Alumni & Diversity at UCLA Positively Affecting Campus Climate Patricia Châu Nguyễn, Sr. Director, Diversity Programs UCLA ALUMNI LEADERS CONFERENCE 2015 What was one issue you faced as a student, related to your identity, that you believe still affects students today? Session Goals & Objectives • Reflect • Offer space for leaders to reflect on past and current issues. • Sharing Practices • Share current alumni practices that affect student recruitment, leadership development, and retention. • Get Involved • Equip leaders with short-term means of involvement. What is campus climate? Alumni have diverse gifts that positively make UCLA an inclusive community. Framework for Campus Climate The Campus Racial Climate (Hurtado, Milem, Clayton Pederson, Allen, 1999) Making Diversity Work on Campus: A Research-Based Perspective (Milem, Chang, Antonio, 2005) Government/Political Forces Sociohistorical Forces Behavioral Compositional Climate Organizational/ Diversity Structural Diversity Psychological Climate History of Inclusion/Exclusion INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT How do you… • Recruit • Develop Future Leaders • Retention Shared Practices: Ideas from the Field Recruitment • Scholarships • Send Offs • APA UCLA’s San Gabriel Valley Send-Off • Yield Events • Black by Popular Demand • La Raza Weekend • Pride Admit Weekend • Southeast Asian Admit Weekend • American Indian/Pacific Islander Weekend Developing Future Leaders • Identity-based Graduations • New alumni gatherings • Panels and Workshops Retention • Mentoring • Crisis Support Organizational/Structural Diversity Engagement • Search for Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Thursday and Friday, January 29 and 30 Wednesday and Thursday, February 4 and 5 Monday and Tuesday, February 9 and 10 Thursday and Friday, February 12 and 13 Provide confidential feedback to Chancellor Block and Executive Vice Chancellor Waugh by writing to [email protected]. Organizational/Structural Diversity Engagement Alumni Association Diversity Task Force Questions?