Additional Training for Students and Employees
Students, employees, and community members can receive additional training from the Office of Equity through pre-scheduled and/or by-request sessions.
Pre-Scheduled Trainings for Employees
Pre-scheduled additional employee trainings are open to all faculty, staff, and student employees at all USU campuses. All trainings are virtual via Zoom.
Most pre-scheduled trainings are only available in spring semesters. Spring 2023 training information will be available in January 2023.
Lunch and Learns
The Office of Equity collaborates with SAAVI twice per year to facilitate lunch and learns for employees. Each topic is facilitated virtually via Zoom and in-person at the Logan campus.
Holding Ourselves and Others Accountable (with Empathy)
- September 20, 2022 from 12:00-1:00 pm
- Via Zoom: 860 5764 0820; LUNCHLEARN
- September 22, 2022 from 12:00-1:00 pm
- In-person at the Logan campus: Library 154
Navigating a Shifting Culture
- February 7, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 pm
- Via Zoom: 879 1458 9483; LUNCHLEARN
- February 9, 2023 from 12:00-1:00 pm
- In-person at the Logan campus: Library 154
By Request Trainings
By request trainings for units and teams are available year-round. If you would like to request one of these trainings for your team, office, or department, fill out the additional training topics request form at the bottom of the page to schedule it.
Bystander Intervention
“Upstanding” is a bystander intervention approach for the prevention of a variety of problematic situations. The purpose of the Upstanding training is to prepare members of the USU campus community with the skills and knowledge needed to safely and effectively intervene when they sense a threat or potential harm to another.
Request this program at upstander.usu.edu
Discrimination, DEI, and Bias
The Office of Equity's "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Basics" training is an introduction to DEIA topics. The training provides an overview of why DEIA is important and how individuals can use personal learning about identity and implicit biases, bystander intervention strategies, and assessment and goal setting to enhance their DEIA skills.
Utah State University’s Principles of Community (diversity, human dignity, and social responsibility) embody what it means to have a welcoming campus for all members of the institution. One way that USU faculty and staff can implement the Principles of Community is through engaging in behaviors that include others and are considerate of personal biases. The Office of Equity’s “Creating a Welcoming Campus Environment: Inclusion and Implicit Bias” presentation is an interactive program that will equip faculty and staff with the tools to recognize and overcome personal biases and address biases in others. The program incorporates large and small group discussions and personal reflection questions.
Group/Employee Relationships
The Office of Equity’s “Boundary Setting” presentation is an interactive program that teaches faculty and staff how to set and communicate healthy boundaries within their workplace relationships, including amongst colleagues, supervisors/administrators, supervisees, and students. Specific emphasis is placed on understanding how boundary setting within relationships can minimize sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviors. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.
The Office of Equity’s “Conflict Management” presentation is an interactive program that teaches faculty and staff how to identify and reframe conflict to respond more effectively when conflict arises in the workplace. Specific emphasis is placed on how navigating conflict appropriately can create healthier workplace relationships. This program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.
The Office of Equity’s “Effective Workplace Relationships” presentation is an interactive program that supports faculty and staff in developing and maintaining effective workplace relationships. Specific emphasis is placed on how boundary setting, conflict management, and effective workplace relationships can minimize sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviors. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities. The content of this training is a brief overview of multiple topics that can be explored in-depth during the Office of Equity’s other Employee Relationships programs: Power Dynamics, Conflict Management, and Boundary Setting.
The Office of Equity’s “Power Dynamics” presentation is an interactive program that teaches faculty and staff how to recognize power dynamics within their workplace relationships, including amongst colleagues, supervisors/administrators, supervisees, and students. Specific emphasis is placed on how understanding power dynamics within relationships can minimize sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviors. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.
Sexual Misconduct
The Office of Equity’s “Relationship Violence” presentation is an interactive program that teaches faculty and staff how to recognize relationship violence behaviors, why people engage in abusive behaviors, and why people stay in unhealthy and abusive relationships. Specific emphasis is placed on how relationship violence behaviors can show up in the workplace and how to help individuals who are experiencing relationship violence. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.
The Office of Equity’s “Sexual Assault” presentation is an interactive program that teaches faculty and staff about sexual assault behaviors, boundaries, and consent. Specific emphasis is placed on how sexual assault impacts individuals who experience it and how to help individuals who have experienced sexual assault. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.
The Office of Equity’s “Sexual Harassment” presentation is an interactive program that teaches faculty and staff how to recognize sexual harassment behaviors and why people engage in them. Specific emphasis is placed on how sexual harassment behaviors can show up in the workplace and how to help individuals who are experiencing sexual harassment. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.