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Workshops

Workshop 1: Accessible Science Communication Basics

Accessibility is a foundation for inclusive communication, and each of us can take small steps to do our part. Join Racquel Jemison of the American Chemical Society as she discusses practical strategies to make science visually accessible through color choice, design, and formatting. Learn how accessibility not only benefits individuals with disabilities but enhances clarity and usability for all audiences.

 

What you will learn: 

  • The importance of color contrast, how to measure, and how to remediate issues.

  • Characteristics of color-blind friendly palettes and design.

  • Methods to convey information with more than just color.

  • Combining these strategies when creating data-heavy presentations.

  • Introductory steps to making Word and PowerPoint documents accessible, including alt text and proper formatting.

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Jemison Racquel

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Workshop 2: Building Bridges - Leading with Civility

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As you prepare to enter the workforce, technical knowledge and academic preparation are only part of what supports long-term professional success. Today’s workplaces are increasingly global, fast-moving, and relational. Professionals are expected to collaborate across differences in communication styles, backgrounds, identities, cultures, generations, disciplines, and perspectives.

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Building Bridges: Leading with Civility helps build the awareness and interpersonal skills needed to enter the workplace with confidence, professionalism, and adaptability. This workshop explores civility, cultural agility, and awareness as a practical professional skill: the ability to communicate with respect, listen across perspectives, navigate disagreement productively, and contribute to healthy working relationships.​

Tracy Duran

Through reflection, discussion, and applied activities, participants will consider how their own identities, communication patterns, and assumptions may shape others' experiences of them.

They will also explore how differences can influence trust, collaboration, feedback, decision-making, and workplace belonging.

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This session emphasizes practical tools students can use as they transition into professional environments. Participants will leave with greater self-awareness, stronger communication strategies, and a clearer understanding of how to build bridges with colleagues, supervisors, clients, and communities in a global workforce.

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Participants will leave with:

  • Greater awareness of their own communication style, assumptions, and impact on others

  • Practical strategies for working across differences with professionalism and respect

  • Tools for navigating disagreement, feedback, and misunderstanding more productively

  • Increased confidence in entering new workplace environments and team dynamics

  • A stronger understanding of how civility supports trust, collaboration, and career success

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