Interdependence Wednesday: Build Bridges (I-We Day: Build Bridges in 2015)
(Wednesday April 8, 2015)
Time Period Agenda Items
Place
10:00amCampus Organizational Delegates Arrive, get Blank Name tags and
Union
10:30am
T-Shirts (name tags that hang around the neck) including Org. Name
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Morning Session: Exploring the “I”
10:30amWelcome to Interdependence Wednesday: Build Bridges (I/We
Union
10:45am
Day Build Bridges) (Dr. Sherick Hughes)
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Opening Remarks and Agenda
(Acknowledgments to be provided on handout or poster)
10:45amLottery (18 Campus Organizational Leaders including Faculty
Union
11:00am
Sponsors/Mentors pull from a "Tar Heel Hat" to see what campus org. Room 3408
will be their partner on an I/We Day: Build Bridges service project)
Groups will be seated together and remain together for the remainder
11:00amTeams Meet, Greet and Ice-Breaker
Union
12:00pm
Groups will get to know each other, what they are doing individually.
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Some potential questions: How and why did your group form? What
makes your group unique? What kinds of activities are you already
doing on campus?
12:00pmLunch Provided by The Picnic Basket
Union
1:00pm
Lunch Presentation: Sharing of some Digital Stories
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(Previously Created by Students of EDUC-508 (2013-2015)
- Lunch can be a time to share contact info
Afternoon Session: Building the “We”
1:00pmBuilding Bridges
Union
1:45pm
(1) “Welcome” after lunch – introduce long-term facilitators
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(2) The why of the project – introduce Tanaka’s work, the theory
of building interdependence, how to go from “I” to “We”
(3) Students have time to respond in new teams and share out
1:45pmBuilding Bridges on Campus
Union
2:30pm
(1) Move to campus context: Dr. Taffye Clayton Benson,
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Associate Vice Chancellor & Chief Diversity Officer will
speak (essential question: how does the goal of
interdependence fit our campus needs? Is this already
happening in a nascent form anywhere on campus? How?)
(2) Q&A (or) Students respond in new teams and share out
2:30pmBreak--Snacks from Elmo’s Diner and Alfredo’s Pizza Villa
Union
2:45pm
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2:45pmI/We Day: Build Bridges Service Project Workshop
Union
4:15pm
(brainstorming, developing PowerPoint)
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(1) Assistance from I/We Day: Build Bridges Long-term Facilitators
(2) I/We Day: Build Bridges service project ideas (5 minute
PowerPoint saved and returned to facilitator to be uploaded to new
I/We Day: Build Bridges Website) Facilitators check in with Team
leaders May, Sep. Nov. Jan. Mar. and report progress on Website
in Jan. of 2016 Teams will ultimately present their joint service
projects to the Carolina Parents Council and April of 2016 to
Chancellor /Provost/Vice Chancellor and all of us via Digital
Storytelling I/We: Build Bridges 2016!
4:15pmReading and Signing of the Declaration of Interdependence by all Union
4:45pm
Participants (Dr. Hughes)
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4:45pmReview of the day, Next Steps, Adjourn
Union
5:00pm
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