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09/21/2021

Due to organizational restructuring and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year's has been postponed. Thank you to all who submitted proposals, and we hope to feature your ideas in an upcoming symposium. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

07/29/2021

This , DIRECTO is honored to spotlight Ishwaree Datta (she/her) as the researcher of the week! Ishwaree is a PhD student in biology who is studying signaling pathways and drug candidates to treat colorectal carcinoma which is a deadly cancer that disproportionately impacts Black individuals compared to other racial groups. Ishwaree’s work is an important step in identifying therapeutics to treat this disease. Ishwaree is from India and is the first daughter in her family to pursue a PhD abroad. She is a wonderful role model for minority women in STEM and we are excited to see where her research leads! If you would like to be featured as the DIRECTO researcher of the week or would like to nominate someone else, please fill out this Qualtrics form: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5o8RC8EdWLXZoIm

07/27/2021

This week we’re honored to spotlight Dr. Elçin Haskollar as our latest DIRECTO ! Dr. Haskollar is the Director of the Global Citizenship Certificate Program, facilitator of the Global Partner Certificate Program, and co-producer & host of the Diversity Talks podcast! She is also the recipient of various awards for education, diversity & inclusion, and service work alike. Please join us in celebrating & congratulating Dr. Haskollar for her dedication to improving the lives of the FSU community.

Global Citizenship Certificate info: https://cge.fsu.edu/global-citizenship-certificate
Global Partner Certificate info: https://cge.fsu.edu/certificates-training/global-partner-certificate
Diversity Talks - available on YouTube, Spotify, & Apple Podcasts!

07/26/2021

Book Recommendation: Courageous Conversations about Race.

Glenn Singleton has devoted over thirty years to constructing racial equity worldwide and developing leaders to do the same. Glenn is the Founder and President of Courageous Conversation TM, an agency that guides leadership development in education, government, corporation, law enforcement, and community organizing.

07/22/2021

This , DIRECTO is proud to highlight Denisha Campbell (she/her) as the DIRECTO researcher of the week. Denisha is a PhD student who is interested in supporting Black and Brown students with literacy development. Her work will help address the gap faced by these students and ensure that this line of research is translated to relevant stake-holders and school districts. We are excited to see her future research on this important topic!

If you would like to be featured as the DIRECTO researcher of the week or would like to nominate someone else, please fill out this Qualtrics form: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5o8RC8EdWLXZoIm

07/21/2021

We love to highlight special & Tallahassee organizations that help the community. If you haven’t heard of any of these organizations, give them a follow!

The Hang Tough Foundation is a Tallahassee nonprofit. The offers resources and encouragement to families during their journey with childhood illness and special needs. Their vision is to build a community for families who are on a journey with childhood illness or special needs to provide a refuge and outlet that supports the entire family.

The FSU Food for Thought Pantry is an initiative run by FSU’s Department Student Support and Transitions. The is available for students who are in need of food. If students are in need they are required to show their student ID and sign a waiver form. They also accept donations and a wish list of high need items can be found on their website. https://dsst.fsu.edu/resources/food-for-thought-pantry

The Women Student Union serves to develop a greater awareness in the Florida State University community of women’s rights and issues and their relationship to the economic, social, and political nature of society.

The CRE is committed to helping students become accomplished scholars and active citizens—people of character who can drive innovation and enrich our society. To that end, the supports the engagement of FSU undergraduates--from every major--in research, entrepreneurial, and creative projects, under the mentorship of FSU faculty.

07/19/2021

Pichai Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai, is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google. Born in Madras, India, Pichai earned his degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering.

07/15/2021

DIRECTO is honored to spotlight Jasmin (she/her) as the researcher of the week! Jasmin earned her M.S. in biology from FSU and has researched elasmobranch (shark) ecology and phylogeny. She is an incredible advocate for minority participation in the sciences and is CEO of Minorities in Shark Sciences as well as the coordinator of the MarSci-LACE project dedicated to promoting minority students in marine science. You may recognize her from Saturday at the Sea where she worked as an instructor during her time at FSU. Jasmin also presented at last year’s DIRECTO fall symposium on her work with the MarSci-LACE project. Join us in congratulating Jasmin on all her hard work and wishing her the best of luck on her research going forward! If you would like to be featured as the DIRECTO researcher of the week or would like to nominate someone else, please fill out this Qualtrics form: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5o8RC8EdWLXZoIm

07/14/2021

How many of you as faculty are familiar with your Title IX responsibilities as an employee? Knowing your Title IX responsibilities as a responsible employee is incredibly important as a faculty, as student employees, and researchers. It can be uncomfortable to imagine that a student or colleague might come to us and disclose misconduct that has affected them. We’ve offered a brief, but hopefully informative, look into what it means to be a mandated reporter.

07/13/2021

Have you experienced issues with sexual misconduct, hazing, discrimination, or other conduct violations at ? Did you know you can make reports online at report.fsu.edu? Here we’re providing some information about what kind of reports you can make, which can and cannot be made anonymously, what qualifies as a “protected group” against discrimination & retaliation, and what qualifies as hazing under Florida law. We hope you find the information helpful and use this resource if you are in need!

07/12/2021

Book Recommendation: The person you mean to be- by Dolly Chugh.
This book provides us with tips for recognizing bias and reducing its effects in ourselves and our workplaces.

07/08/2021

DIRECTO is honored to spotlight Michelle (she/her) as the researcher of the week! Michelle is a M.S. student in FSU College of Communication & Information . She is working on understanding Autism in adults using the social model of disability. Autism, like many other “invisible” characteristics is often neglected in DEI conversations despite the biases associated with it. As an autistic individual, Michelle has faced and overcome many challenges in academic and research fields and we look forward to hearing more from her on this often overlooked aspect of autism. Join us in congratulating Michelle on this work and wishing her the best of luck on her research! If you would like to be featured as the DIRECTO researcher of the week or would like to nominate someone else, please fill out this Qualtrics form: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5o8RC8EdWLXZoIm

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