[Sci-tech-public] Information on National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education - May 30-June 3, Chicago - Early-Bird Registration Deadline

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>Dear Friends/Colleagues:
>
>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 19th Annual National Conference on 
>Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education 
>(NCORE 2006) to be held May 30 to June 3, 2006.
>
>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 
><http://www.ncore.ou.edu/>NCORE website.
>
>NCORE 2006
>The 19th Annual National Conference on
>Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education
>May 30 – June 3  è  Chicago
>
>The Leading and Most Comprehensive National Forum on
>Issues of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education
>
>·        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
>·        Providing policy, planning, 
>programmatic, curricular/pedagogic, 
>research/assessment, training, and theoretical 
>perspectives from around the country
>·        Highlighting exemplary working models 
>and approaches capable of being adapted in other institutional settings
>·        Attracting more than 1,800 persons each 
>year representing virtually every state and several foreign countries
>
>Selected Program Highlights
>
>·        <http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/keynote.html>Four Keynote Addresses:
>o        Helen Zia , Journalist, Social Activist 
>“One of the Most Influential Asian Americans of 
>the Decade,” named by A. Magazine
>o        Roberto Suro, Founding Director, Pew Hispanic Center
>o        Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee 
>Muscogee), President of The Morning Star Institute, Washington, DC
>o        Michael Eric Dyson, Ph.D., The Avalon 
>Foundation Professor in the Humanities, and 
>Professor of Religious Studies and Africana 
>Studies, The University of Pennsylvania
>
>· 
><http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/special.html>Special 
>Features including Interactive Presentation and Dialogues with:
>o        Johnetta Betsch Cole, Ph.D., President, 
>Bennett College for Women, Greensboro, North Carolina
>o        Richard Fry, Ph.D., Senior Research 
>Associate, Pew Hispanic Center, Washington, DC
>o        William Harvey, Ph.D., Vice President 
>and Chief Officer, Diversity and Equity, University of Virginia
>
>·        Thirty-Seven 
><http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/workshops.html>Major Workshops
>·        Twenty-two Multiple-Session 
><http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/precon_institutes.html>Pre-Conference 
>Institutes, Each Providing a Coherent, Integrated Set of Curriculum
>·        A Series of 
><http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/new_features.html>New 
>Features and  Dialogues, Providing Opportunities 
>for Intergroup and Intragroup Discussion of Racial/Ethnic Issues
>·        Approximately 100 Concurrent Sessions 
>Selected from Responses to a National Call for Presentations
>·        A Student Leadership Development 
>Scholarship Program and a Student Mentee Rate
>·        Ethnicity-Based National Networking Groups/Organizations
>
>How to Get Involved
>· 
><http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/registration.html>Register 
>now to participate in this leading national 
>forum on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher 
>Education. The Early-Bird Registration Deadline is March 31, 2006.
>· 
><http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/exhibitors.html>Advertise 
>or join our Exhibitor Showcase which features 
>Education/Diversity Resources, Books and 
>Services; Ethnically Inspired Creations and Products
>o        Please review our 
><http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/documents/exhibitor_brochure.pdf>Exhibitor 
>Brochure for information about pricing and deadlines
>o 
><http://www.ncore.ou.edu/2006/documents/advertising_application.pdf>Advertise 
>your Institution in our Conference Program and Resource Guide
>·        Participate and showcase employment 
>opportunities from your institution/organization 
>at the NCORE 2006 <http://ncore.ou.edu/2006/jobfair.html>Job Fair.
>
>
>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!
>
>NCORE
>Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies
>University of Oklahoma
>2350 McKown Drive
>Norman, OK  73072
>Phone:  405-292-4172
>Fax:  405-292-4177
><http://www.ncore.ou.edu/>www.ncore.ou.edu
>

Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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