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SENSE OF BELONGING The Ivy Tech Indianapolis campus staff and faculty started the 2023-24 academic year with a fall convocation, a professional development day dedicated to leadership, customer service, and student engagement. If there’s anything Ivy Tech Community College understands, it’s the power of community-based learning. When we take advantage of opportunities to learn from those around us, we’re all better because of it. With that said, however, the campus’ nearly 1,000-person staff and faculty members had not all been brought to- gether in at least six years. “The cabinet recognized that there were a lot of changes within leadership, and we wanted to find a way to boost morale and create a sense of belonging among all of us,” Amanda Bonilla, our Vice Chancellor for Di- versity, Equity, Belonging and Community Engagement, said. “We were constantly asking, how do we respect people’s time and still bring them together?” On August 15, all Indianapolis staff and faculty ascended the steps of the Conference Center and Culinary Institute (CCCI) to the ballroom. If you weren’t feeling the light and vibrant energy in the room, you surely were by the time Chancellor Stacy Atkinson took to the stage to welcome everyone. She started with a comedic jab at Bonilla, who told Dr. Atkinson – and the rest of us – to come to convocation in spirit wear. Bonilla herself was
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