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Navigating the Course: Sixth Annual Meeting of the CHAS Working Group on the Retention, Success and Satisfaction of African American and Latino Male Students November 10-12, 2006
Williams
College
Members of the Work Group on the Retention, Success and
Satisfaction of Black and Latino male students are invited to a
conference on November 10-12, 2006 at Williams College. Previous
conferences have been held at
the University of the South (November of 2001) at Middlebury College
(November of 2002), at Haverford College (November of 2003), at
Vassar College (November of 2004) and at Trinity College (November of 2005). The
purpose of this conference will be for teams of students, faculty and
administrators from each campus to develop or share the results of the
strategies and action plans for their campuses to
enhance the success and satisfaction of Black and Latino male students. The idea behind this effort is to have each of these teams
return to their respective campuses with clear strategies and actions to
implement, improve and strengthen these programs in their campuses.
The focus of the working group remains unchanged: 1) establishing
and strengthening Black and Latino male student organizations that
promote student leadership, 2) promoting peer student support models and
programs, 3) promoting faculty-student connections and 4) establishing
community service programs involving Black and Latino male students.
The campus teams will learn from each other’s strengths and
experiences and will examine their own campus efforts, resources and
strategies for strengthening their Black and Latino male student
communities. They will then
come out of the conference with a set of program ideas, plans and
strategies for implementation. We invite you to be a part of this conference by sending a team of representatives that should include: 1) a faculty member (preferably someone who has some influence with his peers and who is engaged with student life in general and with Black and Latino male students in particular), 2) an administrator (preferably someone with responsibilities for student retention working with students of color) and 3) two students (ideally one Black and one Latino) preferably those involved with student organizations on campus and especially with Black and Latino male students. You’re free to send a fewer number of people, but we urge you to send at least two (a faculty member or administrator and a student leader).
The registration fee for a team of 4 representatives is $200 and includes all materials, meals and coffee breaks (this fee
is non-refundable). A grant
from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation will subsidize speakers and
lodging for faculty and administrators (up to four people). Teams are
responsible for making their own travel arrangements and covering the
expenses to and from Williams College, and lodging for any additional
team members. The registration
deadline is October 13, 2006. Please complete and submit the registration form, and mail your
check made payable to HOTEL Administrators, faculty and students will stay at the Williams Inn, 1090 Main St. Williamstown, MA 01267 (413-458-9371). The meeting organizers will make the hotel reservations based on your team registrations. WILLIAMS INN
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