National Diversity Speaker Cathy Bao Bean is presenting three times on Champlain campus, brought to you by Student Diversity Programs from the Department of Residential Life and Student Activities.
“Cathy Bao Bean is articulate, brash, sensitive, endearing, and very funny. She has a powerful impact.” – Jerry Berberet, Assoc. of New American Colleges, and her presentation will be relevant to a number of Core classes, diversity initiatives, and institutional student engagement goals. Please let your students know and mark your calendars now. Below are the three session times open to Champlain students, staff, and faculty.
Wednesday 10/22
11am-Noon (Morgan Room) (geared for faculty and staff, but open to all)
Wednesday 10/22
8:30pm-10pm (Hauke Conference) (geared for student leaders, but open to all)
Thursday 10/23
9am-10:30am (Hauke Conference) (geared for general campus community)
With delight and good humor, Cathy Bao Bean encourages people to realize and understand (and laugh about!) how we are all at least bi-cultural (by ethnicity, gender, etc.) in a way that shatters the dysfunctional stereotypes but explains the functional generalizations through personal stories about ordinary events that raise extraordinary cultural questions – like:
– Can you fail or succeed simultaneously in two cultures?
– Can the Tooth Fairy survive the Melting Pot?
– How do languages affect behavior?
– What does “belief” have to do with what’s “right”?
Cathy is the author of “The Chopsticks-Fork Principle, A Memoir and Manual” and co-author of “The Chopsticks-Fork Principle x2”, A Bilingual Reader. She has been the keynote at more than 35 institutions and presented at more than 100 college and universities. Cathy has published more than a dozen times and is featured on radio and TV.
Here is a glimpse at Cathy’s humor and delivery speaking at The Big Ideas in Higher Education Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyuRa-fVjzM
Thank you for your continuous support in us bringing quality programs to our campus community. I look forward to having you join us!
Courtesy of Jennifer Jang