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Diversity Recruitment & Retention

Join us for lunch & learn sessions, McNair Scholars gatherings, and prospective student lists for targeted recruitment. Enhance community service, goal-setting, and teaching skills. Explore opportunities at UD National McNair Scholars Conference.

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Diversity Recruitment & Retention

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  1. Diversity Recruitment & Retention Keeley Powell Director, Recruitment and Diversity

  2. Underrepresented Minorities • US Citizens/Permanent Residents • Historically underrepresented in graduate education: • Hispanic/Latino • Black/African-American • Native American

  3. Initiatives • Lunch & Learn • McNair Scholars • Prospective Student Lists • Additional Recruitment Opportunities

  4. Lunch & Learn • Retention initiative • Monthly – held in The Speakeasy • Next meetings: 11/19, 2/18, 3/17, 4/14 • Topics include: • Community service • Goal-setting • Teaching at different types of institutions • Securing external funding

  5. McNair Scholars • Low income, first-generation and/or historically underrepresented • Excellent resource for URM recruitment • National Directory now available • UD National McNair Scholars Conference

  6. Prospective Student Lists • National Name Exchange • SACNAS • ABRCMS • Regional events • Etc.

  7. Using Prospective Student Lists • Targeted recruitment for on-campus visit programs • Email campaigns via Slate • Tracking sources of applications

  8. Additional Recruitment Opportunities • Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) • Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference • Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC) • National Assn. of African-American Honors Programs • Regional McNair events • Society for Native Americans and Chicanos in Science (SACNAS)

  9. Questions? Keeley Powell kpowell@udel.edu

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