2019 CCI Diversity & Inclusion Week Schedule

The College of Communication and Information hosted its annual CCI Diversity and Inclusion Week from Monday, Sept. 23, through Thursday, Sept. 26.

“Reflect, Retool, and Reclaim” was the theme of this year’s week of panel discussions, keynote speakers, and dramatizations. Alice Wirth, Director of the CCI Diversity Student Leaders Society, was the organizer of the event, which is in its 10^th year.

The in-person attendance across nine sessions and two keynote events totaled 1,084. Twenty-seven CCI undergraduate classes attended at least one of the sessions or panels.

The 2019 CCI Diversity and … Read more “2019 CCI Diversity & Inclusion Week”

The College of Communication and Information’s eighth annual Diversity and Inclusion Week – September 25–28 – featured keynotes by UT Chancellor Beverly Davenport and Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, nine panel sessions and a diversity festival.
More than 1,100 people attended the four day event, which dealt with a variety of topics including: mental health and media effects, being comfortable in your own skin, social media and trolling, immigration and respect for the America dream, respect for religion, free speech and politics, disagreeing in a civil fashion, and bridging hidden divides.The theme for 2017 was “Diversity and Inclusion: R-E-S-P-E-C-T.”
Participants had … Read more “CCI’s Diversity and Inclusion Week 2017 Recap”

The College of Communication and Information’s eighth annual Diversity and Inclusion Week, September 25–28, will feature keynote addresses by Chancellor Beverly Davenport and Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero along with eight panel sessions and a diversity festival.
The four-day event offers participants an opportunity to learn about diversity and inclusion issues and best practices through dialogue with leaders and experts from inside and outside the college, university, and community.
This year’s theme is “Diversity and Inclusion: R-E-S-P-E-C-T.”
Davenport will speak at 5 p.m. Monday, September 25, in Patrick Auditorium on the third floor of the Communications Building. A pre-keynote reception will … Read more “Respect Is Focus of CCI Diversity and Inclusion Week”

Scripps Networks Interactive human resources executive Alaka Williams will deliver the keynote address for the College of Communication and Information’s seventh annual Diversity and Inclusion Week, September 26-29, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Williams’ talk begins at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, in McClung Museum Auditorium in Circle Park. The event is free and open to the public.
With the theme “Diversity and Inclusion: It’s Time,” the week will feature eight panel discussions and an open forum. Activities conclude with the annual Diversity Festival in the CCI lobby and patio on Thursday, September 29. A full schedule of … Read more “2016 CCI Diversity and Inclusion Week to Feature Talk by Scripps Networks Interactive Executive”

 The College of Communication and Information hosted its sixth annual Diversity and Inclusion Week September 28 – October 1.
More than 1,100 participants joined the discussions, dialogue and learning across the week’s 9 sessions, two keynotes and the Diversity Festival. The 2015 theme was “Unifying and Transforming Our World” with daily sub-themes of Unifying and Transforming: “Our Self,”  “Our Home,” “Our Community” and “Our Workplace.”  (See here for a complete list of the week’s sessions, keynoters, panelists and moderators).
San Jose State Professor Jason Laker delivered the first keynote address, “To Transform, Seek First to Understand,” on Monday, September 28. … Read more “2015 CCI Diversity and Inclusion Week”

The College of Communication and Information will celebrate its Diversity and Inclusion Week September 22–25 with a keynote speech, an open forum, panels, and a diversity festival.
Jose Aponte, director of the San Diego County Library System, will deliver the keynote address at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, September 24, in McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture auditorium.
Read more in Tennessee Today, 2014 Diversity and Inclusion Week.

“Does Diversity Really Matter?” is the theme of this year’s Diversity and Inclusion Week, Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Communication and Information.
The four-day event will feature panel discussions on a wide range of diversity and inclusion issues. Rickey Hall, UT’s vice chancellor for diversity, will deliver the keynote address, “Does Diversity Really Matter?,” at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, in the Communications Building Auditorium (Room 321).
The week concludes with the annual CCI Diversity Festival, Thursday, Oct. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Circle Park. The festival will include … Read more “CCI to Host 2013 Diversity and Inclusion Week”

“Expanding and Understanding our Diverse World” is the theme of this year’s UT Knoxville College of Communication and Information (CCI) Diversity and Inclusion Week, October 1-4.
The week will feature panel discussions on a wide range of diversity issues, culminating with the CCI Diversity and Inclusion Festival, Thursday, October 4, in Circle Park. The festival will include a barbecue, music, dance, and dramatic performances by students from the college and Knoxville area entertainers (see here for more information about the Festival).
“This event offers students, faculty, and staff from our college and from the entire university a chance to gain … Read more “UT Hosts Diversity and Inclusion Week”