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NCBI Newsletter
NCBI’s Carolina Coalition in action: Bringing NCBI skills to campus
Idella Glenn leading an
NCBI workshop at Furman
in December 2014
“The Coalition has
sponsored NCBI trainthe-trainer
programs
to grow the teams and
allow other colleges
and universities to
bring NCBI to their
campuses”
North Carolina State University
hosted the 16th Annual NCBI
Carolina Coalition Train-the-
Trainer event in October 2016,
bringing NCBI trained campus
leaders from regional and national
universities to prepare them to
facilitate the NCBI leadership for
diversity training. Overall, forty
faculty, staff, and students from
The Citadel, Wofford College,
The University of Alaska at Anchorage,
Presbyterian College and
NC State participated. The training
was led by NCBI Coalition
leaders Idella Glenn and Beverly
Williams, assisted by a leadership
team from the participating institutions.
The seeds for the NCBI Carolina
Diversity Training Coalition
were planted when three Student
Affairs staff members at Clemson
University participated in an NCBI
5-Day Leadership Training Institute
in the fall of 1998. The three
returned to Clemson University
and applied for (and received) a
University grant to fund a 3-Day
NCBI Train-The-Trainer in the fall
of 1999. This core group formed
the NCBI Clemson Team, the first
NCBI Affiliate in the state of
South Carolina. There was also a
person at nearby Furman University
who was NCBI-trained and
this person served as a member-at
-large for the Clemson Affiliate
until a team at Furman University
was established.
The Clemson Affiliate formed
a partnership with several area
schools and applied for an Alliance
2020 Grant to fund another 3-Day
Train-the-Trainer in the fall of
2000. The purpose of this training
was to assist these area schools in
establishing their own NCBI affiliates.
The additional schools were:
Furman University, Tri-County
NCBI’s team at NC State
Technical College, Anderson College,
and SC State University (an
HBCU). Approximately 45 people
attended this Coalition-building
Train-the-Trainer.
Since this initial training, the
campus Coalition has sponsored
NCBI train-the-trainer programs
to grow the teams and allow other
colleges and universities to
bring NCBI to their campuses, like
SC State University , Furman University,
Piedmont Technical College,
North Carolina State University
, Greenville Technical College
, North Carolina Central
University. NCBI is growing on
Campus through the Carolinas.
Idella Glenn
Carolina Coalition Director
The University of Iowa hosts the NCBI Campus Conference
“The training was
incredibly wellreceived,
even being
declared the "most
effective diversity
training"
As a strong believer in a community-policing
philosophy and a true
advocate for building meaningful
relationships, Scott Beckner,
the newly appointed assistant vice
president and director of University
of Iowa Public Safety, worked
closely with Bria Marcelo, Director
of the University of Iowa
NCBI Affiliate to host an NCB
Law Enforcement specific training
i n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 6 .
The NCBI Law Enforcement and
Public Service program, led by
Police Chief (Ret.) Fabienne
Brooks and Guillermo Lopez,
Jr., held two training sessions with
45 officers, dispatchers, detectives,
and security officers. There
were representatives from four
different areas surrounding the
university including the University
of Iowa Police, Iowa City Police,
University Heights Police, and
Coralville Police. All four chiefs
were also in attendance. The
training was incredibly wellreceived,
even being declared the
"most effective diversity training"
folks had ever taken. The University
of Iowa believes this is a good
start - with no signs of stopping.
Outside of working with the
local police forces, the University
of Iowa NCBI affiliate has planned
a 2-day institute with Iowa City
downtown business districts. The
first day of the training will focus