ddce advisory council fall 2015. welcome hector de leon, chair
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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%
2015 12th 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
30th 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 TeamGregory Perrin, Associate Vice President & Executive [email protected]
Hannah Beck, Assistant Director for Advancement Services & Constituent [email protected]
Tamra Johnson, Development [email protected]
Jazmine Leon-Wing, Director of [email protected]
Development Team, cont’d.
Vince Young, Development [email protected]
Angie Pete Yowell, Director of [email protected]
Anthony Heaven, [email protected]
Nicholas Phelps, [email protected]
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