Forum Set on Diversity and Happiness

The Uni­ver­sity of New Mexico’s Diver­sity Lead­er­ship Coun­cil and the Men­tor­ing Insti­tute host the 23rd Annual Diver­sity Lead­er­ship Forum, “Diver­sity: A Key to Deeper Hap­pi­ness” with keynote speaker David Kuen­zli, Tues­day, Oct. 23 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Stu­dent Union build­ing. The reg­is­tra­tion fee is $110, and includes the entire ses­sion, park­ing and trans­porta­tion, lunch and snacks.

Fol­low­ing the forum, Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 24–25, the Men­tor­ing Insti­tute hosts a con­fer­ence on “Facil­i­tat­ing Devel­op­men­tal Rela­tion­ships for Suc­cess” with speaker Belle Rose Ragins. The reg­is­tra­tion fee is $350, pre-conference work­shops, $250, both pur­chasable at the Men­tor­ing Insti­tute.

The forum, which includes workshops, facilitates con­struc­tive dia­logue regard­ing diver­sity and its impor­tance to the hap­pi­ness and over­all sat­is­fac­tion of a soci­ety, and serves as a plat­form to inspire broader think­ing about diversity.

The con­fer­ence enables pro­fes­sion­als from a mul­ti­tude of dis­ci­plines to share insights that con­tribute to the future of mentoring.

Kuen­zli is co-founder and direc­tor of the Cen­ter for Lov­ing Rela­tion­ships in Albu­querque. He holds degrees in psy­chol­ogy and social work and has been a mar­riage and fam­ily ther­a­pist for over 30 years.

Ragins teaches, con­sults and con­ducts research on diver­sity, men­tor­ing and gen­ders issues. She has writ­ten more than 100 papers for pre­sen­ta­tions at national and inter­na­tional con­fer­ences and for pub­li­ca­tion in lead­ing aca­d­e­mic journals.

For more infor­ma­tion, visit Men­tor­ing Insti­tute or con­tact Yvonne Gan­dert at (505) 277‑1330, mentor@unm.edu.