| | 10/20/2005
Conference Call notes - Participants:
Annice
Kim
Briana Webster-Patterson
Danielle Spurlock
Geni Eng
Lumbe
Davis
Marisa Guptarak
Melissa Green
Sacoby
Wilson
Sonya Green
Vic Schoenbach - Background
to the MSCalumnet (Vic)
- Plateauing
of minority recruitment - need to pick up the pace
- Broadcast
of Keynote Lecture - potential for national reach, staying connected
- Glass
panel in Hooker Research Center (link)
- need a group to advise and act when opportunities arise
- Minority
Health Project presentation
(link) to the Carolina First Minority Alumni Committee (link)
- Give
the Caucus the benefit of the knowledge, experience, connections, and organizational
affiliations of MSC graduates
- Link
minority alumni across "generations", promote networking
- Preserve
the history of the Caucus and its achievements to remember, honor, inspire, and
remind us of its significance
- Purpose
and objectives
- Increase
diversity among students at UNC-CH SPH
- Increase
diversity among faculty at UNC-CH SPH
-
Enrich the Caucus by giving it the benefit of the knowledge, experience, connections,
and organizational resources of graduates
- Be
a resource, an advocate, and an advisory body for the School
- Spearhead
the Legacy Project to preserve the history of the activities anad accomplishments
of the Caucus, its forerunners, its allies, through the present
- Identify
resources for diversity (General Alumni Association, Black Alumni Reunion, Carolina
First Minority Alumni Committee)
- Discussion
- Sacoby noted
that he has been talking with others about creating an alumni network for years.
A network can promote diversity, increase opportunities for minority students
at the School, and be another voice for the issues we care about.
- The
Diversity Survey that the Caucus carried out two years ago is a good starting
point.
- The
Alumnet can work with the UNC-CH General Alumni Association (link)
and the Black Alumni Reunion (link).
[This year's reunion may have its Wednesday session at the Hooker Research Center
on the topic of HIV prevention.]
- Several
MSC officers had discussions with the School about having a checkbox for the MSC
on the alumni donation form.
- Briana
pointed out that SPH undergraduates (HPAA, BIOS, and NUTR) are for the most part
not involved in the Caucus, yet they may have more energy and time than graduate
students.
- Melissa
noted that people who have been away from the School for a few years lose touch
with what is happening - there's a need for a newsletter or webpage so alumni
can find out.
- Sacoby
has arranged to discuss faculty diversity with Dean Barbara Rimer during APHA
on Sunday, December 11, at 4:00pm (location TBA). Members of the MSC Alumni Network
are planning to meet beforehand to plan and then to attend the meeting.
- We
can use departmental and alumni newsletters to grow the group, but personal contacts
may be most effective.
- When
we speak with people to tell them about MSCalumnet we can ask their help in identifying
former MSC members. The School has a list of all alumni with race/ethnicity, but
it does not record what roles people played.
- We
should try to interview the oldest alumni.
- Vic
added afterwards that Aundra Shields' position will be opening up as she leaves
for the southwest, so we can suggest people we know who would be good in the Associate
Dean for Student Affairs position.
- We
should form subcommittees for the various areas of interest, but we need to expand
the group
- Next
steps
- List
names of past officers, Conference Planning Committee members and subcommittee
chairs, email addresses, photos, recollections, documents, interviews, video clips
- Annice
will prepare an invitation letter to inform MSC alumni about the meeting with
the Dean at APHA and how to get involved in MSCalumnet.
- Danielle
will meet with Janice Periquet (and Martha Monnett?) to see how the Alumnet can
link to the School's alumni office.
- Vic
will place a link to the MSCalumnet page on the Minority Health Project home page
(look on the left, under "Diversity-related activities at
the UNC-CH School of Public Health")
- Compile
a list of potentially interested MSC alumni and email addresses (Vic will create
a webform and non-public webpage)
- Next
conference call - Wednesday, November 16, early afternoon? Topics include
proposing names for the new Dean for Student Affairs (Aundra's position)
- Hold
meetings at APHA (Annice will look for a setting - one prior to the meeting
with Barbara Rimer and possibly one prior to or after the SPH reception) and the
27th Annual Minority Health Conference (Feb 24, 2006)
- Volunteers will be needed
to help initiate and chair subcommittees for
-
Student diversity
- Faculty
diversity
- Curriculum
/ cultural competence
- Liaison
with the Caucus
- Liaison
with the SPH alumni office
- Legacy
Project
- Outreach
/ expanding the network
- Fundraising
and liaison with the Carolina First Minority Alumni Committee
These
subcommittees can be established when we have a sufficient number of members. Join
the Minority Student Caucus Alumni Network (MSCalumnet) listserv by sending a
one-line email to (listserv@unc.edu) with
the text:
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