ACCESS IS NOT ENOUGH October 1989 APPENDIX G Office of Graduate Minority Affair Initiatives Recruitment A. Regional Visitation Program - sponsors approximately 200 undergraduate minority students to visit the UMCP campus during the Fall semester. These students from historical Black institutions have an opportunity to meet with UMCP faculty, graduate directors, and administrators. Dates: October 22-24, 1989. B. Summer Research Internship Program - is aimed at giving 10-20 undergraduate students during their sophomore and junior year the opportunity to gain hands on experience in science, mathematics, engineering research programs or equivalent projects, conducted under the guidance of a faculty member. C. Recruitment Fellowship Program - awards over $2 million in 150 fellowships and grants to minority graduate students for the 1989-90 academic year. Of that $2 million, $1.5 million has been directed to Black graduate students and includes 58 fellowships, 46 support grants, 28 mentor grants, and 18 other race grants. Additional, external funds which have been secured by the UMCP Graduate School and Colleges included 9 Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowships ($90,000); 3 Ford Foundation Minority Fellowships ($36,000); 9 National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering (GEM) Fellowships ($54,000); 1 NSF Minority Fellowship ($12,000); and a major national grant in Areas of National Needs in the College of Engineering ($323,800). D. Linkages - Formal academic linkages with several traditionally Black universities are established with: Bowie State University Coppin State College Delaware State College Elizabeth City State University Florida A & M University Southern University Virginia State University Winston-Salem University Informal linkages are also established with: Hampton University Morgan State University Spellman College E. Black Alumni Recruitment and Retention Campaign - targets Black UMCP Alumni to assist in the following four areas: 1) mentorship program for Black Undergraduates 2) UMCP Fundraising/Development/Endowment Campaign to support Black graduate and professional students 3) brown-bag seminars on the College Park campus 4) recruitment network - to identify and recruit prospective graduate students F. Campus Wide Graduate Recruitment Committee - which represents all 14 colleges of the university consists of selected faculty and administrators. The committee coordinates recruitment activities such as attendance to graduate school day fairs, visits to other institutions, recruitment publications, the development of a campus visitation program and the development of linkages with historical Black institutions. G. Graduate and Professional School Fairs - the office has attended over 15 graduate fairs during 1988-1989. H. Graduate Minority Publications: 1) Recruitment Brochure - provides overview of the academic professional and cultural opportunities available for minority students at UMCP. 2) Poster - provides a visual invitation to minority students to consider UMCP as a viable option for graduate and professional study. The poster lists some of the academic, social and research resources offered at the university. 3) Black Graduate Student Directory - lists names of students, as well as their hometowns, and undergraduate institutions, so that students can easily network and have a line of support with other minority students. I. Toll Free Number - (800-245-GRAD) was established to enable the office to reach a larger number of prospective students, and to make information more easily accessible to them. J. ETS Minority Locator Services - has been used to recruit minority students at the national level. Retention A. Orientation Program To New and Returning Minority Students - is designed to welcome all newly admitted graduate students to our campus. Date: August 29, 1989, 2:00 p.m., Marie Mount Hall. B. Black Graduate Students Faculty Mentor Award Programs - assigns student to a faculty member to serve as mentor to the students. The mentor must be willing to meet regularly with the student, to follow his or her progress, to help the student identify any academic problems that stand in the way of satisfactory progress, and to suggest way in which these problems can be eliminated. The Graduate School offers the following support: 1) a grant to the student equivalent to the stipend of graduate assistants, plus remission of tuition ($8,800). 2) a grant for summer work by the student, which might include acclimatization to high-tech laboratories or summer courses. 3) funds for a tutor for the student if the faculty mentor identifies a particular area or subject in which the student needs assistance beyond and in addition to the mentor's activity. C. Peer Partners Program - matches entering minority students with resident minority students of the same curriculum. The objectives of this program are: 1) to increase the rate of graduate 2) to establish academic strategies 3) to provide financial aid information 4) to create opportunities for networking 5) to enhance the experience for the graduate minority student D. Minority Graduate Students Advisors Council - advises the Office of Graduate Minority Affairs on particular issues related to minority graduate students, and coordinates various programs aimed at the retention of these students. E. Graduate Minority Housing - administered by the Office of Graduate Minority Affairs, annually reserves graduate apartment units for priority assignment to special minority recruitment cases. F. "Academics And The Real World" Lecture Series - consist of professional and academic minority speakers who are invited to speak to the academic community in areas on topics of interest to our minority graduate student population. G. Minority Fellow Luncheon - held in honor of all minority graduate students who hold an academic fellowship or scholarship. H. Advising of Minority Students - The Office advises minority students on academic, financial and personal matters. Having an open door policy for minority students, the office provides linkages with other minority students, faculty and organizations, acts as a "home-base" for students who give and/or receive support and encouragement.