Employees of OSU are responsible to contribute to OSU vision, mission and values, and to conduct themselves ethically, with the highest integrity, and in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and policies. The Critical Training Program prepares people through training to fulfill these commitments by completing five required programs:
Community Dialogues seeks to cultivate connection and deep learning through exploration of critical and contentious issues. Utilizing the National Issues Forum model, the Community Dialogues program aims to engage OSU community members in dialogue which deepens understanding of critical issues and the tensions within them, encourages insight into different perspectives, and inspires both individual and collective socio-political action.
The goal of the course is to introduce new OSU faculty and staff to key concepts for diversity, equity and inclusion as well as orient participants to institutional expectations, resources, and learning opportunities. As a way to continue to promote positive engagement and experiences among all faculty and staff, Oregon State University invites all new faculty and staff to complete this course, which focuses on OSU’s history and commitments to diversity and inclusion.
The Search Advocate Foundations workshop series establishes a theoretical foundation of current research about implicit bias and diversity, information about the changing legal landscape in hiring, and an overview of inclusive employment principles.
The Social Justice Education Initiative has a two-tiered structure for standard workshop delivery; this is the first, introductory, tier.
