Educate for Diversity
- Benchmark with other universities
- Provide orientation for new board members
- Mentor key people / Michigan Tech
- Assist with recruitment and retention
- Identify promising students with aptitude in STEM subjects **
- Keep Michigan Tech advised on corporations and current trends
- Advise on best practices
- Leverage partnerships with other Michigan Tech departments/organizations
- Actively market diversity and performance review strategies
Influence for Diversity
- Work with Michigan Tech students, faculty, and deans to connect with corporations, internships, networking opportunities, speakers (focus/topics) **
- Meet with faculty, deans, department chairs, and students during CAB meeting (fall & spring)
- Use community – government/state and education meeting (planning)
- Use focus groups
- Ask deans for input
- Provide corporate internships/co-ops/other opportunities **
- Actively market diversity and performance review strategies
Fund for Diversity
- Private support for scholarships through corporations, individuals, and other sources **
- Provide co-ops and internships **
- Engage alumni in giving toward diversity
- Develop annual events (i.e. GLI, golf outings, etc.)
- Identify foundation support – include community foundations
- Host small activities
- Help connect Michigan Tech with people and corporations **
- Provide proposal support as partners
** Board priorities for President Mroz