NEESinc Diversity Efforts

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NEESinc Diversity Efforts
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NEES Diversity Workshop

• December 2, 2005 at UC San Diego
• Participants included Diversity Partners such as
  AISES, ORAU and SECME

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Diversity Working Group

• Key to Formulating this Plan
• Thalia Anagnos, Chair
• Makola Abdullah
• Leigh Abts
• Mike Avritt
• Helen Boussalis
• Claude Brathwaite
• Shirley Dyke

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The Vision

• Substantially broaden participation in
  earthquake engineering through development and
  implementation of key strategies, programs and
  practices.

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Why should we be concerned about broadening
participation?

• Demographic Imbalances

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Underrepresented Races

• Minority races in engineering are truly
  underrepresented.

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Why is broadening participation a priority for
NEES?

• Model organization.
• Successful outreach builds community of learners.
• World-wide competitiveness.

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NEESR Requirements

• Research team - The project team must include in
  the research activities, faculty and students
  from predominantly undergraduate institutions,
  women's colleges, historically black colleges and
  universities, Hispanic serving institutions, or
  tribal colleges and universities or
  alternatively, include a partnership to integrate
  the proposed research, education, and outreach
  activities into existing NSF-funded Louis Stokes
  Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)

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Diversity Strategic Plan Goals

• Goal 1
• Optimize NEES resources
• Goal 2
• Build relationships
• Goal 3
• Provide leadership
• Goal 4
• Effective evaluation

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Goal 1 Optimize Resources

• Activities include
• Leverage cyberinfrastructure
• Coordinate activities
• Use the website to raise awareness
• Media
• Interact with diverse communities

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Goal 2Building Partner Relationships

• Develop and nurture partnerships.
• Work with national groups to develop
  fellowships/scholarships.

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Goal 3 Provide Leadership

• Best Practices
• Diversity Working Group
• Annual web-based demographic survey
• Annual revision/update of DSP

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Goal 4 Assessment

• Perform annually
• Use experts
• Feedback NSF Site Visit Team
• Annual Long-Range Polling

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Accomplishments to date

• Diversity Strategic Plan Version 1.5
• Diversity Workshop
• Annual Community Diversity Census
• Tracking EOT efforts across NEES

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Young Researchers
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Results

• Result of efforts positive impact
• Increased participation of underrepresented
  groups
• New and creative ways of thinking
• Legacy of opportunity

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NEESreu Program

• Funding announcement received in March
• Term two years
• 2006 15 students
• 2007 20 students
• Oversight Groups
• REU Oversight Subcommittee (ROS)
• REU Working Group (RWG)
• Goals for Student Participation Levels
• Home institutions
• Underrepresented groups

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NEESreu Program

• Recruitment Partners
• LSAMP Institutions
• AISES
• ORAU
• SECME
• Student Activities
• 2006 Research Sites
• Communication Skills Workshop
• Cohort Experiences
• Young Researchers Symposium

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NEESreu Program

• 15 students are here today wearing the purple
  badges
• Please join me in welcoming them to the NEES
  Annual Meeting