation. Thank you to everyone who contributed. We are on the move—making a difference in our communities! Click Here Spring has Sprung!
Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter — Spring 2020 Edition The Finish Line Game — Coming Your Way ASUN faculty and staff Candace Gross, who played ways to better support student kicked off participation in the the role of a student named needs. first round of The Finish Line Bahira. The Finish Line game. This game allows us to Game will be rolled out to Contact Sheila McNeal if take a closer look into the faculty and staff on a regular your department would like everyday experiences of basis. It was recently held on to participate in this fun and community college students. the Jonesboro campus with engaging journey into the standing room only. lives of students. The purpose of the activity is to recognize that every stu- This activity could be used as Anna Westman & Candace Gross dent is difference and faces a professional development participated in the Finish Line unique challenges in their opportunity for 2020. So Game on the Newport campus last college experiences. Pictured don ’ t miss out on a time to Fall. here is the first winner closely examine various stu- (graduate) of the game, dent scenarios and discuss Inaugural D&I Award —Don’t Miss Out! This year ASUN will be present- Use of innovative approaches. ing its FIRST D&I award. The recipient must possess the fol- Sustainability—Has made a lowing criteria: lasting impact. ASU - Newport ’ s Demonstrate & promote If you know of someone to nomi- Council on Inclusion nate for this prestigious award, D&I core values & behav- & Diversity is making please email Sheila McNeal to ior. a difference! obtain a copy of the nomination Go over and beyond basic form. The winner will be an- D&I competencies. nounced during the annual D&I holiday party this Fall/Winter. Working in partnership with multiple teams. Extraordinary Conference Room Have you seen ASU - Newport ’ s amazing, new, and innovative new conference room! If not, it ’ s place where students can designed with an awesome experience a “ one - stop - Diversity and Inclusion theme! It shopping ” adventure. The is surrounded by encouraging Hanger provides everything words such as, integrity, unity, from student IDs to financial aid, and innovation! This amazing to paying for classes. If you room is located in the dining have not visited The Hanger or area, just outside of The Hanger. seen the new conference room, The Hanger is also another please do so! Page 2
Volume 1, Issue 1 Employee Spotlight — Anna Westman to keep the city beautiful by Where is your favorite place What are three words you ’ d taking care of plants, flow- to be? My favorite place to be use to describe yourself? ers and do yard work. The is Värmland in Sweden. It is Supportive, Dedicated, and Honest city left this job in the hands the place where both of my of a group of teenagers parents are from and I used to What is something you ’ ve (supervised by profession- spend all of my summers als) who could barely keep learned in the last month? I there as a child and teen. themselves alive, so adding have learned how to keep hundreds of plants and What is your favorite movie? three kids from "killing Anna Westman flowers to the list was in- One of my favorite type of each other" while attending Associate Dean of deed both challenging and movies is the heist movie, so Go - To meetings from General Education odd. I enjoy watching the Ocean's home. This is why I'm so movies. quiet during Go - To meet- What chore do you abso- ings. If I would unmute lutely hate doing? Ironing Tell us something that myself, nobody would be clothes, which is why I might surprise us about mostly buy clothes that do able to hear me over the you? When I lived back not need to be ironed and I shouts of distress and may- home (Sweden), I was an avid have also invested in a hem going on in the back- soccer fan. As a child and steamer. ground. teen, I played soccer for the club in the suburb where I What is the oddest job How do you balance lived. After I stopped playing you ’ ve ever had? In Swe- your career and your soccer, I continued to show den, most teens do not family? I give my full support for my club but I also work. To get a summer job began to support our city's attention to the task at hand, is difficult, so I considered so when I'm at work, I soccer club, Landskrona myself very lucky when my work. When I am at home, BOIS. It was exciting to be a dad helped me get a sum- part of the BOIS support club it is family and "me" time. mer job working for the city and see the team advance to where we lived. My job was the highest league. New Hires! Just a reminder to reach out to our newly hired staff to welcome them to ASUN! We look forward to working with them and getting to know them. Their email addresses are below. Welcome to the ASUN family! “ If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. ” — - Maya Angelou Page 3
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