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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Dear
Friends/Colleagues:<br>
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As the Early-Bird Registration deadline approaches (March 31), we thought
you might appreciate receiving information about this leading national
forum. We are writing to invite you and other administrators,
faculty, staff, and students at your institution to attend the <b>19th
Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher
Education (NCORE 2006) </b>to be held May 30 to June 3, 2006. <br>
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This annual national series has become recognized as the most significant
and comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in
American higher education. Please see below for brief information
on 2006 program highlights. For full conference information, you
can visit the <a href="http://www.ncore.ou.edu/"><b>NCORE
website</a></b>.<br>
<br>
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The 19th Annual National Conference on <br>
Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education<br>
May 30 – June 3 <font face="Wingdings 2">θ</font>
Chicago<br>
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The Leading and Most Comprehensive National Forum on <br>
Issues of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education<br>
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</font><font size=2>Assisting
higher education institutions to create inclusive higher education
environments, programs, and curriculum; improve campus racial and ethnic
relations; and expand opportunities for educational access and success by
culturally diverse, traditionally underrepresented populations<br>
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</font><font size=2>Providing
policy, planning, programmatic, curricular/pedagogic,
research/assessment, training, and theoretical perspectives from around
the country<br>
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</font><font size=2>Highlighting exemplary working models and approaches
capable of being adapted in other institutional settings<br>
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</font><font size=2>Attracting
more than 1,800 persons each year representing virtually every state and
several foreign countries<br>
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<b>Four Keynote Addresses</a></b>: <br>
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</font><font size=2><b>Helen
Zia</b> , Journalist, Social Activist “One of the Most Influential Asian
Americans of the Decade,” named by A. Magazine<br>
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</font><font size=2><b>Roberto
Suro</b>, Founding Director, Pew Hispanic Center<br>
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</font><font size=2><b>Suzan
Shown Harjo</b> (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee), President of The
Morning Star Institute, Washington, DC<br>
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</font><font size=2><b>Michael
Eric Dyson, Ph.D.</b>, The Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities,
and Professor of Religious Studies and Africana Studies, The University
of Pennsylvania<br>
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<b>Special Features</a></b> including Interactive Presentation and
Dialogues with: <br>
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</font><font size=2><b>Johnetta Betsch Cole</b>, Ph.D., President,
Bennett College for Women, Greensboro, North Carolina<br>
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</font><font size=2><b>Richard
Fry</b>, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center,
Washington, DC<br>
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</font><font size=2><b>William
Harvey</b>, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Officer, Diversity and
Equity, University of Virginia<br>
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</font><font size=2>Thirty-Seven
<a href="http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/workshops.html"><b>Major
Workshops</a><br>
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</font><font size=2>Twenty-two
Multiple-Session
<a href="http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/precon_institutes.html"><b>
Pre-Conference Institutes</a></b>, Each Providing a Coherent, Integrated
Set of Curriculum<br>
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</font><font size=2>A Series
of <a href="http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/new_features.html"><b>New
Features and Dialogues</a></b>, Providing Opportunities for
Intergroup and Intragroup Discussion of Racial/Ethnic Issues<br>
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</font><font size=2>Approximately 100 Concurrent Sessions Selected from
Responses to a National Call for Presentations<br>
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</font><font size=2>A Student
Leadership Development Scholarship Program and a Student Mentee Rate<br>
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</font><font size=2>Ethnicity-Based National Networking
Groups/Organizations<br>
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</font><a href="http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/registration.html">
<font size=2><b>Register now</a></b> to participate in this leading
national forum on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education. The
Early-Bird Registration Deadline is March 31, 2006.<br>
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</font><a href="http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/exhibitors.html">
<font size=2><b>Advertise or join our Exhibitor Showcase</a></b> which
features Education/Diversity Resources, Books and Services; Ethnically
Inspired Creations and Products<br>
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</font><font size=2>Please
review our
<a href="http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/documents/exhibitor_brochure.pdf">
<b>Exhibitor Brochure</a></b> for information about pricing and deadlines
<br>
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<a href="http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/documents/advertising_application.pdf">
<font size=2><b>Advertise</a></b> your Institution in our Conference
Program and Resource Guide<br>
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</font><font size=2>Participate and showcase employment opportunities
from your institution/organization at the NCORE 2006
<a href="http://ncore.ou.edu/2006/jobfair.html"><b>Job
Fair</a></b>. <br>
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Please feel free to call our offices at 405-292-4172 with any questions
you might have. Thank you very much for your time, and we hope you
will join us in Chicago! <br>
<br>
NCORE<br>
Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies <br>
University of Oklahoma<br>
2350 McKown Drive<br>
Norman, OK 73072<br>
Phone: 405-292-4172<br>
Fax: 405-292-4177<br>
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<a href="http://www.ncore.ou.edu/">www.ncore.ou.edu</a> <br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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