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AGR 101

AGR 101. Introduction to the College of Agriculture and Purdue University. AGR 101 - September 9 . Seating chart in effect - Please sit in same location as last week. See instructor now if you did not attend this division last week. There is a chart to view on the front table.

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AGR 101

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  1. AGR 101 Introduction to the College of Agriculture and Purdue University

  2. AGR 101 - September 9 • Seating chart in effect - Please sit in same location as last week. • See instructor now if you did not attend this division last week. • There is a chart to view on the front table.

  3. Absences September 2 2:30 3:30 William Sjaichudin Brian Montero Jeremy Stevenson Jan Burton Justine Penix Brittany Blackburn Lauren Dixon Dick Johnson • Austin Henderson • Soren Neild • Heather Moore • Daniel Morris • Louis Milrod • Tina Carroll • Tristian Monterastelli 4:30 • Eric Hackney • Catherine Simpson • Rachel Davis • Scott Markiewicz

  4. Announcements Wednesday, September 10 12 – 1 pm Life Science Library “What has the Library Done for You Lately?” Wednesday, September 10 6 – 8 pm Third Digital Literacy Contest http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080903PoynterDigital.html

  5. Announcements Center For Career Opportunities (CCO) 1:00-6:00pm September 10 & 11, 2008 Agricultural Administration Building—Room 128 October 20 & 21, 2008 Agricultural Administration Building—Room 212 To schedule your session e-mail Linda at laa@purdue.edu. Your subject line should read Ag/CCO Blitz.

  6. Assignments Due Today • Copy of Your Class Schedule

  7. Read Before Class onSeptember 16 • College of Agriculture Student Organizations • Purdue University Student Organizations • University Class Schedule Revision Policies

  8. Math Tutoring www.math.purdue.edu/academic/tutor/application Math help room – Math Rm. 205 Hours: M-Th 10:30am-5:30pm F 10:30am-2:30pm

  9. Math Tutoring Through Adobe Connect MA 223 Student Name: Kathleen Lennon Phone: 860-338-1515 e-mail: klennon@purdue.edu Availability: M 9:30-10:30 p.m. W 9:00-10:00 p.m. Link Through Adobe Connect: http://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/r74119255

  10. Math Tutoring Through Adobe Connect MA 223  Student Name: Taylor Thompson Phone: 317-339-0348 e-mail: thomps67@purdue.edu Availability: T 7:00-8:00 p.m. Link Through Adobe Connect: http://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/r86866263

  11. Math Tutoring Through Adobe Connect MA 223 Student Name: Kriste Hasselbrock Phone: 765-414-5093 e-mail: khesselb@purdue.edu Availability: Th 9:00-10:00 Link Through Adobe Connect: http://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/r22534243

  12. Math Tutoring Through Adobe Connect MA 220 Student Name: James Wolff Phone: 574-952-6159 e-mail: jmwolff@purdue.edu Availability: T 9:00-10:00 p.m. W 9:00-10:00 p.m. Link Through Adobe Connect: http://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/r95312521

  13. Maintain Address, Phone, and E-mail Information • Address and Phone Information Can Be updated on myPurdue, or in Room 45 of Hovde Hall. • E-mail - Log on http://www.itap.purdue.edu/directory/ Click on Update Your Directory Listing

  14. When Can I Study Abroad? A) Semester B) Summer C) Spring Break/Maymester D) All of the above

  15. AGR 101 Attendance Print Your Name On Appropriate Line. Leave Empty Seats Blank. Record Your Row Location and Number of Seats From Aisle Including Empty Ones. Return to Your Location Next Tuesday.

  16. The article, “White Man Dancing” is a: A) story of a White man lost in the rainforest of Brazil B) story of a White man’s personal transformation that increased his multicultural awareness C) description of a Native American’s dance during a traditional ceremony D) story of a White man dancing on Broadway in New York City

  17. When Dr. Gary Howard referred to “the Hill” he was speaking of: A) one of New Haven’s most impoverished neighborhoods that had been targeted for urban renewal B) his experience with drugs C) a secret place where he traveled to write his new book D) his trip to Colorado’s foothills back in the early 50’s

  18. Diversity and Its Strengths Dr. Pamala V. Morris Assistant Dean, Diversity Programs College of Agriculture

  19. Kaleidoscope: Dimensions of Diversity By Pamala V. Morris, Ph.D. Purdue University 2008

  20. What is Diversity?

  21. D I V E R S I T Y W O R K

  22. Equity and DiversityThe First Debate Plato vs. Aristotle Saxonhouse, A., Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992

  23. Diversity Debate • Plato…Unity and harmony would be achieved by shared characteristics of a homogenous citizenry. • Aristotle…Unity and harmony is achieved through difference. Democracy based on variety is more likely to thrive.

  24. Diversity is a kaleidoscope of people who bring a variety of backgrounds, life experiences, styles, perspectives, personalities, values, and beliefs as assets to the groups and organizations with which they interact.

  25. Are we a diverse group?

  26. Dealing with Diversity • What are the strengths/benefits that diversity gives us? • Do most people find it difficult dealing with differences in people? • Why is it difficult to deal with differences? • How have we, as a nation, dealt with diverse issues of racial/ethnic/other cultural groups?

  27. Why is having an understanding of our differences so important?

  28. TO MORE EFFECTIVELY Communicate Overcoming barriers caused by differences Using differences to create synergy

  29. Cultural Awareness • limited knowledge and awareness of cultural differences • limited understanding of the influence of culture on attitudes and behaviors.

  30. Stereotypes • function like filters between individuals • interfering with our ability to hear or see others clearly • hindering our efforts to understand those who are different.

  31. Exclusion • we sow the seeds of our own destruction • we render ourselves less powerful, more hopeless, with less to gain and lose • we pay a steep price for excluding people, and for tolerating systems that are demoralizing and inequitable

  32. “We must not only learn to tolerate our differences. We must welcome them as the richness and diversity which can lead to true intelligence.” -Albert Einstein

  33. By the year 2050, 47% of the total U.S. population will be Asian, Hispanic or Black.

  34. 14% of U.S. population speaks a language other than English at home. Of the 14%, 54% speak Spanish.

  35. In the next decade, women, people of color and immigrants will constitute 80% of the labor market. --U.S. Department of Labor

  36. Multicultural Issues in the Workplace • Language problems leading to miscommunication and misinterpretation • Incorrect assumptions about diverse cultures •Expectations that others will conform • Biases against the unfamiliar • Traditional American values in conflict with values of other cultures

  37. “The problem for us is not to learn…but to unlearn.” --Gloria Steinem

  38. Concluding Remarks • Quote: • “Is it not true,” he asked, “that every landscape I behold, every friend I meet, every act I perform, every pain I suffer, leaves me a different being than that they found me? • Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Education, in The Portable Emerson (1946)

  39. Quiz Policies • Do your own work. • Quizzes distributed face down. • Do not turn papers over and begin until advised. • Put your name on your paper. • Turn your papers over when finished.

  40. Quiz

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