3 G Diversity Summit

The NIU Unity Conference and Celebration, a campus-wide collaboration scheduled in late September, will celebrate the university’s unity and diversity and feature Freireian-inspired social justice work.

2013

In review of the past conference Ernest Park, Program Chair, and Scott Tindale, Local Arrangements Chair, provide an overview of the conference attendance, awards, and activities. As the report shows, the conference was packed with diverse perspectives and fun activities-you won't want to miss the next conference!

The HBCU/MSI Research Summit is a collaborative effort initiated in 2016 to facilitate interinstitutional partnerships between Virginia Tech, a Predominantly White Institution (PWI), and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). Each year, students and faculty from HBCUs and MSIs are invited to Virginia Tech for a two-day program. The major objectives of the summit is to: 1) develop on-campus opportunities for visiting undergraduate and master’s students to learn about advanced degree programs and research opportunities; 2) facilitate in-person interaction among faculty to build relationships and explore potential opportunities to initiate and foster collaborations; and 3) to facilitate discussion about shared degree programs and inter-institutional agreements. As part of the initiative, the program offers several workshops for students to attend and provides a unique context for faculty to engage in discussion on partnerships and explore research and teaching opportunities. Starting in 2018, the program organizers built on the previous efforts and initiated a research study to better understand participants’ experiences at the program, evaluate its effectiveness, and explore the factors influencing the creation and persistence of inter-institutional partnerships. In this paper, we discuss the program as a model for facilitating inter-institutional partnership and some preliminary results that capture the impact of the program with the focus on students’ engagement and recruitment. In what follows, we elaborate on the importance of broadening participation, as one of the major objectives of the program. Then, we present the background and major elements of the summit. Next, we briefly describe the 2018 HBCU/MSI Research Summit, outline the details of our evaluation strategies and present the results for the year 2018. Finally, we reflect on our experience and provide some initial recommendations that can inform the development of similar programs at other institutions.

Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2017

She is also a founding member and general secretary of IASAS.

2013

Welcome to Jekyll Island! We have a fabulous program in store. My sincere thanks to the GSA Executive Board and to all of you who made it happen. Although we're a relatively small group, we offer a program large in scope and big on quality! An essential line of sociological inquiry asks-Who prevails in society now? Who will come to prevail?‖ This year's theme,-Social Class: Now and Then‖ directly addresses stratification questions and more. Please don't miss the Friday afternoon plenary on Jekyll Island's history. John Hunter from the Jekyll Island Museum will discuss not only high society and titans of industry, but also other aspects of the island's social class structure. Sessions on Manhood, Madness, and Media and the implications of The Butler are other examples of how we explore fundamental issues of inequality in novel ways. Foundational sociologists asked,-What is the structure of industrial society? What makes it what it is?‖ Toward a contemporary addressing of these questions, we examine political and economic hot button issues both locally and globally. A roundtable session on the consequences of institutional consolidation is featured in this year's program. It should be lively! And, our sociologists address the-real world‖ including major social structures and our roles within them. Another key question is-Where does our society stand in terms of human history? How is it changing?‖ To that end, cross-cultural perspectives on diversity, immigration, and the social problems of substance abuse and violence will be addressed. A panel on the impact of technological innovations on social stratification helps put the comparative perspective into a social class framework. Clearly, the GSA offers sociological assortment! We tie all these elements together through our passion for teaching. Starting with the Hans Mauksch Teaching Workshop on Thursday afternoon, there are sessions on teaching every day. Please come and recharge your pedagogical batteries. Don't forget we will play-Murder at the Great Gatsby Speakeasy‖ on Friday evening, so drop on in and let your inner gangster or flapper loose. Finally, as you know, we are in one of the most beautiful parts of Georgia. Isn't it great? Enjoy the natural splendor and the many sights to be seen. I wish you a great meeting and a safe journey home at its end.

2001

ConnectED 2000, a gathering of representatives of an array of precollege outreach programs, was the beginning of a national dialogue about such outreach programs. To continue and increase this dialogue it is necessary to find out more about precollege outreach programs. A step in this direction was taken through a national survey developed by The College Board in association with the Education Resources Institute and the National TRIO Clearinghouse. Between summer 1999 and spring 2000, more than 1,100 programs representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories responded to the National Survey of Outreach Programs, with a specific focus on Upward Bound and Talent Search programs. TRIO programs represented one third of responding programs, and GEAR UP, the other major federal initiative, accounted for 9%. Information from these programs shows that TRIO programs are the most notable of outreach efforts, but that all current efforts fall far short of what is needed. Estimates suggest that serving the entire eligible population would require an annual expenditure beyond the $6 billion mark. To bring about this kind of support, it will be necessary to engage the nation, to make the entire country aware of the needs, urgency, and purpose of precollege outreach. (SLD)

Washington Law Review, 2010

Many Voices-One Community, 2009