Build bridges to other people and broaden your awareness of— and sensitivity to—other cultures. Andrews, Paschall and Mitstifer gave this advice in the October 1994 Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society newsletter.

• First, understand your own background and biases. Cultural differences exist; how do they affect you?
• Be sensitive to issues that exist for other people.
• Be aware of stereotypes and openly disagree with prejudice.
• Look for meanings in your words that may not be what you intend them to be. Ask to find out.
• Learn about other cultures and your own.
• Be open, flexible and willing to change.
• Treat people as individuals, not as representatives of cultures or races.
• Be non-judgmental; describe behavior rather than evaluate it.

Dr. Raymond Buriel, from Pomona College in California, is the second speaker in a five-symposia series sponsored by the College Division of Family Studies and the College and UA Diversity Committees. On February 10, Buriel will speak about conducting research with people from diverse ethnic backgrounds, especially Mexican-Americans. His specific topic is "Mexican-Americans Across Generations. The symposium will begin at 2 p.m. For further details, call Dr. Wendy Gamble at 621-7127.

Buriel also will be a guest speaker at the College Diversity Committee meeting on February 10. For more information on the committee meeting, contact Shirley O'Brien at 621-7145.

The Arizona State Museum will present three programs in March by American Indian scholars and elders. All will take place in the CESL Auditorium adjacent to the Museum, beginning at 1 p.m.

On March 4, Joseph Dishta will talk about "The Zuni War Gods." On March 11, Elliott Booth will speak on "Ancestral and Contemporary Farming of the Mohave Tribe." The program on March 18 will feature Hopi Emory Sekaquaptewa on "How the Oral Tradition Works. The last in the lecture series will be Hopi Leigh Jenkins discussing "Cultural Multiplicity—The Hopi Past, Present and Future" on April 1.

The final in a three-part series of Indian dance performances will be presented on the lawn of the Arizona State North Building. On March 25, the Naa-Kwatsta Wisa dance group will perform at 1 p.m. Hopi Brant Honahnie will lecture on "Hopi Dance Traditions" the same day at the CESL auditorium. For more information, call 621-6302.

You may need to learn new skills when you recruit and interview candidates from diverse backgrounds. Are you adapting to the culturally-appropriate behavior of those you're interviewing? How do you respond when people don't act as you expect? In some cultures, direct eye contact may signify disrespect, not honesty and attention. New immigrants are still learning our business "rules." They may be uncomfortable with assertiveness, questioning an interviewer, or volunteering information. Stay out of your cultural rut or you may lose talented candidates.

Sally J. Walton, M.A. in "R & D Innovator."

Each month "Value-Added" will include abstracts about diversity from many sources. If you want to know more about a particular item, please call 621-7145.

Multiculturalism: Another View

Today, multiculturalism has almost become a cliche. It usually involves celebrating diversity in terms of food, ethnic dress or cultural peculiarities, but never addresses institutionalized racism. Mary Ann Jacobs, (Lumbee), Director of American Indian Studies at California State University, Long Beach.

Culturally Deprived Managers

The majority of today's managers are white males who grew up with little exposure to people from other cultures. Many recent management fads fail to address cultural diversity. For example, one audio cassette recommends that managers touch their employees. But many people do not want to be touched. Countless management training programs make sweeping recommendations without regard to different attitudes about competition, openness/directness authority and responsibility. Lennie Copeland in "Personnel" magazine.

Managing Diversity

"No one yet knows how to manage a diverse workforce. We set goals for each group and try to make managers accountable, but we haven't begun to manage differently. It's still white males telling white males how to manage women and minorities." Managers need to be more sensitive to communications difficulties within the work forces that include minorities. Theodore E. Payne, Xerox Corporation, in the Conference Board Magazine.

Stereotypes on the Job

Often people don't know why they're hurtful or upsetting to others. Have employees who are the objects of comments or jokes talk about how it feels or what a particular term means to them. Explain why some women balk at being called "ladies" or "girls;" why a person of Mexican descent may prefer the term "Hispanic" or "Chicano;" or why an African-American mail clerk resents being called an "errand boy."

Lee Gardenswartz and Anita Rowe, in Managing Diversity, March 1994.

"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place."

Margaret Mead, in "Coming of Age in Samoa."