Working Groups
Institutional - Publicity and Awards
Our publicity focus is towards raising awareness about the BCBD Initiative and how it is congruent with the mission, vision and values of W&M. This entails highlighting where these are already active on campus. A logo has been developed and approved and can be seen at the top of the BCBD page. Reaching out to the all areas of campus to make it known and visible is in the planning for the upcoming semester. Included is developing an appropriate assessment rubric to evaluate our efforts also must be done from the outset.
This team also developed awards to recognize individuals and groups on campus who embrace and promote the initiative's mission of building deep human connections and working to build bridges across disagreement. Each year the BCBD Award is given to a faculty member, staff member, a student and to a group who exemplify and advance W&M's core values.
The winners for 2024 are:
Faculty Award - Phil Wagner
Staff Award - Steve Prince
Student Award - Abigail Connelly
Team/Group Award - Panhellenic and Interfraternity Councils
Departmental and Individual - Training
In the first years of BCBD creating a training curriculum was the focus for both the departmental and individual working groups. Because of the overlap of training ideas for these areas, it was decided to combine them in the beginning. As a good training curriculum is developed, we will then tailor that training toward individuals and groups, respectively.
In the spring of 2021 Training Team successfully developed a series 4 training modules. The core topics are flourishing, openness and courage. A four week discussion series using the modules was held in April and May.
Institutional Level - Assigned Working Group
Jackie Ferree
Rebecca Green
Rick Gressard
Peel Hawthorne (co-leader)
Linda Knight
Anna Mroch
Leslie Revilock (co-leader)
Shylan Scott
Rich Thompson
Erin Zagursky
Marc Kelly
Combined Departmental & Individual Levels - Assigned Working Group
Cenie BellamyJulia Brown
Catherine Forestell
April Palmer
Melody Porter
Kathleen Powell
Julie Summs
Deidre Connelly
Kelly Crace (co-leader)
T Davis
Tatia Granger
Arielle Newby
Erin Schwartz
Jason Simms
