About Jeff Edelstein, Research Data Coordinator for the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI), UMass Boston Pronouns: He/They Jeff Edelstein (he/they) identifies as a white, Jewish, queer, neurodivergent and mentally ill 4th year Ph.D. Student studying Higher Education and disability at UMass Amherst. His research and advocacy work over the past 8 years has focused on ableism and disability community development…
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About Elizabeth (liz) Anh Thomson, PhD, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; Director, Office of Equity, Diversity, and Intercultural Programs, University of Minnesota Morris Pronouns: They/Them Elizabeth (liz) Anh Thomson (they/them/theirs), PhD, identifies as a dark-skinned, disabled, bi/queer, gender non-conforming, Vietnamese adoptee who has worked in higher education for nearly 25 years at both small and large…
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[Presenter] Welcome to Making the Future Accessible: Creating Descriptive Labels for Links and Buttons. Before we get started, I would like to give an image description for the featured image for this presentation. A white woman with gray hair and red glasses holds her hands over her ears and screams as the laptop in front of her says, "Click Here! Click Here! Click Here!" The topics we will be…
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Campus Administration & Finance Leadership, along with the President’s Office, are harmonizing and cleaning the BuyWays Commodity Code structure to truly reflect our catalog and non-catalog purchases. Using automation and internationally recognized codes, the harmonization will help increase efficiency and reduce errors when assigning commodity and account codes to your requisitions. The new…, Friday, December 1, 2023, .
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[No Audio]. Mike Greer: Hello, everyone. My name is Mike Greer. I work in the Innovation and Operations department at the President's Office. Before we get started, I would like to let you know about a few event logistics. First, the event will be recorded and posted to our public-facing site for future reference. In addition, captions and a transcript are being provided by a certified realtime…
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"X" and "Legal Sex" Explanation, Legal sex refers to the sex marker on a person’s legal identification (i.e., their birth certificate, driver’s license, or state ID). Recognizing that sex is not a binary, nearly half of U.S. states, including Massachusetts, allow individuals to have an X on their birth certificates and/or driver’s licenses to indicate that they identify as a sex other than female or male. Enabling UMass…
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Visitor and Vendor Check-in, All visitors will enter through the UMass Club on the 32nd floor. When the vendor or guest arrives at Beacon, the receptionist will contact the host department and an employee will need to come to the UMass Club to meet their guest. The UMPO department is responsible for placing their vendor or guest on the Beacon Street security list and informing the vendor or guest where to check in. The UMPO…
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This is John Dunlap. Once again, good afternoon. My name is John Dunlap. And I am the Chief Human Resources Officer at the UMass President's Office. Thank you all for joining today's event, which is being held in honor of Veterans Day. This event is sponsored by the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Team within the UMass President's Office. As the first order of business, on behalf…
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