At the informational meeting, we talked about the process of proposal submission. In particular, we introduced the priority areas that we are looking for, who are eligible to apply, guidance for application, criteria for proposal review, what products we expect you to accomplish through the grant, and key dates you need to be aware of. It also included a Q&A session at the end.

Iceberg was one activity in the "Worldview Workshop". As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Understand the iceberg analogy of culture. 2. Articulate whether some aspects of culture are visible or invisible. 

Pacing was one activity used in the "Worldview Workshop". As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. "Identify three primary patterns of communication pacing. 2. Identify how people using different pacing patterns might perceive one another. 3. Identify effective ways to manage pacing patterns" (Stringer & Cassiday, 2009, p. 111).

Mosley-Howard, G. S., Witte, R., & Wang, A. (2011). Development and validation of the Miami University Diversity Awareness Scale (MUDAS). Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 4(2), 65–78. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021505

This study chronicles the validation of the Miami University Diversity Awareness Scale (MUDAS). This instrument is designed to measure the level of student awareness about issues of culture, intergroup interaction, social justice, and the degree to which students believe these issues are presented in the college classroom. 

The Namesake depicts the struggles of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli (Irrfan Khan and Tabu), first-generation immigrants from the East Indian state of West Bengal to the United States, and their American-born children Gogol (Kal Penn) and Sonia (Sahira Nair). The film takes place primarily in Kolkata, New York City, and suburbs of New York City.

The film follows Riyo, who arrives in Hawaii as a "picture bride" for a man she has never met before. The story is based on the historical practice, due to U.S. anti-miscegenation laws, of (mostly) Japanese immigrant laborers in the United States using long-distance matchmakers in their homelands to find wives.

In this activity, participants build rapport and reflect on their interactions with others through a variety of handshakes. 

In groups, participants draw representations of what they learned during an activity. 

Stjepan Hauser, world-renowned cellist known for his involvement in 2Cellos, plays Nessun Dorma in Dubrovnik for his Alone, Together series.

This interactive article describes the tension between ultra-Orthodox groups and secular society in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

During this discussion activity, participants pass around a ball of yarn, twine, or string every time a person speaks. By the end of the activity, there will a web to physically demonstrate the connections made throughout the conversation. 

In this activity, participants highlight both the similarities they share and the differences between them. 

This activity challenges participants to reflect on themselves and their culture while learning more about each other. Participants are provided with a handout, and they write their name, a culture with which they identify, a key message that they heard from someone influential, and their role/profession on a piece of paper that will then become a name tag. Then, they share what they wrote with other participants.

This activity enables participants to understand the differences between individualist and collectivist cultures and identify which cultural behaviors align with this cultural value dimension.

In this activity, participants practice fostering openness as part of a team, develop comfort with ambiguity, implement a process-driven rather than product-driven collaboration, and engage in active listening as part of one-on-one communication. 

Much like the well-known concept of speed dating, participants will move around the room asking each other questions to get to know each other. 

Through this activity, participants develop greater awareness of others' backgrounds and learn to describe their own background in an inclusive manner.

In this activity, participants experience and discuss feelings of inclusion and exclusion and practice watching and assessing the behavior of others. 

Participants use this activity to develop goal-setting skills, resolve conflict or establish group norms, and reflect using metaphor and figurative language.

Personal Identity Wheel challenges participants to reflect on their identities beyond social groups and get to know others in the group. They brainstorm words that describe their personal interests, skills, hobbies, etc. and then compare them with others.

Social Identity Wheel challenges participants to reflect on their identities in relation to social groups and get to know others in the group. They consider identities such as race, gender, and sexual orientation and contemplate how those identities manifest themselves in different environments and impact others’ perceptions.

Spectrum Activity challenges participants to reflect on their identities and how they are perceived in different contexts. They consider identities such as race, gender, and sexual orientation and contemplate how those identities may be privileged in different environments and therefore affect their interactions with others.

These three tools can be used in conjunction with each other. 

For this activity, participants generate and share ideas for solving a specific problem or exploring a topic. 

In this activity, participants practice negotiating a win-win solution while learning how to manage conflict and competition. 

In this activity, participants reflect on goal-setting, create group norm agreements, learn to resolve conflict in effective ways, and appreciate the individual strengths and positive attributes of others. 

In this activity, participants assess how a person's personal appearance and culture influence our assumptions or biases. 

This activity can be used as a discussion starter between two participants, where they use their cultural value maps to identify the similarities and differences between their cultures.