{"id":34611,"date":"2026-09-15T09:24:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=34611"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:24:58","slug":"odi-amp-nepdec-language-matters-creating-a-culture-of-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/odi-amp-nepdec-language-matters-creating-a-culture-of-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"ODI &amp; NEPDEC Language Matters: Creating a Culture of Belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>T<b>he Office of Diversity and NEPDEC will be hosting a session on\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0why\u00a0Language Matters: Creating a Culture of Belonging\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div>Date: October 27th,2026<\/div>\n<div>Time: 11 am -1:00 pm<\/div>\n<div>Location: Miller Room (Henry Student Center, Second Floor)\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Language Matters: Creating a Culture of Belonging\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Presenter: Jasmine Giddings | Director of Multicultural and International Student Programs<br \/>Come aboard the Cruise Line and navigate conversations about inclusion!<br \/>This leadership workshop features interactive icebreakers, group activities, and conflict<br \/>scenarios that teach participants how to communicate across differences, work<br \/>collaboratively, and build unity while honoring diverse perspectives.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/it9P5hxn19D6YUZP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSVP<\/a>\u00a0to attend\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Diversity and NEPDEC will be hosting a session on\u00a0\u00a0why\u00a0Language Matters: Creating a Culture of Belonging\u00a0\u00a0 Date: October 27th,2026 Time: 11 am -1:00 pm Location: Miller Room (Henry Student Center, Second Floor)\u00a0 Language Matters: Creating a Culture of Belonging\u00a0\u00a0 Presenter: Jasmine Giddings | Director of Multicultural and International Student ProgramsCome aboard the Cruise&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/odi-amp-nepdec-language-matters-creating-a-culture-of-belonging\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ODI &amp; NEPDEC Language Matters: Creating a Culture of Belonging<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34641,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34611\/revisions\/34641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}