Diversity Recruitment Retention Keeley Powell Director Recruitment and

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Diversity Recruitment & Retention Keeley Powell Director, Recruitment and Diversity

Diversity Recruitment & Retention Keeley Powell Director, Recruitment and Diversity

Underrepresented Minorities • US Citizens/Permanent Residents • Historically underrepresented in graduate education: – Hispanic/Latino

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

Initiatives • • Lunch & Learn Mc. Nair Scholars Prospective Student Lists Additional Recruitment

Initiatives • • Lunch & Learn Mc. Nair Scholars Prospective Student Lists Additional Recruitment Opportunities

Lunch & Learn • • Retention initiative Monthly – held in The Speakeasy Next

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

Mc. Nair Scholars • Low income, first-generation and/or historically underrepresented • Excellent resource for

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

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

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

Using Prospective Student Lists • Targeted recruitment for on-campus visit programs • Email campaigns

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

Additional Recruitment Opportunities • Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) • Emerging

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 Mc. Nair events • Society for Native Americans and Chicanos in Science (SACNAS)

Questions? Keeley Powell kpowell@udel. edu

Questions? Keeley Powell kpowell@udel. edu