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The college experience is about more than books, professors and exams. College life offers students many opportunities to meet people and experience events from backgrounds and cultures different than their own. OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT A variety of programs and services are available to students through UA’s Office of Multicultural Development. The office, which is located in the Buckingham Center, supports the University in its goal to recruit and retain students of diverse backgrounds by providing a variety of programs and services. These efforts include ADVANCE Orientation, PASSAGE learning community, ethnic and peer connection groups. In addition, the office holds workshops on academic, personal and career development; study sessions; and how to apply for scholarships and financial aid, internships, graduate and professional schools. A computer lab for student use also is located in Buckingham Center. The ADVANCE Orientation program provides guidance and advance preparation to high school graduates who intend to enter UA as full-time baccalaureate freshmen. Faculty, administrators and current students facilitate this program. ADVANCE activities include parent sessions, assessment and skill enhancement activities, faculty guidance concerning educational expectations in college, and social activities. PASSAGE stands for Preparing Akron Students for Success and Great Expectations. The program is a structured learning community experience that promotes the academic and social integration of students of diverse backgrounds into the University. PASSAGE fosters student learning and retention through collaborative and cooperative learning, and promotes the use of learning technology. The Transitions program is a collaborative effort of the Office of Multicultural Development, the degree-granting colleges and University College. Through this initiative, the graduation support services unit monitors academic progress and assists students in making decisions toward degree completion. In addition, the program is designed to prepare students for the transition from college to the world of work or graduate school opportunities. Transitions services include: workshops, personal, academic and career consultation, transfer student liaison and supplemental instruction. The Four Phase Advising System (4PAS) assists conditionally admitted, baccalaureate students of diverse backgrounds enrolled in The University of Akron by providing personalized, continual individual academic advisement by professional staff members. These advisers, who have a maximum of 25 students each, develop one-to-one advising relationships with each of their assigned students. 18 Lastly, the division offers several leadership opportunities for University of Akron undergraduate and graduate students. Peer mentors are selected to work with first-year and transfer students through one of the aforementioned programs. Additionally, peer mentors assist professional staff with facilitating workshops, orientation classes and Extended Orientation activities. The Leadership Development Program is designed to assist college students in developing personal skills and competencies necessary for academic, co-curricular, community outreach and involvement. PAN-AFRICAN CENTER FOR COMMUNITy STUDIES The Pan-African Center for Community Studies, also located in the Buckingham Center, offers lectures, programs and activities to invite all students to appreciate, understand and celebrate the rich cultural diversity of our campus, community and nation. In addition, the Dr. Shirla R. McClain Gallery of Akron’s Black History and Culture is housed in the Buckingham Center.
As chief executive officer of The University of Akron, the public research university for Northern Ohio, Dr. Luis M. Proenza provides overall leadership to more than 4,500 faculty and staff and oversees an annual operating budget of $350 million serving nearly 25,000 students in 400 academic programs, including a consortium medical school and three branch campuses. Under Dr. Proenza’s experienced leadership, the University has undertaken several major initiatives, including the “New Landscape for Learning” campus enhancement program with 11 new buildings and major additions or renovations of 15 other facilities, a University Park Alliance project supported by the Knight Foundation to revitalize a 40-block neighborhood and commercial area surrounding the campus, and information technology (IT) investments that have established the University as a national leader in IT and made it one of the most “wired for wireless” universities in the country. Dr. Proenza has significantly increased private donations to an all-time record and garnered the two largest gifts ever made to the University. He also has expanded the University’s outreach with the creation of two new regional branch campuses, and he has spearheaded an innovative enrollment management program that has generated significant increases in new and transfer students. Dr. Proenza’s marketing and leadership initiatives earned him the 2005 Chief Executive Leadership Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District V, and the 2006 Northeast Ohio Regional Vision Award from the Northeast Ohio Regional Leadership Taskforce. He also is recipient of 2001 Executive of the Year Award by the Sales and Marketing Executives Association of Akron; along Dr. rAJ AggArwAL College of Business Administration Dr. ronALD F. LevAnT mArTin H. BeLsky School of Law Dr. JAmes m. Lynn College of Fine and Applied Arts (Interim) with recognitions by Crain’s Cleveland Business, which named him to its Power Pack – the list of the 50 most influential people in Northeast Ohio; and Inside Business, which listed him among “The Power 100.” A nationally recognized leader, President George W. Bush appointed Dr. Proenza in 2001 to serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the nation’s highest-level policy advisory group for science and technology. The group advises the president and assists the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science and Technology Council in securing private-sector involvement in their activities. Dr. Proenza has served on PCAST panels on U.S. Research and Development Investments, Technology Transfer, Energy Efficiency and Advanced Manufacturing, and also serves on panels addressing Nanotechnology, Alternative Energy and IT. Dr. Proenza is a member of The Council on Competitiveness, where he serves on the executive committee and on the National Innovation Initiative Leadership Council, as well as co-chairing the Council’s Regional Leadership Institute Steering Committee. In addition, he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Proenza chairs the Ohio Supercomputer Center and the Commission on Urban Agenda, and he serves on the boards of the State Science and Technology Institute, the Great Lakes Science Center, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and OneCommunity. In 2003, he was appointed by Governor Bob Taft to Ohio’s Third Frontier Advisory Board and also serves on the advisory council for Team NEO. He previously served on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Secretary of Energy, where he chaired the Science and Mathematics Education Task Force; the NAS-NRC Committee on Vision; the National Biotechnology Policy Board; the U.S. Arctic Research Commission (appointed by former President George H.W. Bush); and as Advisor for Dr. cynTHiA FLynn cAPers College of Education (Interim) Dr. DALe H. mugLer DeAnS Dr. sTePHen cHeng College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering Dr. kArLA T. mugLer Dr. george HAriTos College of Engineering sTAnLey B. siLvermAn Science and Technology Policy to Alaska Governor Walter J. Hickel. Before coming to The University of Akron, Dr. Proenza was Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at Purdue University. He previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research and as Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Alaska. Dr. Proenza holds a bachelor’s degree from Emory University (1965), a master’s degree from The Ohio State University (1966) and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota (1971). He joined the faculty of the University of Georgia in 1971, where his research was continuously supported by grants from the National Eye Institute, including a Research Career Development Award, and where he also served as Assistant to the President and University Liaison for Science and Technology Policy. In Ohio, he is past president of the Inter-University Council and serves on the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education, on the Executive Council of the Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition (NorTech) and on the Executive Committee of the Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce. He also serves on the Board of the Akron Roundtable. Dr. Proenza is a member of many professional, scholarly and honorary organizations; is the recipient of several awards and honors; and has written numerous publications in nationally and internationally recognized journals. In addition, he edited and co-edited two books. He is invited frequently to speak throughout the country and abroad, and his presentations have appeared in Vital Speeches of the Day and The Executive Speaker. He often is quoted on issues affecting higher education, research and economic development. Dr. Proenza and his wife, Theresa Butler Proenza, enjoy their careers, friends and numerous community activities. Together, they built the 44-foot sailing vessel, Apogee, which they sail on Lake Erie. Dr. mArgAreT n. winemAn Dr. JoHn P. krisToFco Wayne College Buchtel College of Arts Honors College University College Summit College College of Nursing and Sciences 19 cHeryL kern-simirenko University Libraries
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