{"id":34678,"date":"2026-09-16T09:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=34678"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:25:32","slug":"odi-and-nepdec-will-be-hosting-a-session-on-why-language-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/odi-and-nepdec-will-be-hosting-a-session-on-why-language-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"ODI and NEPDEC will be hosting a session on why Language Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">T<\/span><b>he Office of Diversity and NEPDEC will be hosting a session on <\/b><b>\u00a0why <\/b><b>Language Matters: Creating a Culture of Belonging\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Date: October 27th,2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Time: 11 am -1:00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Location: Miller Room (Henry Student Center, Second Floor)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Language Matters: Creating a Culture of Belonging\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Presenter: Jasmine Giddings | Director of Multicultural and International Student Programs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Come aboard the Cruise Line and navigate conversations about inclusion!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This leadership workshop features interactive icebreakers, group activities, and conflict<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">scenarios that teach participants how to communicate across differences, work<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">collaboratively, and build unity while honoring diverse perspectives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/it9P5hxn19D6YUZP8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RSVP<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to attend\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Diversity and NEPDEC will be hosting a session on \u00a0why Language 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 Programs Come&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/odi-and-nepdec-will-be-hosting-a-session-on-why-language-matters\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ODI and NEPDEC will be hosting a session on why Language Matters<\/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-34678","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\/34678","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=34678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34695,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34678\/revisions\/34695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}