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Chancellor's Council on Inclusion/Diversity
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Minutes of the March 31, 2005 Meeting
Held at the Student Union
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Council Members Present:
Carlos Santiago
Joan Prince
Rita Cheng
Larry Martin
Phyllis King
Sally Lundeen
Erika Sander
Gregory Jay
Dev Venugopalan
Stan Stojkovic
Beverly Cross
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William Velez
Simone Conceicao
Sarine Schmidt
Diane Amour
Ester Johnson
Kim Beck
Gary Williams
Enrique Figueroa
Twyla McGhee
Yves LaPierre
Ruth Russell
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Neil Young
Mary McCoy
Mary Roggeman
Anthony Hightower
Guillermo Cuautle
Abdul-Hakeem Rashaad
Alicia Armstrong
Aledjandro Medellin, Jr.
Antonio Ramirez
Antwan Terrell Tolar
Angel Johnson
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Members Not Present:
Nadya Fouad, Nancy Frank, Marc Levine, Amy Batiste
I.
Welcome and Introductions
Joan
Prince: called the meeting of the Chancellor?s Council on Inclusion to
order, noting that the chancellor, Carlos Santiago will provide the charge
order.
II. Charge to the Committee
Carlos Santiago: outlined
the timeline and objectives regarding the council committee. Indicated
he wants council suggestions by June 1, 2005. Objectives are:
- ?Strategic Plan
- ?Initiate conversation and develop training
module
- ?Advising Structure
- ?Early Warning System
- ?Recruitment Office - aggressive recruitment
campaign in the community; mentioned community agencies such as
PIC - Private Industry Council and UCC - United Community Center
- ?Fellowship/Scholarship Support
- ?UWM Residential Proposal - set aside
50 beds for underrepresented/economic challenged students to live
and experience UWM campus life.
- ?Main Objective: For UWM to be viewed as
the premier institution for students from diverse backgrounds.
Questions
Raised/Answered
Q: Training of Staff, identify
who will do this?
A: Specialists
Q: Pilot Program - 50
beds - what are the guidelines/criteria?
A: Mary Roggeman of Student Affairs can address this point.
Q: Council Group - How
much or what type of authority will this council have and how will
this council interface with other existing UWM groups?
A: Policy and processes; to think differently; make recommendations, and
then take to UWM governance. Erika Sanders (rep. governance), mentioned
that governance readily supportive and will not be adversary.
Also, Milwaukee Commitment
Phase II has been voted through to governance. The exception is the UWM
Student Association. The UWM Student Association is welcome to act upon
the document. Strategic plan would be a combination of Milwaukee Commitment
and the council.
III.
The Logistics/Joan Prince
Discussed logistics regarding upcoming meetings:
Dates: suggested the
last Thursday of each month;
April 28, 2005
May 26, 2005
June 30, 2005
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Mentioned that both the date and especially the time may conflict with
schedules. Suggested to student members to contact her regarding schedule
conflict with classes. Also, indicated that she would be willing meet
with students to discuss concerns.
Discussed and provided additional insight
on some of Carlos Santiago's objectives
IV:
Campus Review Update
Discussed and introduced
what various groups are doing on campus and what reports resulted from
these groups. Indicated the type of working groups needed within the council.
Indicated council co-chairs Rita Cheng, Larry Martin and faculty representative,
Dev Venugopalan will discuss reports of groups they served on in regards
to retention and diversity.
Rita Cheng -
Provided summary/highlights of the Enrollment Management Committee.
?Admissions
o current
measures remain in place
o applying
discretionary measures to at risk students
?Expanded points to
access at UWM
o Coordinate
with MATC and both MATC & UWM strengthening track
?Retention
o Looked
at remedial placement
o Continue
narrowing gap of student color
o Ensuring
remedial courses are completed (especially, math courses, College of Letters
and Science)
o Bridge
Programs
?Mentoring Program
o Instructors
to students
?Early Warning System
o Ready
to be implemented; objective to address/detect unsatisfactory work early
in the students academic career
?Advisory Network
Strong
?System Update Accountability
Report
o Highlight/reviewed
6 years (1999-2003) worth of data on students of color of the UW System
as whole vs UWM
Larry Martin - Race and Ethnicity Update
?Provided
summary/highlights of the Race and Ethnicity taskforce and summary of
online survey results. Provided copies of the tentative report; racial
profiling and the no responses
Dev Venugopalan
- Faculty Diversity Initiative
- ?Dev
provided a brief summary on the Faculty Diversity Initiative.
- ?Identify
research and best practices and bring it to UWM;
- ?There
is an April 15th session scheduled to take place to take all ideas and
apply them
Joan Prince
? Ombuds Initiative and Campus Diversity Initiative
- ?Ombudsman
? feels UWM needs a system like this; suggestions came out of the taskforce
on Women and Race & Ethnicity taskforce; objective is neutral; Nayada
Fouad and Larry Martin will assist with the coordination of this working
group.
- ?Diversity
training for Campus
- ?Working
Group Selections, please email Joan Prince as to which group you wish
to partake in.
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