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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Yamilex Acevedo-Sanchez <yacevedo@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>TOMORROW! BDC Seminar: Building Inclusivity in Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This is reminder for the BDC seminar series happening <strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">tomorrow,</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
Wednesday, November 18 at 12pm (ET).</span></strong> Our guest speaker is Dr. Darcy G. Gordon, who will be giving a seminar titled “<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Building Inclusivity in Higher Education”</span></em>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Zoom Link: <a href="https://mit.zoom.us/j/99672709822" target="_blank">https://mit.zoom.us/j/99672709822</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Abstract: Dr. Darcy G. Gordon is an Instructor of Blended & Online Learning Initiatives in the Department of Biology, and former postdoctoral
associate here at MIT.</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Darcy G. Gordon will discuss how her lived experiences
at the intersections of</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">privilege and marginalization, specifically gender,
race, and disability, have influenced</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">her navigation of higher education
and current work in digital learning. She will explore</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">the ways her experiences
in academia have shaped her as a scientist-educator and have</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">led to the
alignment of her efforts in digital education and inclusive teaching at MIT.</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Keep in touch on <a href="https://twitter.com/BDC_MIT" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mit_bdc_seminar_series/" target="_blank">instagram</a>,
or email <a href="mailto:bdcgroup@mit.edu" target="_blank">bdcgroup@mit.edu</a>. We hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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