1) CO
CURRICULAR PROGRAMS
Collaborate with faculty, staff and students to generate learning outcomes
for co curricular programs, such as Diversity Week, the Annual Lecture
on Multiculturalism, and the New York City Arts and Culture Tour
Collaborate with IITS, College of Education faculty, staff and students
to develop E-portfolio opportunities with learning outcomes and to incorporate
E-portfolio into the IDS component of General Education
Collaborate with Psychology Department faculty and students to design
and apply forms of assessment that can be used to improve program effectiveness
Collaborate with Center for Student Leadership and College of Student
Personnel to create a curricular track in multiculturalism
Collaborate with Computer Science faculty, IITS staff, and interested
others to acquire academic credit for both mentor and mentee students
who successfully complete CSV 302 - Bridging The Digital Divide - currently
taught by the Web Services and Technology Specialist (graduate student)
of the MCC
Collaborate with faculty interested in the use of cooperative pedagogy
in the teaching of information technology to offer credit classes in the
MCC's Computer Classroom
Establish a subcommittee to work with faculty in Film Studies, African
and African-American Studies, Languages to explore prospects for a multicultural
film/video series, including international films, on a weekly basis.
Collaborate with Talent Development staff and students and the Black Faculty
Association to commemorate the contributions of Rev. Arthur L. Hardge
and other dignitaries in URI's multicultural campus history Establish
a subcommittee to explore prospects for a Multicultural Scholars-In-Residence
or Multicultural Artists-In-Residence > program at URI
2) RESOURCES
Work with the Division of Student Affairs to receive an additional staff
member with expertise in areas, such as public relations, marketing, media
relations, membership and audience development, and grant writing
Recruit attendees at the MCC's first Strategic Planning Retreat to constitute
an advisory committee to the Director of the MCC
Establish a subcommittee to explore prospects for an endowment campaign
for the MCC
Establish a subcommittee to advise the staff about improvements to the
MCC facility
Establish a subcommittee to review with IITS the long-range development
and management of the MCC Computer Classroom Collaborate with the Office
of Graduate Study, Research, and Outreach to become acquainted with IGERT,
EPSCOR and > other major funding opportunities
Incorporate learning outcomes into the MCC's Strategic Plan
3) CAMPUS CLIMATE
Continue collaborating with the Affirmative Action Office to develop the
infrastructure for the URI Diversity Awards by expanding subcommittees
and defining roles for faculty, staff, and administrators
Improve marketing and public relations plan for the MCC
Explore prospects for an MCC cafe or cabaret, similar to the successful
Expressions from 1999-2000
Establish a subcommittee to work with the Black Faculty Association and
interested others to arrange informal interactions between students, faculty
and staff of color as well as interested others, and to explore prospects
for mentoring of new students, faculty, and staff as well as increased
participation in internships by underrepresented students
Establish a subcommittee to increase use of the kitchen, lounge, and lobby
by students; and to explore the feasibility of acquiring funding to hire
a graduate student night manager and to extend accessible hours to the
facility
Continue the practice of providing free tickets to students to attend
multicultural music and dance events presented through the Great Performances
Series
Establish a subcommittee to increase participation by underrepresented
members of the campus in the annual cookout and other all-campus events;
and to plan a diversity event on the Quad
4) TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Continue collaborating with the Center for Student Leadership Development
and the Memorial Union in planning, facilitating, and assessing the Multicultural
Student Organization Retreat
Collaborate with the Center for Student Leadership Development and the
Memorial Union in implementing the Appalachian State University model
of training, support and feedback for student organizations, and in planning
incentives for multicultural and social change groups to collaborate
Establish a subcommittee to plan and implement the previously discussed
Multicultural Center Student Fellows/ Associates program to involve selected
undergraduate students from underrepresented groups in service-learning
seminars, in internships, in student government, in educational and social
events, in interactions with faculty and staff, in joint projects with
the Rose Butler Browne Mentorship Program for Women of Color, and in workshops
and classes on multiple oppressions and social activism taught through
the Center for Student Leadership Development; as well as to prepare students
for graduate and professional school study and success Establish
a subcommittee to explore prospects for faculty-graduate student collaboration
on a facilitated graduate student seminar held monthly to present research
Establish a subcommittee to create a Pan Hellenic umbrella organization
for students of color
Establish a subcommittee to initiate a new Multicultural Center Faculty
Associates Program to enhance multicultural faculty development, and
to develop a website
Collaborate with the Center for Student Leadership Program Development,
BRIDGES, and the Counseling Center to explore prospects for embedding
Unity Weekend into a course, to strengthen Unity Weekend as a vehicle
for training juniors and seniors to be competent facilitators, and to
assist first and second- year students in transitioning into a diverse
learning community
Establish a subcommittee to work with student organizations to strengthen
Culture Week traditions at URI, to encourage their sponsorship of workshops
on personal and career development, and to increase student involvement
in MCC programs, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Week, Celebrations Around
The World, and Unity Weekend
5) KNOWLEDGE GENERATION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
Establish a subcommittee to explore prospects for designing and funding
two post-doctoral fellowships in multiculturalism, one in academic,
and one in student affairs, and to seek funding for the Promising Scholars
Graduate Student Symposium held during Diversity Week
Broaden the scope of the MCC website beyond the campus to act as a clearinghouse
for information about state, regional, national, and international events,
activities, and opportunities, about scholarly research pertaining to
multicultural student demographics and identity development, and about
links to other multicultural centers and best practices of other universities
Utilize the Multicultural Center Faculty Associates alumni to encourage
scholarly research on multiculturalism, and to conduct periodic workshops
Establish a subcommittee to consult with the Faculty Senate Curriculum
Committee to determine the current status of the ISD curriculum, to
evaluate the prospects for making ISD courses a graduation requirement,
and to inquire about incorporating identity development into the URI
101 values certification units
Establish a subcommittee to work with Talent Development and the Affirmative
Action Office in developing strategies to safeguard the undergraduate
research opportunities provided to students of color by the Ronald McNair
Program from threats to Affirmative Action
6) OUTREACH
Collaborate with Common Ground On The Hill, the Brown University Educational
LAB, the Division of Student Affairs, the School of Education, the News
Bureau, Alumni Affairs, the Office of Graduate Study, Research and Outreach,
the Psychology Department, the Development Office, the College of Arts
and Sciences, Housing and Residential Life, Conference Services, the
Center for Student Leadership Development, the Courthouse Center for
the Arts, and the South County Unitarian Church in planning and coordinating
the First Annual COMMON GROUND RHODE ISLAND, a one-week residential
summer program which develops global citizenship values through hands-on
participation in the traditional arts and public dialogue to be held
Sunday through Saturday, July 20-26, 2003 at URI, comprised of three
components: WORLD ARTS, five days of hands-on workshops at the beginner,
intermediate, and advanced levels and four nights of open mics followed
by performances, open to the general public; WORLD VILLAGE, the concurrent
children's workshops co-planned by the participants themselves, open
to children, ages 5-12; and WORLD EDUVERSITY, the seminar on the classroom
applications of multiculturalism and diversity in the standards-based
classroom, for teachers, principals, and educational leaders
Establish a subcommittee to explore the feasibility of convening a
regional, national, or international conference on multiculturalism
at URI
Establish a subcommittee to explore prospects for participating in educational
travel to Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America,
Europe, and South America; and in alternative spring breaks
Continue collaborating with the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies
to involve URI students, faculty, and staff on the Annual Civil Rights
Tours to venues, such as Mississippi and Alabama
Establish a subcommittee to work with Housing and Residential Life,
Talent Development, IEP House, the Women's Center, Diversity House,
Panhellenic, the Chaplains, the International House, Disability Services,
Health Services, GLBT Services, and the MCC to host dinners for undergraduates
to engage in facilitated discussion of controversial topics of local
or global significance
Establish a subcommittee to work with the Political Science Department
and the John Hazen White Center to increase involvement of underrepresented
and social change-oriented students in junior high and high schools
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