1. GETTING REAL WITH DIVERSITY OUTREACH:
A PRACTICAL TOOLKIT FOR PROMOTING STUDY ABROAD TO
UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS
Andra Jacques, Jay Minert, Dr. Cecil Lytle and Porsia Curry

2. Who We Are
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 Andra Jacques – Study Abroad Advisor
 Jay Minert – Director of Outreach and Academic Engagement, Study Abroad
 Dr. Cecil Lytle – Provost Emeritus, Thurgood Marshall College, Professor Emeritus and world
renowned musician
 Porsia Curry – Interim Director, The Black Resource Center

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4. Ethnicity and Study Abroad at UC San Diego
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5. A Brief, Recent Racial History of UC San Diego
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THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE:
 Morehouse/Spelman/UCSD Student
Exchange Program
 Morehouse/Spelman/UCSD Faculty
Engineering Program
 Public Service Minor
 Teacher Education
 Third World Studies
 Preuss School

6. ‘Compton Cook Out’
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7. The Black Resource Center
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 A campus community center that serves
everyone at UCSD w/ an emphasis on
the black experience
 Promotes scholarship, fosters leadership
and cultivates community for students
 A unit of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
 Institutionalized programs that students
were traditionally responsible for
 Connects students to services on
campus that were under-utilized

8. The Black Resource Center and Study Abroad
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 Office hours Thursdays from 2-3:30 pm
 Partner in programming throughout the
school year and summer
 Focus on:
 Dispelling myths about study abroad
 Identifying common barriers (perceived
and actual)
 Highlighting funding resources
 Getting to know the students on a personal
level
 Support BRC & BSU events

9. Partnering with Campus Community Centers
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 The Cross-Cultural Center
 The LGBT Center
 The Women’s Center
 La Raza Resource Centro
 The Black Resource Center
On the horizon…
 The Veteran’s Center
 Intertribal Resource Center
 The Disability Resource Center
 The Undocumented Student Services Center
– What is our new approach in an
uncertain future?

10. Advising in Campus Centers
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 Become a regular presence in the center
 Get to know the names of the pro staff,
student workers and regulars
 Attend events hosted by the centers
 Be intentional about the types of programs,
info and marketing materials you bring to
each center
 Be respectful of the centers as a sacred space

11. The Elephant in the Room…
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12. Outreach Toolkit
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allyship is not an identity—it is a
lifelong process of building relationships
based on trust, consistency, and
accountability with marginalized
individuals and/or groups of people.
allyship is not self-defined—our
work and our efforts must be
recognized by the people we seek to
ally ourselves with

13. Outreach Toolkit
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 Address any feelings of discomfort/personal
resistance
 Identify and connect with individuals in
target areas on campus
 Seek out sustained partnerships—not
one-off’s
 Be present as an active participant/ally for
each group—not just for study abroad, but
for all of their programs
 Establish yourself as a go-to staff member for
underrepresented students
 Tackle the notion that studying abroad is “not
for people like me”

14. Outreach Toolkit
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 Be intentional about recruiting, training and
empowering diverse student workers
 Especially students who identify with
your target communities
 Engage with organizations like Diversity
Abroad and other resources that enable
access to study abroad for underrepresented
groups (Scholarships, Diversity Road Map)
 Provide resources for families
 Web-based
 In Spanish
 Be inclusive in marketing outreach and
website content
 Student Identity page

15. Global Seminars – Jazz in Paris
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 Faculty-Led
 Five week summer program
 Two, four credit courses
 American Music: Jazz Between
the World Wars
 Jazz and the Music of the African
Diaspora
 15-28 students
 2.0 min GPA
 Financial Aid Available:
 $2000 summer grant
 $1500 GS Scholarships (30+)
 $2000 OASIS Scholarships (25)
 Additional campus-based study abroad scholarships

16. OASIS Scholarship
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 Global Seminars in partnership with the
Office of Academic Support and
Instructional Services (OASIS )
 Students apply BEFORE they apply for their
global seminar
 Students find out if they receive the
scholarship BEFORE they have to commit
to their global seminar
 Summer 2017 fund will award 25 - $2000
awards

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Questions?

18. THANK
YOU