Spaces are still available for fall 2013 courses!
Are you looking for a fall course? Perhaps you’ve participated in one of our courses and would like to encourage a friend to as well. Great news! Spaces are still available in our fall courses. Follow this link to complete our application for permission to enroll today. Learn more about our fall course offerings by [...]
Congratulations to Students from CFE 300 Dialogue in Action: Class Matters
Intergroup Dialogue (CFE 300 Dialogue in Action, Spring 2012) students and IGD facilitator Meredith Madden were honored this April at the Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship ceremony. They received Honorable Mention for Innovation in Education. Learn more through SU News: http://news.syr.edu/community-engagement-to-be-honored-at-annual-capes-award-ceremony-72327/.
Student Project Highlights
In the intergroup dialogue courses, students work in collaboration to plan and implement projects that develop from their learning in the course. These projects engage their peers, university community, and/or greater Syracuse community. Some of these students continue with these projects beyond the classroom or bring their learning to collective action. Spring 2011 section of [...]
Academic Courses
The Intergroup Dialogue Program offers a variety of academic courses including SOC/WGS 230 (CFE 200) course, Intergroup Dialogue, There are several sections of this course offered each semester focused on different social issues including race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, women’s issues, and faith based identities. Additional sections of the SOC/WGS 230 & CFE 200 course [...]
Applications are being accepted and reviewed for Fall 2013 academic courses
Share your learning experiences in intergroup dialogue with others who are currently thinking about courses for the coming academic year. If you are new to dialogue and have recently submitted an application, you should hear back about a placement within a week. If you have any questions about intergroup dialogue academic courses, feel free to [...]
New Course Offering for Spring 2013 Engages Dialogue Students through Travel in London
This Spring, the program is offering “Faith, Conflict, and Community,” a new section of SOC/WGS 230. This course will engage students in critical dialogue about multiple religious communities and practices. Students from diverse faith-based backgrounds and secular identities are strongly encouraged to consider this unique academic opportunity to continue some of the important conversation started [...]
Intergroup Dialogue: Engaging Difference, Social Identities, and Social Justice
Intergroup Dialogue: Engaging Difference, Social Identities, and Social Justice, the February (2012) special issue in the peer-reviewed journal Equity and Excellence in Education brings intergroup dialogue outcomes and research into focus across high school, college, and community settings. This special issue includes an introductory article by Ximena Zuniga, Gretchen Lopez, and Kristie Ford (co-editors) that [...]
Dialogue in Action: New Courses Offered through the Intergroup Dialogue Program
This Spring, Intergroup Dialogue offered a new course, “Dialogue in Action: Class Matters,” through Cultural Foundations of Education (CFE) and the School of Education (SOE). The course, CFE/EDU 300, examines issues of social class with an intersectional lens and focuses on institutions of education. Students have the opportunity to learn more about dialogic communication and [...]
Spotlighting Justice Presents: An Evening of Black History Then and Now
On Wednesday, February 29th, the Nottingham High School’s Spotlighting Justice Club put on the first event in a workshop series at their high school. This event, “Spotlighting Justice Presents: An Evening of Black History Then and Now,” featured student dance, hip-hop, drumming and poetry performances. The Dance Theatre of Syracuse, who performed at the event, [...]