Safe Zone Trainings
Safe Zone Training
This 2-hour, interactive, virtual training session will help the training participants understand how to support and advocate for LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff. Participants will examine LGBTQ+ identities, gender, and sexuality. Training participants will discover campus resources and strategies to apply what they learned to their environment in order to identify and challenge their own bias.Safe Zone 2.0 Training
This 1-hour, interactive, virtual training session has been designed for people who have completed Safe Zone training. Safe Zone 2.0 will focus on the current issues and laws that are impacting the LGBTQ+ community, examine prejudice and privilege, and give participants an opportunity to complete various scenarios.
Diversity Trainings
Dismantling Racism: Creating A Culture of Equity
This interactive workshop will review current events regarding anti-racism along with the harms of racism in today’s society. Training participants will discover campus resources and anti-racist strategies to apply what they learned to their environment. Resources for workshop delivery are Mentimeter.disAbility
This interactive training session will help training participants develop an awareness of how disAbility bias can impact those accessing course materials with ability differences. Training participants will discover classroom resources, software options, and strategies that can be applied to their classroom environment and assist them in identifying their challenges and offer suggestions as to how to overcome their own disAbility bias. Janet Owens and Heather Pennington will be the session facilitators.disAbility 2.0
This interactive training session will help training participants develop an awareness of how disAbility bias can impact those accessing course materials with ability differences. Training participants will discover classroom resources, software options, and strategies that can be applied to their classroom environment and assist them in identifying their challenges and offer suggestions as to how to overcome their own disAbility bias. Janet Owens and Heather Pennington will be the session facilitators.Implicit Bias Training
This 2-hour, interactive, virtual training session is designed to define implicit bias, demonstrate common forms of implicit bias and the potential impact on the university community, provide resources on campus, and allow participants to examine their own assumptions and privilege.Socioeconomic Status (SES) Bias Training
This 1-hour, interactive, virtual training session will help the training participants develop an awareness of how SES bias can impact those around them with different socioeconomic statuses. Training participants will discover campus resources and strategies to apply what they learned to their environment in order to identify and challenge their own socioeconomic status bias.Spiritual/Religious Bias Training
This 1-hour, interactive, virtual training session will help the training participants develop an awareness of how spiritual/religious bias can impact those around them who practice different spiritualties or religions. Training participants will discover campus resources and strategies to apply what they learned to their environment in order to identify and challenge their own spiritual/religious bias.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
Lindenwood University is proud of its diverse population of faculty, staff, and students from all corners of the world. We intentionally design our policies in such a manner that all stakeholders (whether students, employees, or visitors) will be treated respectfully, fairly, equitably, and with dignity and inclusiveness in the pursuit and achievement of the objectives of their relationship with the university.
Additionally, we strive to ensure the opportunities afforded by the university for learning, personal advancement, and employment are offered to all without discrimination and that we always provide a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment for all students, employees, and visitors. Upholding a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion means that people of different cultures, races, colors, genders, ages, religions, orientations, affiliations, sexual orientations, socio-economic backgrounds, disabilities, or countries of origin shall not be mistreated or discriminated against on the basis of their differences. Therefore, all Lindenwood policies, facilities, resources, activities, and privileges, irrespective of individual differences, are made available and accessible to everyone in our campus community.
At Lindenwood University, we will strive to
- Offer collaborative and integrated academic, co-curricular and sporting programs that provide mutually beneficial experiences to our diverse body of students.
- Pursue and promote mutual understanding, respect, and cooperation among our students, teaching and non-teaching staff, contractors, suppliers, and visitors to our community who represent the aforementioned differences.
- Encourage and promote the empowerment and advancement of minority groups within our community through academic and social activities, offering activities of special interest to them, and affording them equal-opportunity integration within our community.
- Respect the knowledge, skills, and experiences that every person in our community brings to the university.
- Design and operate flexible and easily accessible services, facilities, and activities whose procedures appropriately recognize the needs of everyone in our community.
- Make every effort to ensure that our current and future contractual agreements and obligations fully reflect and embrace our commitment to the philosophy and culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion as delineated in this statement.
- Encourage all faculty and staff members to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our community.
- Protect every member of our community against all forms of discrimination.
Statement of Non-Discrimination
Lindenwood University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, religion, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other status protected under applicable law. This policy extends to its admissions, employment, activities, treatment, educational programs, and services.
Lindenwood University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination. Any kind of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or retaliation is unacceptable. For the purpose of this policy, discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or retaliation may be defined as any attempt on the part of individuals, groups, or recognized campus organizations to deny an individual or group those rights, freedoms, or opportunities available to all members of the Lindenwood University community.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding Lindenwood University’s non-discrimination policies: Paula Stewart, Title IX Coordinator at (636) 255-2265 or pstewart@lindenwood.edu.
Janet Owens has been designated to handle inquiries regarding Lindenwood University’s disability services, and can be reached at (636)-949-4768 or jowens1@lindenwood.edu.
Any person may also direct inquiries to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (One Petticoat Lane, 1010 Walnut Street, Suite 320, Kansas City, MO 64106, Ph: 816.268.0550, CR. KansasCity@ed.gov). Lindenwood University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
