Fall 2010: Project Accomplishments
Maria Franco-Aguilar Director, Academic Preparation and Outreach
Kim Palmore Director, Professional Development
Outreach Program Accomplishments
| March 2010 | UC Edge (UCLA) – 32 |
| April 2010 | Southern Diversity Forum (Channel Islands) – 114 |
| September 2010 | At SACNAS this past September, we reached 192 students representing 20 of the 23 CSU campuses. |
| September 2010 | 180 SACNAS students responded to our invitation for a campus tour |
| October 2010 | Maria Franco-Aguilar holds workshops for UCR undergrads on applying to graduate school. |
| October 2010 | Graduate Fair (CSU Monterey Bay) – 62 |
| October 2010 | Northern Diversity Forum (CSU Sacramento) – 91 |
| November 2010 | Graduate Fair (CSULA) – 33 |
| December 2010 | 57 students from 8 CSUs have visited our campus |
| December 2010 | 68 students have been reached during faculty visits to 8 local CSU campuses. |
Mentoring Program Accomplishments
| July 2010 | Solicited applications from a pool of diversity students and accepted 49 Graduate Mentees into the program |
| July 2010 | Solicited applications for and hired 24 Peer Mentors |
| July 2010 | Solicited applications for and hired Faculty Mentors |
| August 2010 | Created and printed handbooks for Faculty Mentors, Peer Mentors, and Graduate Mentees |
| August 2010 | Created electronic catalogue of University and City Resources for Mentors/Mentees |
| August 2010 | Developed first quarter mentoring curriculum |
| August 2010 | Created mentoring teams |
| September 2010 | Created Blackboard Site for Mentoring Program |
| September 2010 | Oriented and prepared 50 Graduate Mentees for mentoring program |
| September 2010 | Oriented and trained 24 Peer Mentors |
| September 2010 | Oriented and trained 13 Faculty Mentors |
| September 2010 | Organized and facilitated meet and greet luncheon |
| October 2010 | Developed and implemented narrative data collection system |
| October 2010 | Follow up training session for 24 Peer Mentors |
| November 2010 | Follow up training session for 24 Peer Mentors |
| December 2010 | Completed first quarter of mentoring: 50 mentees once a week with Peer Mentors and 4 times with Faculty mentors |
| December 2010 | Developed block style mentoring curriculum for winter and spring so mentoring can be uniquely developed for each Graduate Mentee |
| December 2010 | Preliminary plans for 2 workshops/speakers: one for spring and one for fall 2011 |
