The Education Program supports The Ohio State University's Shared Values. Through sharing best practices for building community, collaboration, and dialogue, our education program supports campus-wide efforts to create welcoming environment that supports the retention and advancement of our students and employees.
Our education program is designed to support faculty and staff, including student employees, as well as graduate and professional students. We offer a variety of educational experiences to build the skills necessary to enact our shared values and strategic vision for student and employee success every day.
Our Upcoming Workshops
Descriptions of the various workshops offered, as well as links to register for each, are listed below. All of our workshops can be requested and customized for your team.
Regular Workshops
Supporting Accessibility and Disability
Join us for a powerful 90-minute workshop on supporting accessibility and disability. Discover how ableism impacts the disability community, gain insights into its frameworks, and learn practical skills to challenge ableism in your daily life.
Upcoming Workshops
2/26/2025 | 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
4/8/2025 | 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Navigating Difficult Conversations (90 minutes)
“I just don't know how to have this conversation.” If you’ve ever had this thought, you aren’t alone! Our 90-minute workshop equips you with the confidence and skills to engage in meaningful and connecting conversations at work. You’ll learn how to approach difficult topics with empathy, defuse tensions, and create a space for open, honest dialogue. Whether it’s addressing misunderstandings or resolving conflicts, this session provides actionable techniques to transform challenging discussions into pathways for deeper understanding and collective progress.
Upcoming Workshops
3/13/2025 | 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
5/7/2025 | 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Practice Makes Progress: Navigating Difficult Conversations (90 minutes)
A fundamental part of skill building is practice. This workshop offers participants the opportunity to practice the dialogue building skills and de-escalation techniques introduced in our Navigating Difficult Conversations workshop. Participants will be given different workplace scenarios and will collaborate with one another to apply these dialogue building and de-escalation skills in real time. Note: This workshop is designed to be attended after our Navigating Difficult Conversations workshop.
Upcoming Workshops
5/13/2025 | 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
From Debate to Dialogue
From Debate to Dialogue: Conversation Strategies to Build Connection Across Difference is a cross-institutional training series presented by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s Strategic Diversity Planning, Training and Assessment unit and American University’s Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning.
Upcoming workshops
All workshops will be held each day from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
February 5 and 6, 2025 (Virtual)
April 30 and May 1, 2025 (In person)
By Request Only Workshops
To request a workshop on any topic, please e-mail antoun.5@osu.edu.
Reflect and Reset
Sometimes when working towards diversity, equity, and inclusion, we discover a need to take a collective step back and address unresolved challenges that arise in our teams. These challenges can have an impact on workplace culture and can create barriers that inhibit our collective growth and ability to make positive change. Each challenge is an opportunity to deepen our understanding of our colleagues, learn how to resolve conflict constructively and support team growth and evolution. Our 90-minute Reflect and Reset workshop guides workplace groups through a series of reflection activities designed to help groups identify ways to address needs and take actionable steps to move forward collectively.
By Request Only
Additional topics include
- Community and Team Building
- Collaborative Strategic Planning
- Dialogue Skills
- Restorative Workplaces
- Conflict Resolution
Other Education Resources
Explore other education resources within The Ohio State University.
Have questions or need accommodations?
If you have any questions or require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate, please contact Sophia Antoun at antoun.5@osu.edu. Requests made two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.