The Nebraska Community of Learners — Understanding Diversity through Education, will host its first meeting for the academic year Oct. 27, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. For this session, a panel of members from the Non-binary Gender Values Steering Committee will discuss Executive Memorandum No. 40, the University of Nebraska system’s new policy on chosen names and gender identity.
NCLUDE is an opportunity for participants to contribute to ongoing resources related to inclusive excellence and to connect the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to the expanded community. Registration is now open on the NCLUDE website. The event is free and open to the entire campus community.
The first virtual event of the academic year will host the following panelists:
Pat Tetreault (she/any) — Tetreault is the director of the LGBTQA+ and Women’s Centers at Nebraska. She served in the values, learning and development workgroup on the non-binary gender values steering committee and is a member of the chancellor’s commission on the status of gender and sexual identity.
JD McCown (they/them) — McCown is the assistant director of the LGBTQA+ center at the university. They served in the values, learning and development workgroup on the non-binary gender values steering committee.
Jen Skidmore (they/them) — Skidmore is the director of student development for the College of Engineering. They served in the values, learning and development workgroup on the non-binary gender values steering committee and are a member of the chancellor’s commission on the status of gender and sexual identity.
Steve Booton (he/him) — Booton is the associate director of registration and records in the office of the university registrar. He served in the institutional research/data and record keeping workgroup and the policy development workgroup on the non-binary gender values steering committee.
Corrie Svehla (he/him) — Svehla is the manager of special events and projects for IT client services at the university. He served in the stakeholder communication and rollout workgroup and the policy development workgroup on the non-binary gender values steering committee and is a member of the chancellor’s commission on the status of gender and sexual identity.
These panelists will offer us insight on the importance of the new executive memorandum, how it affects faculty, staff, and students, as well as insights on how we may act as allies and advocates as the new policy is rolled out on campus.
