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Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism

2019 Post-Conference Survey Results

Prepared by the University of Kansas - Office Diversity & Equity

Contents Facilities, Format, Organization, and Variety ................................................................................................ 2

Conference Access and Attendance ............................................................................................................. 3

Events from the First Day, Thursday October 3rd .......................................................................................... 6

Events from the Second Day, Friday October 4th .......................................................................................... 7

New First Day Schedule with Extended Sessions .......................................................................................... 8

Poster Sessions............................................................................................................................................ 11

Friday Breakout Sessions ............................................................................................................................ 12

All Opened-Ended Responses ..................................................................................................................... 18

Appendix A – Survey Tool ........................................................................................................................... 41

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Working Draft – Updated February 12, 2020

Facilities, Format, Organization, and Variety The survey had general questions about the conference facilities, format, organization, and variety of

sessions.

Respondents were very satisfied with the conference facilities: 73% rated as excellent and 23% rated as

good, which is comparable with the 2018 responses.

RATINGS FOR OVERALL CONFERENCE

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Conference Access and Attendance Most attendees did not have any challenges with accessibility. 8% of respondents shared that they

encountered problems. In their comments, many said that presenters did not use microphones which

made hearing difficult.

While there was a fairly even distribution of barriers to attending the conference, three responses were

the most frequent. The main issues raised were a lack of knowledge of the conference (70%), an inability

to take time off work (45%), and scheduling conflicts (43%).

CONFERENCE ACCESSIBILITY

DETAILS OF INACCESSIBILITY

Free Response Comments from Respondents

• Presenters not using microphones (this wasn't requested from me though)

• Not a problem for me, but all speakers should use a microphone

• I take longer than most people to process information and make decisions, so having session

descriptions prior to the first day of the conference would have helped me experience the

sessions more intentionally.

• Was unaware of how and if there were accommodations [sic] for people with food allergies so I

avoided the meal times.

• Had difficulty hearing in some sessions

• I have a hearing impairment and not all presenters used the microphone or did not pass it along

to conversnats [sic]

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MOST SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE

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OTHER BARRIERS PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE

Free Response Comments from Respondents

• more disabled faculty members need to be aware of this conference.

• No requirement or expectation that faculty and staff will engage in professional develop or

learning opportunities relative to diversity, equity and inclusion

• The program was announced very late on our campus. The program should be one day in length.

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Events from the First Day, Thursday October 3rd There were several optional events available on Thursday, including the following: Spencer Museum of

Art exhibitions, dinner, and Kiese Laymon event at the Lied Center, though attendance at each was low.

Both quantitative and qualitative data suggested that attending the optional events were worth

attendees time. For example, 100% of those who attended the Kiese Laymon lecture rated it as

excellent. All who attended the Spencer Museum of Art exhibits rated the experience as excellent, good,

or average.

RATINGS OF EVENTS FROM DAY 1 – THURSDAY

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Events from the Second Day, Friday October 4th Survey respondents were asked to rate Friday registration, breakfast, keynote address from Dr. Jerry

Kang, lunch, and closing remarks.

The Keynote address from Dr. Jerry Kang was a highlight. 80% of attendees said his talk was excellent,

with many commenting that it was the most enjoyable part of the conference.

While registration was mostly considered excellent or good, the rest of the questions had mixed results.

RATINGS OF EVENTS FROM DAY 2 - FRIDAY

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New First Day Schedule with Extended Sessions Historically, the conference began in the evening of the first day. This year the host site decided to try

starting earlier, during the afternoon of the first day. 75% of respondents favored the change.

Thursday sessions were extended for more in depth discussion.

During the first extended sessions, conference goers chose between two sessions: Universal Design &

Universal Design for Learning; and Serving LGTBQ+ Students. These sessions were rated 84% excellent or

good

For the second extended session, the topics were: Bystander Intervention, and Serving First Generation

Students. Those two sessions resulted in 79% ratings of excellent or good.

RATING OF CHANGES IN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

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RATING OF THURSDAY EXTENDED SESSION 1

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RATING OF THRUSDAY EXTENDED SESSION 2

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Poster Sessions Less than half of respondents attended the poster sessions, which made it difficult to draw meaningful

conclusions from the data. There were six posters presented:

• Workplace Diversity & Inclusion Education: Past, Present & Future

• Inquiry-Based Learning Approaches: Building Bridges from K12 to Higher Education

• A Social Justice Committee in a Housing Program

• Technologies and Cultures: Differences in the Use of Learning Technologies in our Global

Classrooms

• What is it really like here...?

• Improving Health Outcomes for Sexual Minorities through Access

RATINGS OF EACH POSTER

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Friday Breakout Sessions Respondents were asked to select the session(s) they attended, then rate that session. They were also

given the opportunity to provide written feedback to the presenters.

While all sessions had overall positive feedback (average of 87% excellent or good rating) – there were a

few sessions that were rated especially well.

Programs from each session are listed below, with the most attended session of each time frame noted.

The graphs that show ratings for breakout sessions begin after the session 4 summary.

Friday Session 1 – seven presentations • Transitioning the Relationship between Disability Services and Instructional Practices

o This was the most attend session 1 with 27 people in attendance.

o 89% rated it excellent or good.

• “Are you open to feedback?”: Tips on Sharing Feedback In A Culturally Diverse World

• Latinx Studies Certificate/Degree Programs and Latinx Student Recruitment: Addressing the

Changing Demographics in Kansas

• Achievements and Challenges: Centering Black and Brown Graduate Students SA Pro

Experiences at Predominantly White Institutions

• Unpacking "Unpacking Whiteness in the Workplace": A Look into the Staff-Led Workshop Series

to Challenge White Privilege in KU Employee Culture

• Interrogating Whiteness: An Educator's Guide towards Multicultural Growth

• Administrator Session (extended)

Friday Session 2 – five presentations • Universal Design Using Artificial Intelligence



• Creating and Implementing a social Justice Certificate Program

• Inclusion in Makerspaces

• Getting "run over": A collaborative autoethnography of graduate students with disabilities

• Perceptions of cultural competence among students, staff, and faculty in a School of Journalism

and Mass Communication

Friday Session 3 – six presentations • Hale: new library, new approaches to inclusive library spaces

• The Pronoun Low down: Making Your Institutions Policies Inclusive for Gender Nonconforming

and Nonbinary Students, Staff & Faculty

• Recruiting and Retaining Faculty/staff of Color



• Considering Hiring Deaf Scholars/Professors of Color at University?

• The Potential Use of Autoethnography in Fostering Diversity and Equity in Kansas' Higher

Education

• Reimagining Space: the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity

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Friday Session 4 – six presentations • Adopting a New Campus Culture: Working with Adopted Students

• Implementing Gender Inclusive Housing: A sustained and collaborative initiative

• Apples & Oranges: How Cultural Commensurability Can Strengthen Equity Initiatives

• Building First-Forward Campuses: Best practices that impact first-generation Student Success, a

panel presentation

• Divers-Ability: Rethinking Disability and Diversity Through Community Activities

• Adaptive and Culturally Relevant Practices Toward Social Equity for Marginalized Populations



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RATINGS FOR FRIDAY SESSION 1

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RATINGS FOR FIRDAY SESSION 3

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All Opened-Ended Responses

Two of MOST enjoyable aspects of the 2018 Tilford Conference? • 1) Meeting colleagues from other universities and colleges who were in attendance and 2)

Attending the extended administrator session.

• Hearing stories from diverse people who faced issues on the job. Discussing ideas with attendees.

• The two most enjoyable aspects of the 2019 Tilford Conference were Dr. Jerry Kang's opening remarks and the very open dialogue within the breakout sessions.

• Dr. Kander's presentation was refreshing, enlightening and quite entertaining. I loved the little asides he added, and I took pages and pages of notes. It inspired me to think about bias in a more broad sense,and to see more of what I've been doing that I'd like to change. Lunch was great on Friday. Thank you for the black bean burgers and all the signs describing the food. I enjoyed the session on Artificial Intelligence! So much has changed in the past 10 years.

• networking with colleagues from other institutions traveling and participating with colleagues from across my institution on the way to/from Tilford

• The energy of the conference and the attendees were great.

• What I enjoyed most about the conference was having the privilege of getting to hear from colleagues at other state institutions about how they are actively engaging in their respective diverse communities and also having the chance to be asked very thought-provoking questions about how I can do the same in my current context.

• Time to connect and collaborate

• Friday morning keynote speaker Interacting with colleagues from other universities

• The keynote. Seeing the good work that is being done in higher ed across the state.

• I simply enjoy the fact that we had this type of conference at KU

• The keynote speaker was wonderful. I appreciated the opportunity to meet people from different locations and disciplines at the breakfast.

• The opportunity to be amongst others who appreciate and celebrate diversity The keynote speaker was excellent.

• Dr. Kang's talk was wonderful. Having a student panel to hear from in one of the presentations was also great.

• The opening speaker was fantastic!!! the discussions even during the lunch time.

• Several of the sessions on Friday were excellent. The main speaker was amazing.

• keynote and meeting people

• Getting to meet other individuals from other universities and networking with professional staff.

• Dr. Kang was amazing!!

• Kiese Laymon talk on Thursday evening (a shame more Conference attendees didn't attend), and Friday morning keynote speaker.

• Meals. Networking / discussion with colleagues over breakfast poster sessions.

• The keynote on Friday was AMAZING! Dr. Kang was such an energetic and engaging speaker! I also really enjoyed the food. And the Recruiting/ Retaining staff of color presentation was engaging.

• The art museum Variety of speakers

• Learning something new such as technology software. Meeting new people and connecting with others.

• The keynote speaker on Friday, and the adopted student presentation.

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• Being in a diverse environment with like minded people and being able to brainstorm together.

• engaging with/meeting staff from other institutions who are focused on this work. learning practical tools/practices I can use in my personal/professional work with models I can follow/implement right away.

• KEYNOTE. KEYNOTE. KEYNOTE. He was interactive, awesome, and great content.

• Location and Jerry King's presentation.

• The keynote speaker on Friday and engaging with others from institutions outside of my own

• Being at KU was a great experience, and the keynote on Friday was amazing.

• Being exposed to the great work that is being done in catering to the diverse student population at Kansas institutions. Meeting many wonderful people who are passionate about student success and understanding individual student needs.

• I appreciated the long lunch to pause, connect with others, and prepare for the next session I appreciated the variety of sessions.

• Meeting and talking with other attendees and the plenary speaker on Friday.

• Building community and networking among colleagues doing the work Learning new innovative ways to support students and DEI on campus

• 1. The overall feeling of positivity and community among the regent schools. 2. The variety of speakers and topics from different institutions

• I really enjoyed getting to meet with others from outside universities and talk about shared issues, and the keynote speaker was excellent on Friday morning.

• The opportunities to network.

• I enjoyed the breakout sessions I was able to attend. I enjoyed the Keynote speaker.

• 1. I really liked the session facilitated by Alex Kimball Williams. 2. I liked that there wasn't a speaker during lunch. I enjoyed all of the speakers at other times, but it was nice to have a break in the middle of the day to recharge and/or have informal interactions with other attendees.

• Pronoun- lowdown Keynote speaker

• Socializing with new people at the conference, learned about their work.

• Breakout sessions and networking with other passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion

• Friday morning keynote speaker Organization/flow of the conference

• The keynote and the administrators session that began at 10:40am

• 1. Dr. Jerry Kang 2. The variety of sessions offered on Friday

• As a white faculty member, I appreciated hearing and learning from the voices of my colleagues of color. The keynote speaker on Friday was amazing. I learned so much from that presentation.

• The keynote speaker and being able to choose my own sessions. I also appreciated that the event was not far from the parking garage. This was tremendously helpful considering it rained!

• Hands down the keynote! Also, engaging with diverse perspectives with people that work in different functional areas of higher ed was great.

• Visit to the Spencer Museum of Art and the strength of the presenters at the sessions I was able to attend (it was a super busy two days for me so I did not get to as many sessions as I would have liked to).

• Jerry Kang's talk was outstanding

• Keynote speaker for sure

• Jerry Wang!

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• The keynote speaker was fabulous. The location. Close enough to make a day trip.

• Networking with other participants. Attending all the sessions and keynote. Free registration which enabled more students and unwaged/low income to attend.

• The breakfast speaker was intelligent. The messages were eye-opening, making me realize how much we need support for our marginalized population who could be suffering for lack of inclusion and support.

• I was able to catch up with past professors and administrators from when I was a student, and discuss the ideas the Task Force at my current school is focusing on. They provided great insight and feedback from the discussion.

• The Keynote on Friday by Dr. Yang was hands-down the very best keynote conference session I have EVER attended.

• Kang and faculty/staff recruitment session

• I just wish that Jerry Kang's talk and the Common Book did not overlap. I wanted to go to both.

• The community essence coming together to celebrate diversity. The vast array of different topics to listen to and learn from.

• Wonderfully vibrant presenters and a good range of topics. This was a great conference!

• The chance to gather in a room with other folks committed to diversity and inclusion. The ability to attend a professional development opportunity close by, and free of charge

• The meals were a great way to connect and network. I thought it was good that there wasn't a speaker during the meals, as there has been at other conferences I attended. I loved that the Spencer Art Museum participated.

• I enjoyed the variety of formats (presentation, round table, poster) that content was presented in. I also loved the keynote presentation Friday morning!

• Dr. Jerry Kang and actually having these discussions

• The sessions all looked quite interesting and the keynote speaker was amazing.

• James Kang was incredible!!!!! Learning about how graduate students are changing the conversation around accommodations and access in universities.

• Dr. Jerry Kang was excellent. Great choice. The sessions were really good as well.

• The high quality of speakers and the necessary conversations that occurred.

• Jerry Kang's session! Please invite him back again! I also enjoyed the Serving First Generation Students session. Watching fellow professionals act out working with students!

• The variety of presentations and the knowledge and enthusiasm of presenters and attendees.

• plenary speaker deaf speaker

• Jerry Kang's keynote. Wonderful!

• Key note speaker

• Keynote was great variety of programs

• Are you open to feedback presentation and seeing friends and colleagues.

• The distribution of presentations and the freedom to attend sessions of interest was certainly appreciated.

• GREAT KEYNOTE! Wow. Sessions were relevant and helpful!

• The keynote speaker Friday morning was excellent; during one session I got good ideas about technology options for students with disabilities

• Great variety of sessions. Lunch on Friday was fantastic.

• Seeing faculty and staff from numerous other universities on campus and hearing their stories.

• Topics and keynote speakers

• Understanding the situation at Mizzou from 2 different perspectives and

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learning what KU is doing to promote social justice.

Two of the LEAST enjoyable aspects of the 2018 Tilford Conference? • 1) Low participation in the extended administrator session. 2) Some of the chicken was cooked

all the way through and therefore raw. :(

• Nothing.

• The least enjoyable aspect of the 2019 Tilford Conference was the very limited time between

breakout sessions.

• That I waited so late to register that Thursday sessions were filled. That I had to leave early on

Friday to attend another meeting back in Manhattan. The portion of the conference I was able

to attend was wonderful, as were the staff who managed and supported the event.

• pre-registration/registration closing remarks

• This was common for both sessions I attended, but handheld or headset microphones would

have been helpful in such a large space.

• Personally, the least enjoyable aspect for me was that I came down with a stomach virus after

Thursday afternoon's events and was unable to attend Friday's events, as I was looking

forward to attending several of the workshops scheduled. The only other thing I can think to

mention would be that it seemed as though there wasn't much to do during the registration

period before the events started. However, I also arrived somewhat early.

• Would have liked more visibility of Native American issues and I am not a fan of session or

titles of sessions that demonize any race, including Caucasians, since it is disrespectful and is

an impediment to engagement e.g, unpacking whiteness).

• shoddy planning (e.g., very, very late posting of hotels, no explanation of parking garage

procedure or acknowledgment of need for parking, program not published until literally a day

before) and few refreshments (plus unappetizing lunch).

• lack of detailed presentations vs entry level discussions. no tables in presentation rooms to sit

at.

• The scheduling. Two days during my heaviest teaching times - I was only able to attend a single

session.

• The conference was poorly organized in terms of preparation and notifying presenters and

attendees about conference details and sessions. Sessions were underwhelming.

• The breakfast could have been more substantial - or identified as continental. Either way is

okay - just needed to know what to expect. Nothing else worth complaining about.

• Least enjoyable were things that are fairly impossible to control: people coming in late to

sessions, making it difficult to hear the speakers at times, and lines for the rest rooms.

• Several of the presenters were not good at all. Not really a presentation.

• The food was by far the worst food I have ever had at a conference; the chicken was pink and

bloody, the hamburgers were extremely poor quality. I was really surprised by the lack of

quality in the food at every meal and the lack of beverages/snacks between sessions.

Thursday’s sessions were too long and not varied enough to be applicable to the different

types of participants at the conference.

• Food

• the unreliability of the communication leading up to the Conference. lack of schedule posted,

lack of program proposal response time

• Dinner and breakfasts were a little disappointing.

• Lack of coffee/water in between sessions. More choice of topic needed for day one.

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• Presenters not using microphones and technology not working (lack of tech support in certain

spaces).

• There were more sessions I wanted to attend that were at the same time.

• Overall registration process and welcome to the conference was poor. Breakfast was highly

disappointing. If it is going to be a continental breakfast it should be noted as such in

registration and material packets.

• I would have appreciated water being available during more than just the meals.

• from my vantage point as someone working in faculty development, I would have appreciated

more sessions focused on faculty audiences/needs (but that may just be me, and may not be

the point of the conference at all)!

• Breakfast and closing remarks.

• The first day was a bit confusing with regard to expected outcomes/takeaways

• The food options were poor and the directions to rooms were confusing.

• A lovely dinner was provided on Thursday night, and very few conference attendees were in

attendance. I saw many attendees trying to send hurried emails and texts between sessions, so

maybe having a little more time between sessions or a break of free time would have given

them more time to handle work communication since the conference took place on two

weekdays.

• Poster session seemed inaccessible Would like an electronic schedule - guidebook or

something similar.

• Disappointed that the Thursday dinner did not include a speaker. The Administrator's session

was enjoyable and valuable but I would have liked a little more opportunity for dialogue.

• Lack of information on gender inclusive bathrooms in the Union

• 1. I wish there was a universal way for each presenter that I went to automatically send me

materials/notes that were mentioned 2. The poster session did not seem to very well

preserved.

• Some of the panel sessions weren't as helpful as if there had been more presentation time,

would've given things context

• Breakfast Friday Morning.

• I didn't like the lack of time available for the breakout sessions so the ones that I did attend felt

as if they had to rush through the material. I didn't like the lack of information available about

the poster sessions and breakout sessions.

• 1. I wish there were descriptions of the train the trainer sessions in the program so I could

make a more informed decision about which session to attend. 2. I would have liked to see

descriptions of all of the sessions prior to receiving the paper program on Thursday.

• N/A

• I did not have any of these "least" feeling during the conference.

• the food during the lunch was almost inedible, everything else was great!

• Afternoon sessions seemed to slow down quite a bit

• The other breakout sessions

• 1. The Tilford Conference was in direct conflict with the KU Digital Humanities Forum on both

days. I didn't know about the conflict until the Tilford Conference information was distributed

at a very late date. 2. There were too many breakout sessions at the same time on Friday. I

wasn't able to attend as many sessions as I would have liked.

• I did not attend the Thursday sessions because I was unclear what Train-the-Trainer sessions

meant -- and since I did not see myself as a trainer, I was not sure they were relevant to my

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role.

• Can't think of anything.

• No complaints! Regret the I missed Dr. Kang's keynote and other sessions.

• The two sessions I attended on Thursday afternoon.

• N/A

• The presentations were a little rushed and neither that I attended were able to completely

finish what they had planned.

• None that I can think of.

• Nothing was bad. I liked the people.

• My only issue with the Conference is that there wasn't much notice. I had only found out

about the Conference because I checked the website to see if registration had opened,

thinking that the Conference was at the end of the month.

• The lack of information, communication and organization between registration and arrival at

the conference. I was not even notified that I was presenting until just over a week before the

conference.

• not applicable

• The pronoun stickers for the name tags.

• I think it would have been great to see the Friday sessions spread over Thursday afternoon as

well to not have as many to choose from during each session time. I think the Thursday

afternoon longer sessions could have been incorporated into the regular 50-minute schedule. I

think lunch on Friday could have been 45 minutes - 1 hour since there was no content being

delivered.

• The lack of information available about sessions online beforehand. The sessions I attended

were somewhat disorganized, and lacked tangible lessons to bring back and apply in my own

office/workplace.

• I think there was some confusion on the first day, because the program for Thursdays events

wasn't as detailed as the events on Friday.

• Honestly, can't think of anything for this -- very well organized and everything!

• A couple presentations could have been a little stronger (more substance).

• There were too many good sessions to choose from and there was no speaker at lunch on

Friday.

• Breakfast on Friday left me needing food and more coffee Need for microphones in all rooms

• N/A

• Cold room. Some speakers did not use the mic.

• Breakfast and the Divers-Ability: Rethinking Disability and Diversity Through Community

Activities session. -- Still enjoyed the conference, these two this were my least favorite.

• So many sessions were scheduled at the same time, it was very difficult to make decisions

regarding which sessions to attend. It would have been nice to have things spread out a bit

more in terms of scheduling.

• Thursday sessions

• Lunch was really long

• The program did not list all of the events that took place on Thursdays. The transition time

after the keynote speaker could have been longer. There was not much time to finish listening

use the restroom, and then make to the first presentation in 10mins when EVERYONE else is

going the same.

• COLD. The union was cold.

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• The schedule came out very, very late making it difficult to make plans; It would be nice to

have a more even distribution of workshops between Thursday and Friday - there were very

few to select from Thursday, and many on Friday.

• Dinner on Thursday was rough. There were so many sessions to choose on Friday, I wish some

of them had been on Thursday.

• That air force fly over had lots of folks spooked!

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Best idea you heard during the Tilford conference that you will use on your

campus/class? • The power of sharing your story with college students, faculty and staff.

• The concept of universal design

• Working on giving good feedback! Structuring my feedback in a way that is helpful to the receiver.

• We need to advertise position openings in deaf journals, etc.

• Using the term "student hours" instead of "office hours," and linking to a website to explain preferred personal pronouns.

• Using artificial intelligence to better include students with disabilities

• Understanding my biases and where they come from. Being more mindful in my everyday. Also, the student panels in my sessions were wonderful. I appreciated them sharing their experiences even though I know they shouldn't have to. In my personal journey in this area, it's my responsibility to know they are feeling this way without having to ask.

• UDL and considerations about recruitment of faculty of color

• Thinking about hidden disabilities in meeting the needs of our students.

• There were several great conversations in the sessions which were my biggest take-always. I’m not sure I have something I can and take “apply”.

• The panel of first-generation college students gave me unique insight into what they find difficult and how I might be able to help first-gen students at my own college. The artificial intelligence presentation was a wealth of knowledge in the latest technology to use for accessibility.

• The importance of centering the experiences of marginalized groups/students whom we need to support and serve; and the need to be not just an ally, but an accomplice, to help support LGBTQ2+ students and other marginalized groups (such as students who are undocumented immigrants).

• The implementation of you Mx in terms of respecting other people pronouns i may not be aware of

• The idea that diversity includes everyone and how do we redefine that for those who feel like they are not included Jerry King's speech in general and how he shaped the conversation of DEI differently

• The distinction between explicit and implicit bias and how to "fix" implicit bias.

• The different understandings of feedback and how to approach the topic was helpful.

• The conversation that took place in retaining and recruiting faculty of color was very impactful.

• The best idea that was reiterated in each session I attended was to ask myself what I can be doing in my current context for the advancement of diversity.

• The amount of research on implicit bias

• That pronouns matter to others more than I ever realized. That we need support for our binary population.

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• That diversity goes deeper than the surface - and there is a lot of diversity that people don't display.

• Technology for accessibility.

• Social Justice Certificate in my office/department. And knowledge of adopted students.

• Sharing research for explaining implicit bias. How UDL works in classrooms for instructors and students

• One was including your pronouns in your e-mails. This may seem small, but can be impactful to those students looking for someone to speak to.

• Nothing specific.

• N/A

• Kang's implicit bias

• Just being aware of my surroundings and how I perceive what is going on. Seems that many issues can be addressed by simply realizing they are happening or someone feels left out.

• Jerry Kang had so many great ideas. De-coupling names from details in searches is something to implement in my next search.

• Jargon list for first-gen/all college students and implicit bias session from UCLA Keynote.

• Issues regarding student engagement in D&E initiatives. As staff, I tend to get sequestered away from student perspectives so it was nice to have that barrier disrupted.

• In a panel on serving first-generation students, a participant presented a glossary of terms commonly used in higher education (and at their institution) that may be confusing for students. I thought this was a wonderful idea that I hope to see implemented more often at institutions.

• Implicit bias presentation--difference between implicit and explicit explained clearly

• Implementing Universal Design Learning into our curriculum, making sure that all classes are accessible to all students at all times, and establishing a solid First Generation program and community across campus.

• I thought I already knew a lot about implicit bias, but I will continue to use info from Dr. Yang for a long time to come. I also particularly enjoyed the Workplace Diversity poster, especially the presenters....very knowledgable and professional.

• I really listened to the panel comprised of grad students--I plan to be more attentive to the needs of my student assistants and make sure that I do what I can to help them feel valued and supported.

• I need to constantly reexamine my biases.

• I made a lot of connections to the universal design learning session, and the unpacking whiteness workshop, and hope to continue work in those areas in my own department.

• I like the idea of including the real history of America in conversations about diversity and equity. It is often a piece that gets left out, especially when it comes to the workplace. And the idea that diversity/multiculturalism is something that is often in place in comparison to white spaces/white

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people. It's a thought that I've had over the years and was great to see it put in the context of a complete presentation on the subject.

• I especially appreciated learning about universal design and universal design for learning.

• How to give feedback to a wide audience, how to foster positive conversations surrounding diversity

• How to "commit to growth" and be an accomplice in regards to the LGBTQ community.

• Helping create a more universally designed campus and curricula to help not only student with visible and invisible disabilities, but literally every single student.

• From the LGBTQ student session, the discussion of being more than an armchair ally is something I've already been referencing in conversations.

• Faculty affinity groups to strengthen recruitment and retention of faculty.

• Engage respectfully

• Dr. Zenova Williams: "Feedback is a gift. It is something you want to receive." Given with permission; Intent for growth; for the person, not about the person, and Targeted for Success. Nice concept, well packaged. Also from her presentation - the idea that we learned to give a compliment, a constructive criticism, then another compliment....she called it a Crap Sandwich. I will never do that again! LOL From Robert Gibson I learned about Microsoft's Garage Project Area. Fascinating! There is a lot of new development there. From Jerry Kang: you created memories that you call upon automatically. If you ping your brain and get an answer back, it is automatic. "we are really naked little animals>" :) He defined implicit bias as "not introspectively accessible." "There is no immaculate perception." Nietzsche Good intentions are not enough...you are not who you think you are. Own it. We must avoid the idea that we are perfect. Be who you claim to be. That is what courage as a leader requires. You might be good, but therte's a gap -- it makes all the difference. The stuff in y;our head leads to slightly different behavior. Either scrub the junk from your head or, if it is hard to remove, break the causal link between bias and behavior. Training your neural net is liked machine intelligence....you can do spot cleaning. Inter-group contact improves interaction. Exposure feeds the machine a different data set. It doesn't matter...each time you succeed you just got to get to the next level of the Hunger Games. Great concept he had: all bees could be the queen bee. The only difference is that somebody fed her Royal Jelly. One last thing: his pronouncement about the Evil of polite disengagement was spot on. I loved his presentation.

• Dr. Kang's speech was wonderful. Among his comments were the ideas of the importance of mentoring even in the smallest of ways and offering "royal jelly". Make a "jargon list" of vocabulary or college lingo for 1st gen. students.

• Discussions related to hiring/retaining diverse faculty and staff provided some good questions to ask and perspectives on how to improve this.

• Cultural commensurability

• Creating safe spaces, finding safe people to relate to.

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• Changing "office hours" to "student hours" - First generation students understand this better.

• Change "office hours" to "student hours." Mx. as inclusive for both Ms. and Mr. More about universal design and artificial intelligence.

• Bystander training used by Washburn. Very clear & easy to follow. Lots to model here. great analogy given by Aswad from KUMC on people of color needing to find community with other people of color (the analogy given was that it was like knowing you were from the water and you were an expert in swimming & moving & the water, but now you were at a place where you had to walk on land and it wasn't comfortable. being with other people who are at ease in the water is something you MUST do for your health & well-being.) and how to tell that to someone who most easily walks on land. as I am a white person, it was very powerful for me to hear that illuminated as a mental health & essential well-being need.

• Bystander program - will share information with my university back in Australia on how to conduct the training within 50 minutes. Keynote Professor Kang's idea of "royal jelly" and the impact of exclusion.

• Better ways to talk about what an ally is!

• Being an ally requires action, not passivity.

• All the accessibility features that are built into the Microsoft office products; getting students to take the Project Implicit tests.

• A broader use of pronoun use, more than just email signature/introductions.

• 1. I learned about ways to make communication more accessible both in terms of formatting and word choice. 2. I saw a lot of vulnerability that resulted in learning, and while I don't expect myself or others to always be willing to be vulnerable, it challenged me to think of ways to do this more often.

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Did the Tilford conference change your perception of the diverse demographic groups on

your campus, and if so, how? • See above: evil of polite disengagement, and the idea that exposure changes

perceptions and even old scripts.

• helped me to better understand that efforts to assist under-represented populations often benefit the entire population

• Kansas is full of diverse demographic groups, and it is a side of the state that we do not get to see as often as we should.

• In general, this was a fantastic learning opportunity, as I am new to KU and state higher education.

• Our campus serves diverse groups of students, but we have little in place for faculty.

• Greater understanding of resources or need for resources for first gen studnents

• I did not learn exceptionally new material regarding diversity

• Conversations with others in which people are willing to be vulnerable allow for sharing and a better understanding of culture and differences and help to contribute to making better decisions that can benefit everyone.

• I belong to a deversity cabinet on our campus and I work with a deverse populaton of students in my position. I do believe there is a lot more to learn and I look forward to next years conference.

• It did not change my perception, but I feel like I gained a better sense of how to approach diversity and inclusiveness

• Hadn't even thought about Adopted Students as a different demographic group.

• Challenged to rethink existing practices.

• It helped me to gain more knowledge about groups that I was already aware of, but had limited interaction with previously.

• I think it deepened my understanding and encouraged me to keep growing and unpacking and exploring so I can be part of creating a different environment that isn't rooted in systemic bias. and of course, my own self-growth I need to attend to & challenge myself to do better, learn more, act on my knowledge as needed.

• I am very aware of the diverse demographic groups on campus, at least much more aware that some of my colleagues.

• I would not say it changed my perception, but opened a window to perceptions on other KBOR campuses and how we compare both good and bad..

• Hearing from students themselves and offices dedicated to diverse demographic groups allowed me greater insight into individual student needs.

• No change in perception, but it is energizing to be in a room with diverse colleagues.

• I think overall I heard a lot of terms defined that I may have been too scared to ask, and now feel more comfortable asking questions. I also heard a lot of sentiment that DEI work is left to marginalized groups to do, and that as a white person, I need to be doing more, and being less uncomfortable in these settings

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• It was the most minorities(mostly black people) that I have seen on the KU campus collectively but it's not surprising that a conference like this would bring out diverse demographics.

• Did not change my perception, but furthered my understanding of it

• Somewhat. One speaker discussed how little Latinx students know about their own history and how important it is to help them learn about that.

• I need to be more actively supportive of my colleagues

• Being more aware of the groups we do have on campus. I am categorized in many ways as a majority, so I like seeing different perspectives and stepping out of that majority role.

• I am from Australia, so the challenges that face equity, diversity and inclusion in the US higher education are very different. This conference helped a lot in terms of contextualising the issues within the Kansas context.

• Knowing that out students need support groups was an eye-opener. The conference made me realize we have nothing for our binary folks. Nothing. Nowhere to go. No one to talk to. No one to help carry the message.

• But it did help me understand ways to convey issues of implicit bias

• Universal Design on the front-end of program and education planning has really been a game-changer in how I'm beginning to plan events and assignments for 2020. Thank you!

• It reaffirmed to me that privilege truly is blinding and that we must actively work to identify those gaps.

• Made me more aware of the issues that are faced on our campus and in the world and how I can be more sensitive to them.

• I became aware of more opportunities for how to proactively think about serving these student populations

• It reemphasized, to me, that the goal is comprehensive inclusiveness and not necessarily just a push for increased "descriptive diversity"

• I wasn't surprised by how many minorities were in the JMC as well as on KU campus period.

• I attended sessions I already had background in and had a perception of students in these diverse demographics.

• Better understanding and hearing of their perspectives

• We still have a lot of work to do. Hearing what other campuses are doing has me hopefully that we aren't far behind. That we will start to see a change for the better on our campus soon!

• OPneded my eyes re: Frist Gen students and their diverse needs. Kang's speech made me examine my on implicit bias

• the apples and oranges presentation made me think about things I hadn't before because of my privilege.

• Specifically, I was not aware of TRIO's definition of first-generation students. By hearing that most institutions refer to first-gen students as those with neither parent completing a 4-year degree, it made me realize just how common first-gen status is. In fact, I did not realize that even I fit into this designation. While neither of my parents have a degree, they both attended community college for a short time. The information provided helped me in realizing the barriers I encountered while attending college as an undergraduate, and how I can use

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these experiences and information to assist first-gen students now.

• Knowing how poorly our services are to students from underepresented populations.

• I really wasn't aware of the things on my campus, because I am a new staff member, so it was nice to learn about my own institution.

• I am aware of them but the conference made it clear that we need to do more to overcome implicit bias which is more difficult to identify.

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As a result of attending this year’s Tilford conference, what will you do to advocate for

change on your campus in terms of policy, programming, curriculum, teaching methods,

recruitment, and/or retention? • As a result of attending this year’s Tilford conference, what will you do t...

• Help to create a community for minority students, faculty and staff

• incorporating universal design in program planning and implementation

• Advocate to get rid of trainings whose titles are offensive, e.g. unpacking whiteness.

• Remain part of campus Tilford group

• This is part of my job already.

• Consider hidden disability needs

• Yes - in particular in increasing access of first generation and underrepresented students in the work that I promote on campus.

• Speak the language of students.

• sharing my story (autoethnography session was really good and interactive)

• Oh, as a staff member, I don't have much influence on high-level policies. Personally, I learned about a lot about Housing initiatives at my own university, that I wasn't even aware of, and feel more comfortable discussing these with students.

• Re-examine issues of curricular equity within my classes and courses.

• Use my position in student government to advocate for changes

• I will offer more accessibility options for our office.

• There are certainly physical space improvements that I am now more aware of. I hope to do my best to make my office the most inclusive, accessible space.

• I am hoping to plan for a future social justice certificate and possibly a bystander intervention program.

• I am actively working within my own faculty development portfolio to collaborate/create/pilot programming targeted to faculty audiences and administrative leadership to help change the status quo, inform about implicit bias, and help leaders & faculty be more knowledgeable about the actions they can take to change the paradigm in their own environments. I am sure I won't get it 100% right the first time, but I am learning & growing and trying to help others learn & grow as well, making sure to learn from others who are more knowledgeable than me as I move forward.

• continue to serve on my diversity council, advocate for students/staff/faculty of color.

• Change Office Hours to Student Hours, to make the student feel more welcomed. Use more actively universal design concepts.

• I will integrate new concepts regarding working with LGBTQA+ students into the work I am already doing related to diversity more broadly.

• I will work toward understanding the tools of accessibility in the classroom and keep abreast of reports from departments/offices giving updates in awareness and insight into diverse demographics on campus.

• I will explore finding a more targeted approach to meeting the needs of first gen students. I will also explore ways to provide more support for faculty.

• Beginning to work with Diversity Committee on campus to build out workshops for faculty and staff Work with IT and registrar to make some changes in processes around name changes Also will focus on supporting first-generation students in a more holistic way.

• I hope to use aspects of the universal design for learning session to present to our faculty for teaching methods

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• I plan to share information I learned at the conference with my unit to advocate for changes in hiring and retention practices. More specifically, I plan to share ways that my unit can work to both recruit and retain staff of varying identities.

• Hire more Deaf faculty members, there is only one at KU. Other college like Emporia State University has one Deaf faculty. Need more of them in different colleges with different majors.

• Secure resources (people and fiscal)

• I would like to see the Libraries get more involved in the first generation and Latinx recruitment and retention efforts.

• I will work to educate those in my department on best practices regarding hiring and retention of minority faculty.

• I will try to make my initiatives and programming more inclusive of the entire campus and truly involve more departments in planning.

• I will advocate for change on my campus in terms of programming, policy, recruitment and retention by working within my unit and with students and staff to support what we are already offering that foster inclusion and support to marginalized groups, working together across units as much as possible, and sharing ideas learned at the Tilford conference--all of which dovetail very well with efforts we are making.

• Continue working in my department that supports and promotes women in stem.

• I will be using materials and knowledge from the conference as part of my current research on K-State's equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives.

• I'm not sure where to start.

• Currently, I am a part of the DEI Task Force on my campus. I'm going to take the knowledge I've learned to the Task Force to be more impactful for my students and fellow coworkers.

• Engage more faculty staff and students on implicit bias and the importance of addressing in such a way that people can understand the utilization and impact it has on processes and climate

• I plan to continue speaking out in support for more diversity inclusiveness on campus.

• I'm involved in recruitment and policy matters and this has challenged me to be more thorough from the very beginning about considering different student populations as we craft policy.

• I'll be pushing to make our spaces more accessible to those with disabilities, increasing the education of all, such that it's threaded throughout ALL parts of campus life (as opposed to being confined to specific classes or spaces), and will be looking for ways to get students to step outside their comfort zones and build cross-cultural coalitions with their peers.

• Speak up, do more, listen more, advocate more.

• Making my classes more accessible. Working on having more classes more accessible across campus. Setting up professional development opportunities on implicit bias.

• Continue to stay involved in policy on campus

• Continue to participate in our SOE committee/training in diversity and equity issues. To try to create opportunities of diverse populations.

• Making sure that when we are speaking about diversity on campus we are covering all parts of diversity. I also would like to partner with different departments on campus to make sure they know of the resources we have on campus for our students. I will also be present. I can't advocate for this campus if I am not active.

• I will continue to participate as much as I can in activities relating to D&E in the workplace, including advocating for campus conversations and attending development opportunities.

• I will take more care in providing general campus s information to first gen students and their

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families

• Take back ideas to my students I advise and with programming in the halls (I work in housing)

• Yes

• I hope to make my role as a first-gen student more accessible to students, so that they can feel more comfortable sharing their experiences being first-gen on campus. Additionally, I would like to explore how to make the language we use on campus more inclusive, and how to inform students on the meaning behind some of our jargon in higher education.

• Being more aware of the resource information I send to my students. Including the "non Fafsa Eligible" link as a part of my general email information about financial aid, for example. It should be the norm to assume a student might need that information rather than it being the exception to the rule.

• See answer from before.

• I'm going to continue to work for more diversity and inclusion and combat implicit bias using the methods outlined by Dr. Kang

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Two topics or issues that you would like to suggest for next year's conference. • Being the minority without being/ feeling like the victim.

• insight on persons who fall on the autism spectrum -- from a student and

employment perspective

• Native American Cultural Competency

• Presentations are most helpful if they discuss accomplished programs and not

just work in progress/just started. More on students who are Dreamers and

students/faculty who are not US citizens and experience increasing

discrimination.

• discrimination and equity compliance/advocacy issues and practices.

• Protections for LGBTQ+ students and faculty in states where there are none (like

Kansas!)

• More workshop style presentations that involve development of teaching tools,

working together to develop these in workshops.

• Disability and mental health as an aspect of diversity - and perhaps

accommodations or universal design for accommodating mental health concerns

in the classroom or higher education workplace.

• Topics on trauma, mental health, poverty, barriers, etc.

• A keynote speaker who has done research on minority students on campus

• inclusion of transfer students in a growing, changing college population.

• More on best practices for front line staff.

• Culturally responsive practices in instruction. Fair and equitable grading practices.

• Food insecurity, student athletes

• Working with administration to accomplish more inclusion on cmapus

• perhaps more programming focused on faculty/administrative leaders (if that

could be part of the mission of the conference. if it's intended to just be student-

focused, then never mind!) :)

• Roundtable for advisors of underrepresented student groups; topics of equity;

have speakers from different states join/present so we get a wider perspective

• Something on Language diversity, in a country where we "all speak English."

• How folks without "Diversity" or "Multicultural" in their department name or job

title can be more supportive and more engaged on campus.

• I think that nontraditional students who are also single parents make up a unique

demographic that deserves to be heard and examined, so that instructors have

greater insight into their experiences and needs.

• - The intersection of whiteness and queerness - A space to gather functional areas

(caucus groups by functional area) - A space to gather by identity (caucus groups)

• 2020 Challenges and opportunities for a new decade of change

• Maybe having a Thursday session on Disabilities to prioritize the subject and get

more people in a session around how to support students with disabilities.

• STEM related topics would be nice, I feel like STEM generally ignores DEI a lot,

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and it would be nice for some targeted ways to help faculty

• Exploring the areas of overlap between diversity/multiculturalism and

equity/justice.

• Sex/rape culture POC centered topics

• How about more sensorial disability presenters of color. Many universities'

faculty, staff and administrators need to learn about them.

• Workshops for students and future faculty members- graduate students

• White fragility; transgender facility accommodations, social justice, predominate

group of mass shooters, alternative ways to settle disputes, student respect for

faculty, what to do when your students of color are being disrespected by

Caucasians,

• Inclusive pedagogy.

• More topics/workshops for students. ESU brought the most students and many

said they didn't feel the workshops were relevant to them. I've started a student

group for mixed race students on my campus, and I would love to see a topic on

this or something similar--how to offer a wider variety of options for students of

color at predominantly white institutions.

• More diverse schedule. Unfortunately I was only able to attend the keynote and

two morning sessions and I was really disappointed that the afternoon sessions

seemed stacked with many topics I would have liked to attend.

• More intersectional presentations. Currently they are still very much single issue-

based.

• More specifically how to train our faculty on ways to support our LBGQ+

community.

• Student matriculation and graduation patterns; faculty tenure and promotion

patterns;

• It could be useful to have a workshop on how to make your website or program

materials more accessible. Showing staff how to add alternative text to images

for example or reviewing your website for gender pronoun usage.

• I'd like to hear student perspectives -- i.e., what issues do they see, and what are

their perceptions on the success/failures of campus, faculty, and state level

initiatives.

• Continue to explore these topics.

• More presentations on disability services and things we can do to help students

on campus.

• I was only able to attend two sessions, so I don't feel I saw enough to reflect on

what could be added.

• Continue to include issues that are unique to grad students.

• Religiosity and lack of for student

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How could the conference be improved?

• Everything was good!

• Have general conference structure -- start/stop and key events identiied earlier Offer a webcast of the keynote or capture for later playback

• Be more strategic and organized in planning. This conference has been held many times and the state team has incredible experience to assist a campus hosting it - make use of that expertise.

• Perhaps the first day (a half day) could be used for a more intensive/comprehensive deep dive into a topic or two

• Scheduling at least one day on the weekend.

• Begin planning and session organization *much* farther in advance. Notify presenters with far more time to prepare. Be clearer about what the conference wants from sessions. The organization of the conference seemed very unprofessional.

• Assessments of the actual presentations? Feedback opportunities for presenters?

• It was very cold in most rooms. the length of time for the lunch was a bit long.

• Improve the setting of the Poster Sessions, provide better sessions on the first day, serve food that people can and want to eat

• Better planning such as web page ready way in advance.

• better communication and organization ahead of time.

• Thursday dinner should just be on own in community, and savings should be put toward an actual breakfast, rather than just pastries.

• Great conference. More choice of sessions needed on Thursday - they were not really train the trainer sessions so maybe have more presentations instead. Snacks/ water/ coffee between sessions?

• Earlier schedule of sessions for planning.

• Having a conference welcome on Thursday would have been nice.

• thank you for all you did to pull this together! it was a lot of work! Next year I hope to be able to attend more sessions.

• The first day workshops are a good idea but I do not think this set of presenters were as effective at this as they could have been.

• Perhaps more workshops so that attendees are nudged to network and share knowledge.

• I would prefer that the conference start on Thursday night with the dinner, as in the past.

• Access to session descriptions in advance would be great.

• It was well-organized, I don't see any improvement.

• You have an opportunity to reach a lot of future faculty before they design their classes or start teaching in the classroom. This conference could be used to foster an inclusive academic environment by advertising to and recruiting graduate students.

• topics and presenters...……..

• Advertise widely and much earlier. Why was the online registration sent out so late? There should not have been a conflict with the Digital Humanities conference. Extend some of the breakout sessions to Thursday afternoon so that people can take advantage of attending more sessions.

• Maybe be clearer about what is happening on Thursday. Since there were only titles and no descriptions of sessions on the website, it was difficult to know how relevant they would be.

• This was my first time and I just appreciate the effort that was made to make this conference

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affordable, high quality and accessible to all. I enjoyed networking with others. Perhaps next year in the program, include a list of attendees and their emails, for the sake of ease of networking. I went on Friday, but I fully intend to attend both days in 2020!

• It'd be great to have the conference schedule available at least a month in advance. Also, a lot of my KU co-workers had no idea that the conference was happening on campus. The conference was not well advertised

• n/a

• It would be good to have the conference session information up on the website much earlier (e.g. have it ready say four weeks before the conference date). I feel because the session information was provided at such a late notice, it may have affected people's decision to attend/not attend, especially those not based in Lawrence.

• You did a great job.

• More administrators from KBOR institutions attending and participating on 2 Provosts and a few Deans. The host Provost didn't participate in any sessions.

• It was a great conference

• Use of the microphones and temperature of the room. Everything about this conference was outstanding. Well worth my time and participation. I wish more individuals from my department had attended.

• Can we make the sessions on Thursday shorter? 1 hour and 30 minutes was too long.

• My only note, as mentioned earlier, fewer sessions scheduled at the same time so attendees have more opportunities to attend various sessions. Otherwise, it was fantastic and informative!

• I think there could be more outreach for the conference in the KU community, especially among graduate students in relevant fields. I know that a large number of folx did register, but I had no idea the conference was being held until a week before it arrived. As a result, I was not able to attend quite as much as I would've liked to.

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Any additional comments or suggestions: • Again, please consider faculty schedules for the hosting school!

• Excellent plenary speaker. Fill the day with like speakers.

• Great experience. Thank you!

• HOST IN WICHITA NEXT YEAR

• I do not like that the conference went so late at night. I would prefer morning until about 5pm. With the conference first day ending at 9pm, I had to drive 40mins so I wouldn't have gotten home until 10pm then I would have to be back at 8am in the morning. Meaning I needed to wake up at around 6am to get there on time. That is only 8 hours of turn around time. Therefore, I made the decision to leave around 4pm and missed part of the conference. I would prefer a 8 or 9am start time and a 5 or 6pm end time.

• I think trying to market this conference to grad students would be beneficial I am a grad student and came because my practicum recommended it and I got a lot out of it. But I have friends that haven't heard from it and I know grads studying higher education/ college student development would be interested

• It was very positive. Thank you!

• Much better this year! Keep up the good work

• Outstanding! One of the best conferences I have attended!

• Please advertise much earlier and more often.

• Thank Annie McBride for arranging interpreter service for me to attend the conference.

• Thank you!

• Thank you!

• Thank you, KU and organising committee for this conference, and for making it free so that it is more accessible.

• Thank you. By the way, I appreciated the diversity that was visible on the KU campus, not necessarily in the people IN or OF the conference, but the population ON the campus. I loved it. Parking was great, too.

• Try to appeal more to student leaders to attend.

• None

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Do you have any recommendations for future keynote speakers for the Tilford

Conference? New question 2019

• Kirk Perucca, Perucca Associates, Kansas city, no (Project Equality)

• Not specifically.

• Kimberle Crenshaw would be an amazing keynote speaker

• I appreciate speakers who are within the state or region Tilford serves.

• Dr. Rev. Jamie Washington Dr. Shaun Harper Michelle Asha Cooper

• None

• Jason Glenn Jerrihlyn McGee Lynette Sparkman-Barnes Jill Peltzer Pam Barnes

• Dr. Joy DeGruy

• Perhaps an artist or someone in the cultural sector

• More time for the speaker and more time for Q&A. He was an excellent speaker and we missed time on his presentation. Maybe the acknowledgements and introductions can start earlier and not take as much time

• Associate Professor Yannik Theim from Columbia University would be a good speaker on transgender and inclusion.

• I would suggest that the planning committee runs on time, as the presenter this year did make comment that he was running out of time. The keynote did start late.

• How about KBOR faculty, staff and administrators that have the ability, credentials and experience needed to serve in such a role.

• Please be careful when using specific lingo or acronyms. Sometimes a presenter would start speaking about programs at their institution and it would take them a few minutes before they realized they needed to clarify.

• One day is enough.

• Hasan Davis Shawn Ginwright

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Appendix A – Survey Tool 2019 Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism Post Survey

Thank you for attending the 2019 Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity & Multiculturalism at the

University of Kansas. This survey should take 8-10 minutes to complete.

We appreciate your feedback!

What institution are you affiliated with? (Optional) Your response will provide KBOR Provosts with summary data related to attendance, value of the conference, and key take-aways that are institution specific. This question is optional. ________________________________________________________________

How many times have you attended the Tilford Conference, including this year?

o 1

o 2-3

o 4-5

o 6 or more

What is your role? Check all that apply:

o Faculty

o Staff

o Student

o Administrator

o Kansas Board of Regents

o Role not listed (please indicate below) ________________________________________

In general, how would you rate the following?

Excellent Good Average Poor Not Applicable

Conference

facilities o o o o o Format of the

conference o o o o o Organization

of the

conference o o o o o

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Variety of

sessions on

Thursday o o o o o

Variety of

sessions on

Friday o o o o o

How do you rate the following events from the first day of the conference, Thursday, October 3rd?

Excellent Good Average Poor Did not attend

Conference

Registration o o o o o Spencer

Museum of Art

Exhibits o o o o o

Dinner

o o o o o Kiese Laymon

Event at the

Lied Center

(optional)

o o o o o

Select the session you attended: Thursday, October 3 1:00-2:30

o Universal Design & Universal Design for Learning

o Serving LGBTQ+ Students

o Did Not Attend

How would you rate the above session?

o Excellent

o Good

o Average

o Poor

Please provide any comments for the presenter(s)

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Select the session you attended: Thursday, October 3 2:45-4:15

o Bystander Intervention

o Serving First Generation Students

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o Did Not Attend


o Excellent

o Good

o Average

o Poor


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How do you rate the following events from the second day of the conference, Friday, October 4th?


Registration

o o o o o Breakfast

o o o o o Keynote Address: Dr. Jerry Kang

o o o o o Lunch

o o o o o Closing Remarks o o o o o

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Please rate the poster sessions


Improving Health

Outcomes for Sexual

Minorities through Access

o o o o o

What is it really like here...? o o o o o

Technologies and Cultures: Differences in

the Use of Learning

Technologies in our Global Classrooms

o o o o o

A Social Justice Committee in a

Housing Program

o o o o o Inquiry-Based

Learning Approaches:

Building Bridges from K12 to

Higher Education

o o o o o

Workplace Diversity & Inclusion

Education: Past, Present &

Future

o o o o o

Provide feedback for the poster sessions

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Select the session you attended: Friday, October 4 (Session 1)

o Transitioning the Relationship between Disability Services and Instructional Practices

o “Are you open to feedback?”: Tips on Sharing Feedback In A Culturally Diverse World

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o Latinx Studies Certificate/Degree Programs and Latinx Student Recruitment: Addressing the

Changing Demographics in Kansas

o Achievements and Challenges: Centering Black and Brown Graduate Students SA Pro

Experiences at Predominantly White Institutions

o Unpacking "Unpacking Whiteness in the Workplace": A Look into the Staff-Led Workshop Series

to Challenge White Privilege in KU Employee Culture

o Interrogating Whiteness: An Educator's Guide towards Multicultural Growth

o Did not attend


o Excellent

o Good

o Average

o Poor


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______________________________________________________________________________


o Universal Design Using Artificial Intelligence

o Creating and Implementing a social Justice Certificate Program

o Inclusion in Makerspaces

o Getting "run over": A collaborative autoethnography of graduate students with disabilities

o Perceptions of cultural competence among students, staff, and faculty in a School of Journalism

and Mass Communication

o Did not attend


o Excellent

o Good

o Average

o Poor


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o Hale: new library, new approaches to inclusive library spaces

o The Pronoun Low down: Making Your Institutions Policies Inclusive for Gender Nonconforming

and Nonbinary Students, Staff & Faculty

o Recruiting and Retaining Faculty/staff of Color

o Considering Hiring Deaf Scholars/Professors of Color at University?

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o The Potential Use of Autoethnography in Fostering Diversity and Equity in Kansas' Higher

Education

o Reimagining Space: the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity

o Did not attend


o Excellent

o Good

o Average

o Poor


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o Adopting a New Campus Culture: Working with Adopted Students

o Implementing Gender Inclusive Housing: A sustained and collaborative initiative

o Apples & Oranges: How Cultural Commensurability Can Strengthen Equity Initiatives

o Building First-Forward Campuses: Best practices that impact first-generation Student Success, a

panel presentation

o Divers-Ability: Rethinking Disability and Diversity Through Community Activities

o Adaptive and Culturally Relevant Practices Toward Social Equity for Marginalized Populations

o Did not attend


o Excellent

o Good

o Average

o Poor


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What were two of the MOST enjoyable aspects of the 2019 Tilford Conference?

______________________________________________________________________________

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What were two of the LEAST enjoyable aspects of the 2019 Tilford Conference?

______________________________________________________________________________

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What are the best ideas you heard during the Tilford conference that you will use after the conference?

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______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Did the conference change your perception of the diverse demographic groups on your campus, and if

so, how?

o Yes

o No

o Please explain your response ________________________________________________

Did you experience any problems related to accessibility during the Tilford Conference?

o Yes

o No

o Please provide details if you wish this to be addressed at future conferences: _______________

As a result of attending this year’s Tilford conference, what will you do to advocate for change on your

campus in terms of policy, programming, curriculum, teaching methods, recruitment, and/or retention?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

What topics or issues that you would like to suggest for next year's conference?

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How could the conference be improved?

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What do you see as the most significant barriers preventing people from attending the Tilford

Conference? (Select all that apply.)

o Travel time to the conference

o Ability to take time off work to attend

o Lack of support from supervisor or department

o Lack of knowledge of the conference

o Lack of applicable or interesting content

o Negative experience at a previous Tilford conference

o Scheduling conflicts

o Length of conference (too short to make it worth travel time)

o Length of conference (too long to be able to take off work for two days)

o Financial support for travel to the conference

o Other barriers (please explain) ________________________________________________

This year, the Tilford conference was extended, with sessions in the afternoon of the first day of the

conference. Historically, first day conference events began in the early evening. Please provide feedback

on this year's conference schedule.

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o I prefer the conference to start in the early evening on the first day.

o I prefer the conference to start in the afternoon on the first day.

o Please provide any additional feedback about the conference schedule:

Do you have any recommendations for future keynote speakers for the Tilford Conference?

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Is there value in continuing the Tilford Conference?

o Yes

o No

o Please explain: ________________________________________________

Will you attend the Tilford Conference in the future?

o Yes

o Maybe

o No

o Comments ________________________________________________

How did you hear about the conference? (check all that apply)

o Email

o Colleague

o Word of mouth

o Social Media

o Other (please explain) ________________________________________________

Do you have any other comments or feedback about your experience at the 2019 Tilford Conference?

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