Diversity Summit at NSU to Examine Issues of Race and Culture

The 2009 Diversity Summit, designed to engage participants in dynamic discussions on complex issues related to racial, cultural, gender and religious identities, will be held at NSU on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The summit is being hosted by the South Florida Diversity Alliance (SFDA) and will feature Phillip J. Bowman, Ph.D., as the keynote speaker. Bowman, the founding director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan, is a social psychologist with a strong interest in cultural diversity issues in research methodology, higher education and pressing public policy challenges.

Faculty, staff and students of NSU are able to attend at no cost, but registration is necessary. Registration is available by visiting www.nova.edu/studentleadership/ma/diversity.html. For the general public the cost is $20 before Oct. 30 and $30 thereafter. The conference is being held in the Carl DeSantis Building on NSU’s main campus.

The Diversity Summit seeks to raise participants’ awareness of the many perspectives that make up worldviews; provide an opportunity to examine issues impacting the diverse communities; and supply applicable tools and strategies to participants to take action in order to improve the world.

More information on the SFDA is available at http://www.nova.edu/studentleadership/ma/sfda.html.