Introduction The Growth Agenda New Mission Advancement Building the Campus Institutional News Sustainability,         Environmental Awareness Weidner Center Phuture Phoenix Diversity International Education Outreach, Community Service Lectures, Cultural Enrichment Intercollegiate Athletics Faculty/Staff Students Transition		Annual Report to the campus, community, and UW System | December 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Bruce Shepard, Chancellor Diversity Record enrollment, diverse programming UW-Green Bay gains on the diversity front were reflected in fall 2006 enrollment figures. For the second consecutive year, the fall census revealed both a more diverse student body and one of the highest-achieving freshman classes in the University’s history. The numbers showed 5,371 students, with records set for minority freshmen and undergraduate minority enrollment. Eighty-one students of color were in the freshman class, up from 52 a year previous, and total enrollment was 359, up from 320 in fall 2005.       University officials say recent partnerships with K-12 schools and communities of color — to broaden the educational pipeline and prepare ever more students from diverse backgrounds for participation in higher education — have begun to yield dividends. The continuing success of Phuture Phoenix and related programs are positive future indicators, as well. Highlights Move to ‘Equity Scorecard’ approach Receiving significant attention statewide during 2006-07 were the persistent gaps in retention and graduation rates for underrepresented students. That’s why, by late 2006, UW-Green Bay had moved quickly to pilot implementation of the UW System’s new “Equity Scorecard” approach. This “data driven” approach represents a shift being made nationwide, as institutions advance beyond the question, “How much diversity do you have?” to more directly address “How are your diversity students doing relative to other students?” UW-Green Bay enthusiastically engaged this national dialogue locally by initiating the Equity Analysis Project. Primary areas of attention include: • Continuing efforts to build upon the strong progress already being made to diversify the faculty and staff; • A refocusing of multicultural recruitment efforts on local and regional markets in Green Bay and Northeast Wisconsin; • Purposeful efforts to increase the number of completed applications from students of color — the point in the admissions process where the greatest inequity lies; • A pilot program of freshman seminars involving lower-level gateway general education courses, some of which are courses where inequities of performance have been noted; • The funding of two new faculty development grants to incorporate more active learning and student engagement in gateway courses.       UW-Green Bay was the first UW institution to complete its “Equity Scorecard” analysis in fall 2006, with suggestions leading to some immediate low-cost, simple steps in the admissions process, and in guiding the allocation of new instruction development resources. Enhancing the program in First Nations Studies In April 2007, the innovative First Nations Studies program was granted major status by the UW System Board of Regents. The new major — previously available only as a minor —responds to regional demand, and the desire to better address the cultural, historic and current-day importance of Native American nations to Northeast Wisconsin and beyond. The case for elevating the program to major status was made with significant support from current students, alumni and tribal communities of the region. Prof. Lisa Poupart, chairperson of the program, said the name First Nations (the program was formerly known as American Indian Studies) reflects a shift taking place at other universities, and moreover, a desire expressed by UW-Green Bay and its students to reflect the sovereign status of tribal communities.   top of page    |     continued . . .
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