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Chancellor’s Council on Inclusion
April 4, 2007
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Carlos Santiago
Rita Cheng
Larry Martin
Joan Prince
Jasmine Alinder
Pamela Barnes
Pamela Clark |
Simone Conceição
Laura Drake
Nancy Frank
Gregory Jay
Phyllis King
Jennifer Murray
Sergio Piceno |
Ruth Russell
Erika Sander
Hanh Quang Trinh
Patricia Villarreal
Gwyn Wallander
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MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
The Regents Room – Chapman Hall
Facilitator: Dr. Larry Martin
Welcome and Logistics - Dr. Joan Prince
- Dr. Prince welcomed everyone and asked for introductions.
- Approval of the minutes (February 7, 2007)
- Dr. Prince asked if any one had any changes/corrections
to the minutes from February 7, 2007 meeting
- Please add Chancellor Santiago - he
was in attendance at the February meeting
- Retreat for Fall discussion
- Dr. Prince asked if members would be interested
in doing a retreat prior to the 2007 Fall semester. Looking at a
possible date in August 2007.
Chancellor's Comments - Dr. Carlos Santiago
- Chancellor Santiago discussed the initiatives
UWM is putting forth in the remainder of the 2007 academic year.
- Research at UWM
- Goal is to increase (grow) research programs
at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The message is beginning
to be heard at the state (legislative) level. State funding
is essential for UWM's entry into accomplishing our research
goals. $10-$12 million is our target request.
- Educational Initiatives – recruitment/retention
- UWM will re-double its efforts to work
with our technical college, community organizations, and others
to recruit a diverse population of students, a diverse faculty,
and a diverse staff. We are not where we should be, and we
will continue to put forth effort to reach our goals.
- UWM is committed to assisting all of our
students in their educational quest to succeed. We have set
aside housing for Milwaukee students, promoted communities
of learning and learning circles to assist in recruiting and
retaining students.
- UWM will continue its grass roots efforts
in securing students to consider college educational study
at UWM and UWM will support them in their efforts to succeed
towards graduation.
- UWM Ombuds Council - Very happy to announce
the Ombuds group is taking shape and will begin in Fall of
this year. Dr. Prince is chairing the council for the Chancellor,
and will keep this Council updated as to its progress.
- UWM Satellite offices – monitoring
whether or not this initiative is increasing visibility, and
will adjust accordingly
- UWM Academic Health Center – working
to secure land at the Aurora Sinai site, as well as directly
across the freeway for a potential site for the School of
Public Health (programming will be crucial in recruiting and
retaining a diverse health care workforce – a workforce
that UWM will be in the forefront of training)
- Engineering campus - planning is moving
forward to locate our College of Engineering at the Wauwatosa
site
The Chancellor urged this Council to continue to provide him with advice
regarding recruiting and retaining a diverse campus family. He depends
on us to keep him informed and advised of climate needs. Because of
the council's recommendation, he has provided funding for the Ombuds
initiative, and is eager to hear more recommendations regarding like
issues.
Comments
L. Martin -Q. The doctoral program
in Urban Education has the largest number of Ph.D. students of color
on UWM campus. The A.O.P. fellowship/scholarship appears the numbers
awarded are deceasing among students of color. Last year (2006) –
5 awarded and this year (2007) only 1 was awarded. This is partly
due to changes in the guidelines resulting from the Michigan case;
first generation student; what if any, help is out there to help these
students succeed (obtain their doctorate) here at UWM.
C. Santiago - A: There is a general lack of funding
across the graduate school programs. Our efforts through the UWM
campaign – have raised $90 million and of that $25 million
will be used towards scholarships. Perhaps the second phrase of
the campaign should concentrate solely on scholarships to help.
Perhaps the question should be what to do next...
- UWM needs to raise more money
- If research dollars grow, then we can take
the overflow and apply it to help graduate students.
E. Sander– Q. With the pending St. Mary’s
Columbia merger with Froedtert – how will that affect UWM’s
currents plans for programs with Clinical Health Sciences (Aurora
Sinai) and Engineering (Wauwatosa).
C. Santiago - A: The impact will potentially
be a minor hit; support for UWM to be a multi-campus site is strong
in the business and health community.
Academic Affairs - Update - Dr. Rita Cheng
Associate Vice Chancellor – Diversity
Climate
- The search continues - A number of resumes have
been received
- There is a good pool of candidates
Equity Scorecard
- This topic is on the agenda of the next Board
of Regents meeting - additional information is on the UWM Provost
website
Campus Climate Survey
- The plan is to have this survey take place next
year 2008. There are some funding issues to resolve prior to doing
this survey
Requested Agenda Items
E. Sander - Domestic Partners
Benefits
- Joint finance committee will meet - efforts
to contact key state representatives: P. Colon, L. Taylor &
R. Darling are in the works. Talking point sheets will be provided
to those who are interested in helping in this effort
J. Alinder - - March on Milwaukee
- Distributed brochures to the council regarding
information the 40th anniversary – March on Milwaukee event.
There will be a conference held in September 2007 here on the UWM
campus in conjunction with this event - more information can be
obtain at www.marchonmilwaukee.org
G. Jay - National Conference on
Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education
- Conference will be held in San Francisco, CA
in May 2007 - 8-9 presenters from UWM will be presenting at this
conference - more information can be obtained at www.ncore.ou.edu
Sergio Piceno - Funding of the
diversity centers on campus, (i.e. CVSL, LINKS, LGBT) – these
centers are losing their funding in 2008 - how will UWM address this,
especially since these centers provide crucial services to students
- J. Prince – the council was informed of
this; the new Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Dr. Helen Mamarchev
and Dean of Students, Jim Hill will talk to the UWM Student Assn
and Sergio regarding this
- Chancellor Santiago – appeals processes
are taking place
Presentation and Item Discussion
The culmination of our student success discussions
from the past two COI agendas will focus on today’s Student
Success panel. A panel of our students will present regarding their
view on student life and success at UWM. COI members are asked to
be ready to pose questions and secure ideas/suggestions for a successful
student experience)
Main themes that came from the panel (six
students) and discussion:
UWM Service and Resources
- U-park is great!
- Marketing/promoting UWM services to reach the (student) masses
is a factor; must be effective in order for students to know what
services and resources are on campus/off-campus
Campus life - on and off campus
- Isolation can be a problem for some students
Support Network - it's important!!!!!!!
- UWM services/resources
- Finding people (students) who have similar issues helpful –
can help students help each other
- The understanding and support of family and friends is important
- Counseling / mentor services important
The UWM system
- Knowing the in’s and out’s and understanding how the
system works is critical to student’s success
Responsibilities
- Prioritizing
- How much of the responsibility is the student or UWM?
Employment
- having a job to help pay for college expenses is very important
- UWM can provide help employment information
Wrap Up/Summary of action items
- Next Council meeting will be in the Fall. We
will work over the summer to “tone up” our agenda and
process. We are moving to more of a “specific topic”
format where the members are tapped for their expertise and knowledge
regarding certain topic areas. This information will be relayed
to the Chancellor after each meeting.
- Please refer to the web site for agenda/minutes for the Fall meeting.
- We will work on a schedule to rotate members on the council.
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