GETTING REAL WITH DIVERSITY OUTREACH: A

PRACTICAL TOOLKIT FOR PROMOTING STUDY ABROAD TO

UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS

Andra Jacques, Jay Minert, Dr. Cecil Lytle and Porsia Curry

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Who We Are

Andra Jacques – Study Abroad Advisor

Jay Minert – Director of Outreach and Academic Engagement, Study Abroad

Dr. Cecil Lytle – Provost Emeritus, Thurgood Marshall College, Professor Emeritus and world renowned musician

Porsia Curry – Interim Director, The Black Resource Center

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Ethnicity and Study Abroad at UC San Diego

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A Brief, Recent Racial History of UC San Diego

THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE:

Morehouse/Spelman/UCSD Student Exchange Program

Morehouse/Spelman/UCSD Faculty Engineering Program

Public Service Minor Teacher Education Third World Studies Preuss School

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‘Compton Cook Out’

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The Black Resource Center

A campus community center that serves everyone at UCSD w/ an emphasis on the black experience

Promotes scholarship, fosters leadership and cultivates community for students

A unit of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Institutionalized programs that students were traditionally responsible for

Connects students to services on campus that were under-utilized

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The Black Resource Center and Study Abroad

Office hours Thursdays from 2-3:30 pm Partner in programming throughout the

school year and summer Focus on: Dispelling myths about study abroad Identifying common barriers (perceived

and actual) Highlighting funding resources Getting to know the students on a personal

level Support BRC & BSU events

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Partnering with Campus Community Centers

The Cross-Cultural Center The LGBT Center The Women’s Center La Raza Resource Centro The Black Resource Center

On the horizon… The Veteran’s Center Intertribal Resource Center The Disability Resource Center The Undocumented Student Services Center

– What is our new approach in an uncertain future?

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Advising in Campus Centers

Become a regular presence in the center

Get to know the names of the pro staff, student workers and regulars

Attend events hosted by the centers

Be intentional about the types of programs, info and marketing materials you bring to each center

Be respectful of the centers as a sacred space

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The Elephant in the Room…

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Outreach Toolkit

allyship is not an identity—it is a lifelong process of building relationships based on trust, consistency, and accountability with marginalized individuals and/or groups of people.

allyship is not self-defined—our work and our efforts must be recognized by the people we seek to ally ourselves with

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Outreach Toolkit

Address any feelings of discomfort/personal resistance

Identify and connect with individuals in target areas on campus Seek out sustained partnerships—not

one-off’s Be present as an active participant/ally for

each group—not just for study abroad, but for all of their programs

Establish yourself as a go-to staff member for underrepresented students

Tackle the notion that studying abroad is “not for people like me”

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Outreach Toolkit

Be intentional about recruiting, training and empowering diverse student workers Especially students who identify with

your target communities Engage with organizations like Diversity

Abroad and other resources that enable access to study abroad for underrepresented groups (Scholarships, Diversity Road Map)

Provide resources for families Web-based In Spanish

Be inclusive in marketing outreach and website content Student Identity page

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Global Seminars – Jazz in Paris

Faculty-Led Five week summer program Two, four credit courses American Music: Jazz Between the World Wars Jazz and the Music of the African Diaspora

15-28 students 2.0 min GPA Financial Aid Available: $2000 summer grant $1500 GS Scholarships (30+) $2000 OASIS Scholarships (25) Additional campus-based study abroad scholarships

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OASIS Scholarship

Global Seminars in partnership with the Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services (OASIS )

Students apply BEFORE they apply for their global seminar

Students find out if they receive the scholarship BEFORE they have to commit to their global seminar

Summer 2017 fund will award 25 - $2000 awards

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Questions?

THANK YOU