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Diversity
Outreach Advisory Board
Dean
of Admissions Lee Stetson has announced a new Diversity
Outreach Advisory Board that will provide strategic and
practical guidance in support of the efforts of the Office
of the Undergraduate Admissions to recruit a diverse undergraduate
student body‹essential to the undergraduate mission of
the University. A diverse undergraduate student body promotes
understanding across ethnic, racial and economic lines,
breaks down stereotypes, gives students a better understanding
of those backgrounds different from their own, and ensures
to the extent possible that varying viewpoints will be
presented in the University community to improve educational
and social discourse.
The
new Board, which will begin meeting early in the fall semester,
will be comprised of faculty members, students, and
alumni appointed by the Dean of Admissions in consultation
with the Provost. The members of the Advisory Board
will include:
Students
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Nancy
Zhang, SCUE
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Veronica Polanco, Minority Coalition
Coalition
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Steven Parks, Minority Coalition
Co-Chair, UMC
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Wesley
Nakamura, Undergraduate Assembly
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Dr.
Robert Preucel, Assoc. Prof. of Anthropology
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Dr. Grace Kao, Assoc. Prof. of Sociology; Director
of Asian American Studies Program
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*Dr. Herman Beavers, Assoc. Prof. of English; Director
of Afro-American Studies Program
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*Dr. Jorge Santiago-Aviles, Assoc. Prof. of Electrical
Engineering
* awaiting confirmation
The
board will seek advice and input as necessary from
relevant stakeholders including University Trustees, students,
faculty,
staff, alumni, parents and other community members.
The
Director of the Multicultural Recruitment Program, Dr.
Wesley Proctor will chair the Board, set its agenda,
and schedule meetings. In particular, the Board
will advise the Office of Undergraduate Admissions
with respect
to the following:
- Developing
strategies for working with high school counselors
to create a diverse and highly qualified pool of candidates
- Identifying
additional means for insuring a diversified and
highly qualified applicant pool--e.g. finding new schools
and regions from which to recruit, and utilizing
new media
approaches
- Coordinating
with existing groups and programs, both internally
and externally, that have access to candidates that belong
to various ethnic, racial and economic groups
- Recommending
other programs and mechanisms to the Dean of
Admissions designed to increase Penn's profile to candidates
with a broad range of backgrounds.
Almanac, Vol. 50, No.
31,
April 27, 2004
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