DDCE Advisory Council Fall 2015
Welcome Hector De Leon, Chair
President Gregory L. Fenves
Vice President’s Report Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement
Task Force on Historical Representation of Statuary
Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award
My Brother’s Keeper Austin
Good News Four-year graduation rate is 58% (up 2.6%)
Gateway Scholars Average first-year GPA 3.24; retention rate 96.4%
th Day Stats Incoming class – 22.1% Hispanic; 5.3% African American 25% first-generation
Recruiting by Dr. Leonard Moore
Student Diversity Initiatives Multicultural Engagement Center and Gender and Sexuality Center
Thematic Faculty Hires
Restore Rundberg
University Charter School System
Longhorn Center for School Partnerships
Annual Events 20 signature events 37 external events 26 internal events
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
30 th Anniversary of the Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights Events monthly January through May culminating with the Evening of Honors
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
Development Report Gregory Perrin, Associate Vice President and Executive Director of Development
Development Team Gregory Perrin, Associate Vice President & Executive Director Hannah Beck, Assistant Director for Advancement Services & Constituent Relations Tamra Johnson, Development Associate Jazmine Leon-Wing, Director of Development
Development Team, cont’d. Vince Young, Development Officer Angie Pete Yowell, Director of Development Anthony Heaven, GRA Nicholas Phelps, GRA
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
Dr. Leonard N. Moore