1. DDCE Advisory Council Fall 2015

2. Welcome Hector De Leon, Chair

3. President Gregory L. Fenves

4. Vice President’s Report Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement

5. Task Force on Historical Representation of Statuary

6. Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award

7. My Brother’s Keeper Austin

8. Good News Four-year graduation rate is 58% (up 2.6%)

9. Gateway Scholars Average first-year GPA 3.24; retention rate 96.4%

10. 2015 12 th Day Stats Incoming class – 22.1% Hispanic; 5.3% African American 25% first-generation

11. Recruiting by Dr. Leonard Moore

12. Student Diversity Initiatives Multicultural Engagement Center and Gender and Sexuality Center

13. Thematic Faculty Hires

14. Restore Rundberg

15. University Charter School System

16. Longhorn Center for School Partnerships

17. Annual Events 20 signature events 37 external events 26 internal events

18. You Are Invited October 15: Michael Ray Charles art installation reception in the Gordon White Building October 17: Texas Book Festival November 3: Community Leadership Awards at E.S.B. Mexican American Cultural Center December 8 or 9: Community Leadership Awards at Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center December 11: UT Night at the Trail of Lights

19. 30 th Anniversary of the Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights Events monthly January through May culminating with the Evening of Honors

20. Faculty Fellows Presentation Dr. Victor Saenz, Project MALES and the Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color Dr. Tommy Darwin, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program Meg Clifford, J.D., William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

21. Development Report Gregory Perrin, Associate Vice President and Executive Director of Development

22. Development Team Gregory Perrin, Associate Vice President & Executive Director perring@austin.utexas.edu Hannah Beck, Assistant Director for Advancement Services & Constituent Relations hannah.beck@austin.utexas.edu Tamra Johnson, Development Associate tamra.j@austin.utexas.edu Jazmine Leon-Wing, Director of Development Jleon-wing@austin.utexas.edu

23. Development Team, cont’d. Vince Young, Development Officer v.young@austin.utexas.edu Angie Pete Yowell, Director of Development ayowell@austin.uteaxs.edu Anthony Heaven, GRA anthony.heaven@austin.uteaxs.edu Nicholas Phelps, GRA ndphhelps85@gmail.com

24. Student Perspectives Dr. Leonard Moore, Moderator Ms. Irnela Bajrovic Graduate Student, Pharmacy Ms. Brenda Carrillo, Gates Milennium Scholar, Applied Learning & Development Mr. Enrique Reyes, Senior, Geological Sciences Ms. Page Duggins, Law School

25. Dr. Leonard N. Moore