Date/Time: November 5, 2026 | 2:00 – 2:30 pm

Room: Experience Center

Abstract: This fast-paced, highly interactive session invites participants to step into the perspective of diverse student personas and examine how learning environments communicate value, belonging, dignity, and support.

Using a “Through Their Eyes Passport,” attendees will move through reflection prompts, collaborative redesign activities, and environmental observations that challenge them to rethink how physical spaces shape student experience.

Rather than focusing solely on aesthetics or furniture selection, this session reframes educational environments as powerful signals of care, inclusion, and human value.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explore learning environments through diverse student perspectives.
2. Identify environmental friction points that impact regulation and engagement.
3. Examine how spaces communicate value to students.
4. Collaboratively redesign spaces to better support belonging and accessibility.
5. Leave with practical, student-centered environmental strategies.