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Becoming A Student Ready Campus & Truth, Racial Healing, And Transformation, Tia Mcnair

Social Justice & Activism

1st Lecture: Dr. McNair is a co-author of Becoming a student-ready college: A new culture of leadership for student success, which stars with the question, "We talk a lot about students not being college-ready, but why don't we ask what it means to be a student-ready college?

2nd Lecture: Otterbein is partnering with Columbus City Schools and Westerville City Schools on a Truth,Racial Healing and Transformation Initiative with the goal of breaking down racial hierarchies that lead to inequities in education.

International Day Of Persons With Disabilities, Otterbein University

Social Justice & Activism

International Day of Persons with Disabilities, sanctioned by the United Nations, aims to promote understanding of the issues experienced by people with disabilities, celebrate their achievements, and mobilize support for an inclusive community.

Otterbein held a panel discussion in the library on this topic.

The Art Of Community@ The Library...Making It Happen, Lois Szudy

Social Justice & Activism

The Erin McKenzie Virtual Welcoming Space at Otterbein Courtright Memorial Library (http://library.otterbein.edu/ErinMcKenzie/index.htm) encourages conversations and facilitates discovery of cultures, experiences, struggles and how we are connected. The welcoming space celebrates the gifts and talents in each of us in hopes of creating inclusive communities where all are valued. Annual events are planned with this vision in mind.