The Office of Inclusive Excellence Education & Development provides faculty and staff with interactive workshops, training, and resources to deepen critical consciousness, encourage personal and collective reflection on inclusive excellence concepts, and develop anti-bias skills that strengthen inclusion and belonging.

Inclusive Lens Workshops

OIEED provides workshops that can be tailored specifically for the needs of departments and divisions to develop and integrate practices related to inclusive excellence.

To consult and request a workshop, complete the Request for Services Form

Inclusive Community Conversation

Inclusive Community Conversation is a dialogue series designed for faculty and staff to engage in meaningful discussions on topics related to inclusive excellence, belonging, and identity. Using the World Café model, participants will engage in small-group conversations that encourage deep reflection and a greater understanding of diverse perspectives.

Throughout each session, participants will move between groups, contributing their insights and building on the ideas of others. The session will conclude with a collective harvest of key themes and follow-up resources to support continued reflection and action beyond the dialogue.

After the event, in collaboration with Belk Library, participants will be introduced to additional resources to further their reflection and understanding about the topic.

    Summer Race, Reflection & Discussion Series

    A collaboration between the Center for Race, Ethnicity, & Diversity Education (CREDE), Office of Inclusive Excellence Education and Development (OIEED), and the Office of Leadership and Professional Development (OLPD) providing faculty and staff a personal and professional development opportunity to discuss contemporary issues regarding race/racism through workshops and dialogue over the summer months.

    Save the Date: June 2026 – Details coming soon!

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    Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DIB) Suite and Community of Practice sessions (CoP)

    Professional development modules for all Elon University faculty and staff to explore concepts and strategies that build the necessary skills to actively contribute to an Inclusive Excellence work and learning culture. This is offered in collaboration with the Office of Human Resources.

    For descriptions and learning outcomes of each module, review the DIB Suite or DIB Suite for Leaders outlines. Faculty and staff can access the DIB Suite using Elon credentials.

    DIB Debriefs are facilitated conversations for deeper exploration of content and opportunity to create developmental action items based on the exposure and learning from these modules in the DIB Suite

    Bias Education (BE) workshops

    BE Aware, BE Accountable and BE Advocates: BE workshops aim to proactively reduce identity-based bias and bias-related incidents. Participants in these workshops learn to identify bias, how to utilize Elon’s bias response system and strategies to integrate anti-bias advocacy skills into thinking and practice.

    Spring 2026 Workshops:

    BE Aware – Understanding and [Un]Learning Bias – April 10 11:45am-1pm, East Commons

    Bias doesn’t always look the way we expect, and sometimes we act on it without even realizing it. In this workshop, participants will explore their own personal bias attitudes and behaviors while building a deeper understanding of how implicit and explicit identity-based bias shows up in everyday interactions. This session creates space for honest reflection and dialogue, while offering tools to help participants better understand themselves and expand their perspectives.

    Register HERE, lunch available at 11:45am, workshop begins at 12pm

    BE Accountable – Recognizing and Responding to Identity-Based Bias – April 24, 11:45am-1pm – East Commons

    Awareness is an important first step, but accountability is what moves us toward inclusive action. This workshop supports participants in recognizing identity-based bias as it happens and strengthens their ability to respond in thoughtful and effective ways. Participants will leave with practical tools and strategies to navigate bias-related situations when they occur.

    Register HERE, lunch available at 11:45am, workshop begins at 12pm

    BE Advocates – Shifting Department and Campus Culture – May 8, 11:45am-1pm – East Commons

    Creating more inclusive environments and reducing harm requires intentional action. In this workshop, participants will explore the foundations of anti-bias advocacy and discover concrete resources and strategies for fostering a more inclusive environment within in their everyday work.

    Register HERE, lunch available at 11:45am, workshop begins at 12pm

    Learn more about Bias Education at Elon University.

    Request a BE workshop.

    The Intercultural Development and Education to Action (IDEA) Institute

    A year-long program enabling faculty and staff to deepen intercultural learning and development to expand critical consciousness in their current work. Participants will complete the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI©), create a personalized development plan, and engage in development sessions and experiential learning activities to advance their intercultural learning, competencies and practices.

    Participants will receive an IDEA Institute Completion Certificate upon completing all Institute requirements.

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