VOLUNTEER: Conversation guides needed for Husker Dialogues

Husker Dialogues is an annual event designed to ignite conversation for first-year students with the goal of empowering individuals to talk, share, listen and learn.
Husker Dialogues is an annual event designed to ignite conversation for first-year students with the goal of empowering individuals to talk, share, listen and learn.

Husker Dialogues is an annual event designed to ignite conversation for first-year students with the goal of empowering individuals to talk, share, listen and learn. Husker Dialogues is scheduled as follows for the Fall 2021 semester.

This year's Husker Dialogue experience will be held virtually from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the following dates:

  • September 7, 8 and 9
  • September 14, 15, and 16
  • September 21, 22, and 23
The roles below are fulfilled by campus volunteers:

Husker Conversation Guides (HCGs) – Guide and support the small-group dialogue/conversations during Husker Dialogues. HCGs will be required to attend Husker conversation/dialogue training and Husker Dialogues (event).

Husker Conversation Guide Trainers (HCGTs) - Train HCGs on strategies to engage event participants in reflective conversations surrounding questions that matter to everyone, regardless of one's background or lived experiences. Provide strategies to HCGs designed to strengthen their college community, deepen peer understanding and bridge the divide across differences, while supplying approaches for individuals to apply what they have learned and or experienced. Trainers will be required to attend the following: Train the trainer workshops, and Husker Dialogues (event).

Logistics – Assist with event needs that include responding to student and guide questions about rescheduling and confirmation of dates, assisting with Zoom issues, and answering follow up questions. Members will be added to a Microsoft Teams channel for dissemination and discussion of opportunities to help. Meetings of the Logistics team will begin in summer and continue through the start of the school year. Members will be required to attend the following: (1) *Husker Dialogues (event), and (2) Logistics Team meetings

Sign up to be a Huskers Dialogues volunteer.

More details at: https://diversity.unl.edu/husker-dialogue-committee-information