Customized Campus Trainings
At EJIE, we understand that each campus department has its own unique goals, challenges, and areas for growth. That's why we offer customized trainings designed to meet the specific needs of your team or department. We collaborate closely with campus departments to develop training on a variety of topics.
To request a training, please contact Training Specialist Nick Mundwiller.
EJIE Training Menu – Fall 2026
Orientation & Introductions
What is Inclusion Anyway? Understanding Equity Vocabulary
In this introductory training, participants will explore foundational diversity, equity, and inclusion vocabulary as we reflect on the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus.
Orientation to Inclusion
This introductory training brings together foundational concepts related to inclusion, identity, and everyday interactions. Participants will explore what inclusion means, examine the complexity of our intersecting identities, and consider how microaggressions and stereotypes can show up in daily experiences.
Equity & Inclusion
Stereotypes & Microaggressions
This training invites participants to reflect on their own experiences with stereotypes as we seek to understand the harms of microaggressions and stereotypes while practicing respectful engagement and bystander strategies.
Intersectionality: Examining Our Complex Identities
During this session, participants will examine their identities and experiences to understand how social and political identities influence patterns of discrimination and privilege.
Creating a Gender Inclusive Campus
This training reviews the basics of sex and gender and University policy around gender, pronouns, and lived names before exploring ways that we can help make UC Merced a gender-affirming place for all.
Leadership
Authentic Leadership: Letting Your Identity Shine
During this training, participants are encouraged to reflect on their own multi-faceted and intersectional identities to determine how their lived experiences uniquely prepare them for leadership.
Values-Based Leadership
Great leadership begins with knowing what we stand for. In this interactive session, participants will reflect on core values and explore practical strategies for aligning leadership with the values that matter most to them.
Practicing Power Analysis
Power is not limited to titles or positions. It can also come from relationships, expertise, information, identities, and connections. In this training, participants will engage in interactive conversations to identify the power and influence they already have and explore how they can turn it into meaningful action.
Conflict & Communication
Introduction to Restorative Justice
In this 90-minute session, participants will be introduced to restorative justice practices and principles through intention setting, crafting collaborative agreements, and exploring authentic communication strategies.
Uncomfortable Conversations: Creating a Toolkit that Works
This 90-minute training explores how to respectfully navigate difficult conversations, disagreements, or low-level conflicts. The training includes a toolkit of six tools and tactics that can be used immediately to help facilitate conversation across difference.
In accordance with applicable federal and state law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate or grant preference on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or other protected categories. All EJIE programs, events, and resources are open to individuals of all identities.
