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Multicultural Outreach

Multicultural Outreach. Presented By: Kimberly Stewart-Brinston Director, Multicultural Outreach IUPUI Enrollment Services. Goal of Multicultural Outreach Efforts. Create Enthusiasm Create Awareness Create Partnerships Create Action. Create Enthusiasm. Middle School Outreach

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Multicultural Outreach

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  1. Multicultural Outreach Presented By: Kimberly Stewart-Brinston Director, Multicultural Outreach IUPUI Enrollment Services

  2. Goal of Multicultural Outreach Efforts • Create Enthusiasm • Create Awareness • Create Partnerships • Create Action

  3. Create Enthusiasm • Middle School Outreach • Middle School Visit Program • Middle School Career Conference • Middle School Educators Conference • Middle School Outreach Website 80% of students served through middle school outreach come from underrepresented populations

  4. Create Enthusiasm • Campus Visit Program • 21st Century Scholars • Marion County, Hamilton County, Tippecanoe County • Gear-Up/ Upward Bound/ Education Talent Search/ TRIO Programs • Gary, Evansville, Richmond, Indianapolis, Joliet, Peoria

  5. Create Enthusiasm • Empowerment Sessions • Cultural Significance of Attending College • History of college attendance • Responsibility to community • Benefits for the Individual • Economic • Educational • Social • Enrollment Steps • Career/ major exploration • College selection • Financial Options • Financial aid process • Scholarship searching

  6. Creating Awareness • Open Houses • Shades of Brilliance • Open house for Juniors and Seniors in Fall • Open house for 7th – 11th graders in Spring • Campus Day • Our Experience at IUPUI Receptions • 21st Century Scholars, Nina Mason Pulliam Scholarship Program, Norman Brown Diversity & Leadership program • Pre-College Corner

  7. Create Awareness • College Fairs • Expanded outreach area to include fairs in various parts of the state including Gary, Hammond, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, and South Bend • High School Visits • Expanded outreach area to include schools in Lake and Allen County • Bilingual Services • Tour & Information Sessions in Spanish • Spanish Hotline (317)278-6708 • Spanish Brochure • Counselor Breakfast • Hosted first counselor breakfast for guidance counselors in Lake County- 2004 • Will host a counselor breakfast and information session for students and families in Terre Haute and Fort Wayne

  8. Create Awareness • Indian Market • Mayor’s Latino Forum • Cinco De Mayo Celebration • IPS Back to School Carnival • Fiesta Indianapolis • 100 Black Men College Fair • Church sponsored college awareness programs

  9. Create Partnerships • Creating Partnerships • Northview Middle School • Faculty to Faculty Collaboration • Indianapolis Urban League’s Career Track Program • Career Conversations & Campus visits • Indiana Black Expo • Participation in Summer Celebration, Kid’s World, Children’s Day, MLK Essay Contest, and Saving Our Youth Celebrity Basketball Game • Project Stepping Stone • Collaboration with the National Society of Hispanic MBA’s, IU Kelley School of Business-Indianapolis, and Campus & Community Life • Program to provide Latino high school juniors and seniors with information on careers in business and the college enrollment process

  10. Create Action • Online Resources • College Search Guide – online notebook that provides prospective students with general information on the college enrollment process • College Online Notebook- online notebook that provides newly admitted students with information regarding next enrollment steps and IUPUI programs/ services • Multicultural Phone-A-Thons • Fall Semester • Invite prospective students to attend Shades of Brilliance & answer any questions • Spring Semester • Contact newly admitted students to promote IUPUI’s diversity related scholarships, the Summer Bridge Program, College Goal Sunday, and Campus Day • Summer Calls • Answer any questions the students and/or the parent might have and encourage students to sign up for orientation

  11. Future Initiatives • Expanding current partnerships and creating new partnerships with internal and external entities • Recent program summary compiled by Student Life & Diversity www.diversity.iupui.edu • Invite more organizations to have functions on our campus • Include current students, faculty, staff, and alumni in multicultural outreach efforts • MOVE- Multicultural Outreach Volunteer Educators • Multicultural Outreach Ambassador Scholars • Provide more resources to organizations encouraging minority and low-income youth to pursue post secondary education • PDF versions of planning tools & exercises • Multicultural outreach – college planning toolkit • Create promotional materials that highlight diversity at IUPUI • First-Generation Information Card • Diversity Information Card • Improve contact management for multicultural outreach purposes

  12. Challenges • Limited Financial Resources • Students have high need and limited financial literacy • Poor Graduation Rates • Graduation rates in areas with large minority populations • IUPUI’s graduation rates • Explaining Delayed Gratification • Why invest time now • Combating Stereotypes • Helping students to see themselves as “college material” • Increased Competition For Best& Brightest • Everyone wants the best and brightest minority students

  13. Any Questions????

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