Bankhead - Week 5 - Holmes Cultural Diversity Center

Activities:
- Continued working on materials for International Student Orientation
- Met with site supervisor
- Attended HCDC staff meeting
- Assisted with HCDC interdepartmental presentations (Housing and Athletics)

Reflection:
This week I have really been able to see just what great strides HCDC has truly made just in the course of this summer. The staff members have been scheduling several appointments to do various diversity training sessions and presentations on office resources across campus. This week alone, HCDC has performed diversity presentations with Housing and Residence Life for Resident Director Training as well as Athletics for a sessions with the football players. The Assistant Director informed me that this is the most publicity HCDC has ever had. Wow! I think that is so awesome that we are building such supportive partnerships across campus, and we have so many people that want to work with HCDC. Not only is this good for the office, but it also really good for the Student Affairs division and Mississippi State as a whole because it shows that embracing diversity is a priority for us, not a burden.

International Student Orientation is coming right along. It is rewarding to see that everything is finally starting to take shape. We are working on ordering some type of novelties to hand out to the international students during registration. Surprisingly, I have been able to use my bargaining skills to my advantage (Haha), and I have been finding some great deals on water bottles and bags. The next step will be to design a creative but simple logo. After that, I think we are well on our way to getting HCDC's name out there even more.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful experience!

-Tekita Bankhead

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