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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

  • Nancy Zhang, SCUE
  • Veronica Polanco, Minority Coalition Coalition
  • Steven Parks, Minority Coalition Co-Chair, UMC
  • Wesley Nakamura, Undergraduate Assembly

Faculty

  • Dr. Robert Preucel, Assoc. Prof. of Anthropology
  • Dr. Grace Kao, Assoc. Prof. of Sociology; Director of Asian American Studies Program
  • *Dr. Herman Beavers, Assoc. Prof. of English; Director of Afro-American Studies Program
  • *Dr.  Jorge Santiago-Aviles, Assoc. Prof. of Electrical Engineering

Alumni

  • Elise Howard,  CW '68
  • Rev. Joseph Watkins, C '75
* 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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