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UNL Diversity Enhancement Projects
1999-2000
In 1999, UNL reallocated funds to support UNL's diversity initiatives. A portion of the reallocated funds was earmarked for pilot projects and activities on campus aimed at enhancing diversity. The following projects were selected by a subcommittee of the Faculty Liaison Task Force on Diversity to be supported by Diversity Enhancement Funds during the 1999-2000 academic year. The following has a brief description of each project and a contact person if you would like additional information. Although only one person is listed as the contact, many people were involved in most of these projects.
Enhancing Student Ethnic and Gender Diversity through Recruiting and Retention in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
The project will:
• conduct seminars for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and support staff on issues regarding living, working and participating in a culturally diverse community
• pilot-test four agricultural literacy workshops for middle school students in Scottsbluff, Lexington, Lincoln and Omaha
• pilot-test an inclusive agricultural career workshop for secondary students at four high schools in Scottsbluff, Lexington, Lincoln, and Omaha.
Contact: Susan Fritz
CGLBTC 1999-2000 Symposium Series: Working as Allies
The series consists of six symposia, three each semester, and includes workshops, papers, and a lecture by a nationally known African American scholar. The Symposium will address the Diversity Plan goal to create a campus climate where tolerance and respect are encouraged and modeled.
Contact: Barbara Di Bernard
1001 Black Inventions
This project will bring to campus for Black History Month a theatrical projection created and performed by Pin Points, an award-winning theater company based in Chicago, Illinois.
• Project Final Report
Contact: Benita Douglas
Multi-cultural/International Student Cultural Exchange Program
The many different cultures represented at UNL will be introduced to UNL students through a cultural exchange program involving international and multi-cultural students on campus. International students will be introduced to a breadth of American cultures, especially ethnic minorities in Nebraska.
Contact: Karen Cagley
Childcare for Native American Student Parents
Funding has been given for a planning grant to work with Native American students and an elder to identify need for child care; to work with housing to identify possible facilities; to apply for grant funding to underwrite project from tribal, federal and private sources.
Contact: Helen Long Soldier
Voices of the People Dialogue Series
A continuation grant for the second year of this dialogue series on the issues of race, culture and ethnic relations.
Contact: William Olubodun
Dr. Ronald Takaki lecture and dialogue with faculty: "The Coming Multicultural Millennium - Bringing it home to the UNL community"
Dr. Takaki is Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California-Berkeley. He will visit the campus on January 23 and 24, and his visit is co-sponsored by the Asian Student Alliance, the Athletic Department, the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Graduate Studies, the Institute for Ethnic Studies, the Nebraska Alumni Association, the Office of the President, the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, University Housing, the Teaching and Learning Center.
Contacts: Liz Carranza-Rodriquez and Sandra Kinoshita
Multicultural Scholars Research Program
The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources will offer a campus-based, three week program for high school students of color who are interested in the fields of agricultural sciences or natural resources, and will focus on research, mentoring, and career exploration.
Contact: Juan Gonzalez
Continuation grants for Faculty Book Club and Artist Conversations
The project will allow the continuation of the Inclusive Teaching Book Club, with discussions led by members of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers; and the Conversation with an Artist program, which brings together UNL faculty with artists participating in the Artist Diversity Residency Program for lunch and discussion about the introduction of diversity issues into courses.
Contact: Delivee Wright
Letters to Thien
The director of the documentary film Letters to Thien will come to Lincoln for a showing of this powerful documentary about the life and death of Ly Minh Thien. The director will discuss the themes and issues raised in the film with campus groups and community organizations.
Contact: Nghi Thai
Teaching Tolerance through Theatre
Three short plays will be presented during an evening of theatre, on campus and in western Nebraska, all dealing with the collision of different cultures. The plays will be performed by a professional actor brought in to work with actors from the campus, the community, and Lincoln Public Schools.
Contact: Jeffery Elwell
Watts Prophets
The Watts prophets and their jazz combo appeared in the Johnny Carson Theater on Friday, November 12, a performance which culminated a week-long residency project, during which the artists participated in a workshop at UNL's Culture Center and multi-cultural education classes in Teachers College.
Contact: Charles Henry Bethea
Video Diversity Training Program for Cooperative Extension
A video-taped diversity training program will be developed and disseminated among UNL's Cooperative Extension County Board members who serve on policy board for Cooperative Extension educators within each county. The Cooperative Extension Division serves as the front door to UNL, and all county educations, researchers and staff are members of the UNL community that extends beyond the boundaries of the Lincoln Campuses.
Contact: Ricardo Garcia
Community Outreach to Western Nebraska to enhance Latino student representation at UNL
This project will support the attendance of prospective students at Chicano Awareness Days at UNL.
Contacts: Cynthia Gooch and Marcela Raffaelli
Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
This project is being supported by the Match/Science Education initiative and an NSF grant. The conference will be held February 11-13, 2000 and will sponsor two lectures by prominent women mathematicians and panel discussions on graduate school and careers in mathematics.
Contact: Judy Walker
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