Who Can Attend
The EEO conference is directed toward public universities, community colleges, and the community.

Conference Focus
Our focus pertains to new EEO initiatives, campus diversity, and the efficiency of Equal Employment offices through improved investigations.  This is also an opportunity to increase networking among colleges and universities.

Cost
This highly informative conference is free, courtesy of the University of Florida’s Office of Human Resource Services.

Registration
Please register before November 1. Registration form and instructions may be found on UF's EEO web site.

Contact Us
If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Institutional Equity & Diversity Office at the University of Florida by phone at (352) 392-2HRS or via e-mail at hrseeo@admin.ufl.edu.

Agenda

8:00-8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:45
Welcome
Kyle Cavanaugh
UF Senior Vice President for Administration
Logistics
Larry Ellis
UF Director of Institutional Equity & Diversity

8:45-9:45
Determining Whether Complaints are EEO or Employee Relations Cases
Janet Balanoff, MS
Director of Institutional Equity & Diversity & Affirmative Action Programs, University of Central Florida
Cecil Howard, JD
EEO Consultant

In light of the economic situations that most of us find ourselves in, higher education is experiencing increased number of investigations that may or may not be addressed statutorily. This session will examine best practices and strategies to help to separate incidents of disgruntled behavior and covered discrimination.

9:45-10:45
Veteran Employees Return to the Workplace
Wayne Plummer, LCSW
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Community Colleges, Colleges and Universities are interested in creating a welcoming environment for our veterans. This session will cover strategies to attract and retain our returning veterans and psychological issues related to returning veterans. We will examine what makes veterans unique in the workplace and learn about the experience of able veterans returning as persons with disabilities.

10:45-11:00
Break

11:00-12:30
Diversity: A Compelling Interest
Gregory J. Vincent, JD, PhD
Vice President, University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Vincent brings many years of top-level administrative experience to the topic of Diversity in Higher Education. This session will cover diversity conceptually and include practical information on racial respect and inclusiveness as well as practical steps to achieving a holistic approach to diversity that becomes part of the values and visible systems on college campuses.

12:30-1:30
Lunch

1:30-3:00
Transgender Workplace Diversity
Jennifer Sager, PhD
Licensed Psychologist, ITM Group

Transgender has been a topic of concern in our communities and there are local, state, and federal implications that are important for us both from student and employee perspectives. This workshop will support cultural competence in knowledge of Transgender Issues in the classroom and in the workplace. This session will cover hiring, employee rights, and benefits as well as some discussion on diversity and how persons living and working as a different gender impact the workplace.

3:00-3:15
Break

3:15-4:15
New Ethnic and Race Codes
Marie E. Zeglen, PhD
Assistant Provost and Director of Institutional Planning and Research, University of Florida

The new race code and self-identification challenges that we face in higher education require many players at colleges and universities to plan for collection and reporting of race that includes, but is not limited to, “two races.” This requirement may extend to re-surveying our workforce and may create a challenge for the measuring of representation and underrepresentation among faculty and students. This session will examine aspects of mapping the old to new categories.

4:15-4:30
Closing