Reaching underrepresented student populations in education abroad is something most universities strive for, but can find difficult to execute in practice. During this session, presenters – who represent the 11th most ethnically diverse university in the U.S. – will help you identify new and creative outlets for outreach to underrepresented populations at your institution. We'll also explore how to foster connections with key departments and identify study abroad program types that draw diverse student participants in the hopes of empowering underrepresented students to overcome actual and perceived barriers to study abroad.

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