Meeting with the Advancement Committee UVA Board of Visitors March - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Meeting with the Advancement Committee UVA Board of Visitors March 1, 2018

IDEA Trustees Current Trustees Former Trustees • Shannon Bryan , COMM, 1993 (Houston) • Elizabeth Birdsall , GSAS, 2002 (USVI/Charlottesville) • Kevin Carrington , CLAS, 1983 (Reston) • Robert Elkins , CLAS,1979 (San Francisco) • Tierney Fairchild , MBA, 1994, Education/GSAS, Ph.D., 1996 • Raynelle Deans Grace, SEAS, 2003 (New Jersey) (Charlottesville) • Cheryl Logan , MBA, 1992 (Arlington) • Chet Hurwitz, Esq. , LAW, 1978 (Atlanta) • Russell Logan , SEAS, 1985; MBA, 1989 (Arlington) • Stephanie Johnson, Esq. , CLAS, 1993 (Connecticut) • Marcus L Martin II , CLAS, 2002 (Charleston) • John Muleta, Esq. , SEAS, 1986, MBA/JD, 1993 (Arlington, VA) • Mauricio Velasquez , CLAS, 1988 (Herndon) • Tina Shah Paikeday , COMM, 1994 (San Francisco) • Chris Witty , CLAS ,1988 (New York) • Daria Torres , SEAS, 1996 (Philadelphia/New Jersey) • Dr. Carol Williams , CLAS, 1987 (Richmond) • Greg Dyson , MBA, 1986 (Washington DC) • John Wright , CLAS, 1961; MBA, 1963 (Charleston) • Professor Elgin Clerkly , BS, ARCH 1993 (Charlottesville) • Meryem Karad , CLAS, 2011 (Richmond) Ex-officio: Dr. Marcus Martin, M.D., Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity Meghan Faulkner, Assistant to the Vice President ODE 2

UVA IDEA Fund IDEA Fund established 2010 as an initiative of the Office of Diversity and Equity and submitted to the President’s Office as a diversity and equity goal. IDEA Fund Trustees are committed and diverse alumni sharing their Time and Capital in support of Inclusion , Diversity , Equity and Access at UVA. IDEA Fund partners with UVA institutions to drive innovative programs that make the UVA experience inclusive and equitable to all of its community members. Our goal is to be an alumni sounding board for IDEA issues as the University enters its 3 rd Century. 3

Why IDEA at UVA? Inclusive entry policies for Diverse students, faculty and Inclusive and Equitable life and staff experience on Grounds for Diverse Equitable Access to positive career students, faculty and staff outcomes for our Diverse students Payback in the form of engaged and active Diverse Alumni 4

Our History and Our Reach Alpha Kappa Delta Phi Lambda PhiEpsilon President’sOffice Evolve and institutionalize American IndianStudent Lambda PhiEpsilon Monticello involvement: Active with PCSU, Union Lambda Theta Alpha Latin UVA Resident Life Strategy and charter to help Asian StudentUnion Sorority MLK Celebration Formed at behest of ODE to Oral History, Virginia Alumni Bibligo Latino Student Alliance Charlottesville Action on find alumni committed to address systemic IDEA Admissions Network, Career Black Graduate and Latino Student Alliance Racial Equality challenges at UVA diversity and inclusion Services, Alumni Association ProfessionalStudent Middle Eastern Bicentennial Celebration Leadership Council Organization CurryNursing 2012 Black Student Alliance (MELC) UVA Transfer Student 2014 2016 2010 2018 BOLD National Associationof Resources China Dialogue Minority Architechts Arlington County Outcomes from UVA Aligning UVA History Entry to UVA Chinese Corner Native American Student Minority Student Chinese Student Union Achievement Network Association PakistaniStudent LGBTQ Studies Cultural & Artistic Association (administered by the Helping address systemic challenges to Inclusion and Diversity at UVA by: Expression in the Women, Gender and Persian CulturalSociety Hispanic/Latino Sexuality Program Halifax qRN Community CultureArts: A Queer StudentUnion County School Systems)  taking time to listen and making connections facilitated by ODE Speak Easy Shea HouseJapanese Serpentine Society  exploring collaborative solutions with Departments Dialogue Across Grounds Floor Alumni AssociationOffice Sigma Psi Zeta of African-American Global Expo Committee  working within UVA and with outside community Global Student Council Society of Hispanic Affairs HooRas Engineers Multi-CulturalCenter  vetting our Trustees and expecting a high level of involvement Human Society of Hispanic Brody Center  bringing our own capital to bear to pilot solutions IndianStudent ProfessionalEngineers School of Engineering (SHPE) College of Arts and Association Inspire Higher Taiwanese Student Sciences Interjection Association Japacona Theta Nu Japan Club Thursdays Magazine University Salsa Club Jewish LeadershipCouncil Korean Student Assoc. UVA CareerCenter 5

How We Work Action-oriented alumni leadership advocating for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access at UVA and in its communities Provide an Alumni perspective – supportive, reflective, and long-term focus Actions provide measurable impact on students, faculty, and staff Primary partnership with The Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity (ODE) which provides context, continuity, and connections Administrative support from UVA Alumni Association 6

Our Primary Activities ✓ Multi-year Big IDEAs partnering with key departments and institutions to bring innovative IDEAs to the University ✓ Annual Endorsed Award to UVA departments and institutions ✓ Semester-based Mini-Grants to student organizations ✓ Issue-specific Advocacy ✓ Virtual and in-person forums for dialogue with and input from students and faculty interested in promoting IDEA at UVA 7

Big IDEAs • 2017-2019 Career Externship Pilot – 3 year partnership with Career • Venture capital approach Services to develop externships for low income, first generation, and transfer students funded by • Incubate IDEA programs IDEA Fund up to $150,000 with University partners • Provide seed funding for • 2014-2016 Early ID Pilot – 3 year innovative pilots promoting IDEA with the goal of effort to work with Admissions to programmatic adoption and create a viable method of middle funding by UVA school tracking of potential UVA applicants and families from • Minimum of 2-year horizon diverse backgrounds • Funding to date has ranged from $10,000 to $150,000 • 2012-2013 Slavery Report – (see attached case study) Partnered with ODE to compile activities at UVA and surrounding community leading to formation of PCSU and continuing engagement in PCSU 8

Endorsed Award • Virginia Alumni Admission Network (VAAN) 2017 • Annual Investment in “good IDEAS” around the University • Signals encouragement to students, • LGBTQ Studies administered by the Women, faculty, and administrators to be Gender and Sexuality Program at CLAS 2016 active in promoting innovations around IDEA concepts • The Julian Bond Professorship for Civil Rights • $5,000 unrestricted award and Social Justice (Endorsed Award was 2015 leveraged to raise matching funds from other Alumni Interest Groups) 9

Mini-Grants Asian Student Union Society of Hispanic Engineers Bibligo • Each semester, we HooRas Chinese Student Association Pakistani Student Association award grants of $500 Interjection University Salsa Club BOLD or less to student-led, Lambda Theta Alpha Theta Nu China Dialogue National Association of Minority innovative projects Architechts Chinese Corner promoting a diverse Black Student Research Network qRN Global Student Council and inclusive culture at Indian StudentAssociation Inspire Higher Thursdays Magazine the University. Latino Student Alliance Korean StudentAssociation Native American Student Union Lambda Phi Epsilon Lambda Phi Epsilon Persian Cultural Society • Priority is given to new Japacona Society of Hispanic Professional Taiwanese Student Association Engineers Jewish Leadership Council initiatives. Salsa Club Japan Club Queer Student Union Lambda Phi Epsilon American Indian StudentUnion • We’ve supported 54 Dialogue Across Grounds Asian Student Union Lambda Theta Alpha LatinSorority organizations with a Global Expo Committee Black Graduate and Professional Student Middle Eastern Leadership Council (MELC) Japan Club total of over $16,000 Organization Cultural & Artistic Expression in the Shea House Japanese Floor Black Student Alliance over the last 7 years. Hispanic/Latino Community at U.Va.; Latino Student Alliance Asian Student Union (ASU) CultureArts: A Speak Easy Latino Student Alliance Chinese Student Association Native American Student Union Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Indian StudentAssociation (SHPE) Indian StudentAssociation Sigma Psi Zeta 10

Lessons on Diverse Alumni Engagement Diverse Alumni will engage in Advancement but need:  Clarity --- a clear articulation of challenges being faced by UVA in achieving Inclusion and Diversity at all levels of the institution  Relevance --- a demonstration of willingness to find breakthrough solutions by directly engaging Diverse Alumni and outside experts and showing a willingness to experiment  Outcomes --- an understanding that Diverse Alumni affinity and support of UVA is highly correlated with IDEA solutions that impact alum’s success outside of UVA 11

Consideration by Advancement Committee What role for IDEA Fund and its mission in UVA’s Third Century Campaign?  Continue working with the Office of Diversity and Equity to be a forum for the input of cross-section of Diverse Alumni on IDEA issues at UVA  Vehicle for soliciting Diverse Alumni input for UVA’s innovations around IDEA  Consider how to institutionalize funding mechanism of Big IDEAs output as part of the work of the Advancement Committee – from venture capital based validation into programmatic support 12