Education and Training

Trainings and Workshops

The Efroymson Diversity Center (DC) actively fulfills its mission by offering a wide range of workshops and trainings to the broader campus community. This includes Fraternity and Sorority life houses, neighboring departments, various student organizations, and more. The DC provides several options to cater to different needs and preferences:

  1. Internal Workshops: Attend workshops hosted within the Diversity Center, where participants can engage in enriching discussions and activities in a dedicated space designed for learning and growth. Sign up for the DC newsletter or follow us on Instagram to learn when upcoming workshops are scheduled.
  2. On-site Facilitation: Request a DC facilitator to come to your group’s location. Depending on the nature of the workshop, facilitators may be either DC staff members or trained student assistants, ensuring an engaging experience for all participants. This option allows for tailored workshops and trainings in a familiar environment, making it easier for participants to relate the content to their specific context.
  3. DIY Resources: Access a range of resources that enable you to lead your own training sessions. These materials are designed to support you in facilitating meaningful conversations and activities on diversity, equity and inclusion topics. 

Workshops can cover a variety of topics, from unconscious bias to embracing diversity, intersectionality, current issues, and more. To learn more about the resources already available or to request a unique workshop tailored to the specific needs of your group, please contact Mikala Lain at mlain@butler.edu.

Equity Edge Institute

The Equity EDGE Institute enhances students’ existing leadership competencies, providing them with not only the opportunity to comprehend the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) but to learn how to apply them in critical and purposeful ways. We aim to promote a sense of belonging on campus while facilitating student growth beyond the scope of conventional leadership programs, equipping them with an intersectional approach to their personal and professional lives.

This cohort-based, DEI leadership development program is held for eight weeks of each semester. Students meet twice a month to discuss topics such as identifying proximity to privilege, finding and fostering belonging, and applying anti-oppression frameworks. Throughout the duration of their time together, students will complete a leadership project that allows them to develop skills in telling their story, identifying their own strengths and biases, reviewing literature, and reducing discomfort in receiving feedback. After completion, students are awarded a certification and given resources to continue their leadership journey.

EDGE stands for:

Empower: understand the self, individual strengths, and own ability to foster inclusive change
Develop: create a change management plan that addresses personal skill gaps
Grow: learn new frameworks, competencies & skills to enhance leadership and incorporate DEI
Emerge: enrich leadership skills and topical knowledge base to feel prepared to enact change