"Your students are your best PR." Come for this and more sweet nuggets of wisdom from the current ACSD Diversity Chair, Yicaury Melo. She hails from Gordon College in the greater Boston area where she has worked for years on raising the multicultural program on campus from the ground up. This episode is rich with specific strategies and ideas that Yicaury has employed successfully on her campus. It also features an in-depth description of a new certification opportunity through the ACSD called Elevate. Be sure to follow up at acsd.org for more information if you are interested in the certification program.
0:50 Opening and banter
2:30 Introduction of guest
5:15 Multicultural programming at Gordon College
18:30 Diversity work in ACSD
19:48 Introducing the Elevate Certificate
28:27 Advancing support on under resourced campuses
34:35 Resources Yicaury suggests for you
39:11 Call for crowdsourced ideas for the podcast
Yicaury is happy to be reached at diversitychair@acsd.org with your questions and ideas! And please reach out to scholarship@acsd.org with your ideas for future episodes.
