{"id":125,"date":"2026-04-27T09:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-wsu.pantheonsite.io\/academics\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:42:35","slug":"multicultural-education-certificate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/adult-continuing-education\/employee-training\/multicultural-education-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Multicultural Education Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-text-intro wp-block-paragraph\">Enhance your work by analyzing your cultural development experiences and learning how to provide professional services in a more equitable way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social conditions and political circumstances impact people differently depending on their backgrounds, lifestyles and origins. As such, culturally responsive practices are crucial for success as our world grows increasingly complex<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Multicultural Education Certificate Program (MECP) prepares professionals to better serve diverse clients in any industry, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Healthcare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law Enforcement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-profits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Military<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corporate business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <div class=\"testimonial mb-1 wsu-block\">\n        <div class=\"testimonial__title\">Testimonial<\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial__quote\">Our learners bring many different identities and life experiences with them to our after-school programs. To meet their needs, it\u2019s critical that we have the knowledge, skills, and mindset required for a culturally responsive system. The MECP process brought us another step closer to achieving this.<\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial__details\"><p>Amy Eich, Executive Director of Community Education<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Customized to your work environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cohort model<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flexible formats (in-person, virtual, hybrid)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ongoing advising and consultation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Credit and non-credit pathways to Certification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Instructor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Nicholas Wysocki has worked in higher education for over 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is an Associate Professor in the WSU Education Studies Department where he works with teacher candidates seeking licensure and graduate students engaged in ethnographic analysis projects.<\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"testimonial mb-1 wsu-block\">\n        <div class=\"testimonial__title\">Testimonial<\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial__quote\">The MECP program has been extremely helpful and insightful with our Community Education Afterschool Programs. We have been using data to give us ways to reach students across many different cultures, genders, races, and religions. After working with Dr. Wysocki, our team feels like we are heading toward absolute inclusion and equality.<\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial__details\"><p>Phillip Hartman, Special Education Case Facilitator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Register Your Team for the Multicultural Education Certificate Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To start a Multicultural Education Certificate program in your workplace, contact Julie Kiehne to learn more and discuss options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Provide your team with culturally responsive practices so they can better serve and build connections with clients and customers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-block contact-card mb-1\">\n   <div class=\"contact-card__media\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/WSU-Julie-Kiehne-feature-2026-02-12.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"contact-card__content\">\n       <div class=\"contact-card__title h4\">\n           Julie Kiehne\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__subtitle h4\">\n           Business Outreach Coordinator\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__description\">\n           <p><a href=\"mailto:jkiehne@winona.edu\">jkiehne@winona.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winona State University | Somsen 209D 507.457.5088<\/p>\n<p>WSU-Rochester on Broadway | 400 South Broadway, Suite 300<br \/>\n507.535.2570<\/p>\n\n       <\/div>\n       <a class=\"wsu-link contact-card__link\"><\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WSU Multicultural Education Certificate Program (MECP) prepares professionals with culturally responsive practices to better serve diverse clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":503,"parent":102,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[343],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ace"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions\/504"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}