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Employee Professional Development: Don’t Fill in the Blanks: How Assumptions Shape the Way We Lead

Submitted by: Charlotte Strickland, chars@uca.edu on 10/21/2026

Thursday November 12, 1:30 – 2:30 pm
RWSC # 225

Don’t Fill in the Blanks: How Assumptions Shape the Way We Lead
Presented by: Vergie Jackson, Asst Director of Student Wellness
Sponsored by: Employee Engagement, HR

This session explores how assumptions, biases, and incomplete information can shape the stories we create about students, colleagues, and the people around us. Participants will learn practical ways to question assumptions, listen with greater curiosity, and separate facts from interpretations so they can communicate and lead others more intentionally.

 

ACIREMA Cross-Cultural Simulation Experience

Submitted by: Charlotte Strickland, chars@uca.edu on 10/21/2026

ACIREMA Cross-Cultural Simulation Experience

COME CURIOUS, LEAVE TRANSFORMED! ✈️

Tuesday, November 3, 2026 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Ronnie Williams Student Center Ballroom

Sponsored by: Center for Global Learning and Engagement, HR.

Contact: Dr. Evan Faidley – efaidley@uca.edu

What is ACIREMA?

Want to know what it feels like to travel to or be in a foreign country? ACIREMA is an international education simulation designed to provide participants with insight, understanding, and perspective on the journey to study abroad in a different country.

Last year, the Center for Global Learning and Engagement (CLGE) debuted its ACIREMA simulation experience; we invite you to register for this year’s event and share it with your UCA peers (students, faculty, professional staff, student workers, administrators, and beyond). What a great way to learn about culture and the study abroad experience, and to make connections in the shoes of an international student!

For the first hour, participants will assume the role of an incoming international student and be asked to navigate the necessary offices, processes, and protocols to begin studying at UCA. Following the role-play, participants will learn from fellow students who are studying at UCA from a different country and have represented UCA while studying internationally. This event marks the beginning of UCA’s International Education Month this November!

Required Registration link. Deadline, October 30th.

https://uca.edu/go/Go2ACIREMA