University of Notre Dame
PAE-8: Support Programs for Underrepresented Groups

Notre Dame fosters success, bringing high school students to campus through our Pre-College Programs, which allow them to experience living and learning on campus during the summer: •Summer Scholars offers rising high school juniors and seniors with outstanding academic records an opportunity to explore one of 13 academic fields of study with some of Notre Dame's finest faculty members. •Global Issues Seminar offers rising high school seniors with excellent academic records the chance to learn about the future challenges facing young Catholic leaders through a series of lectures by distinguished faculty, group discussions, and collaborative projects. •Latino Community Leadership Seminar offers outstanding Hispanic students entering their senior year of high school an opportunity to explore the role of Latinos in U.S. society through a series of presentations, discussions, and experiences that will help them develop strong leadership skills. •Seminar for African American Scholars offers talented, enthusiastic, and open-minded African American students entering their senior year of high school a chance to delve into the rich historical, political, and spiritual legacy of African-American culture. Notre Dame also offers two TRiO Programs for pre-college students, Educational Talent Search and Upward Bound. Notre Dame’s TRiO Programs have been essential to helping thousands of local students lay the foundation for a lifetime of achievement. Through tutoring, mentoring, academic counseling, career exploration, cultural enrichment and community service, today’s students continue to reach higher, dream bigger and expect more of themselves as a result of their experiences with TRiO. Current students can continue down the path of success through programs supported through the Office of Student Affairs' Multicultural Student Programs and Services (MSPS). The MSPS also works to provide students with access to programs, services, and clubs that will help them to expand and explore cultural diversity and multicultural education. Students will also find avenues to leadership growth, professional development, and academic excellence through MSPS. o Historically underrepresented students are encouraged to develop critical thinking skills through opportunities of research, internships, and foreign travel through the Building Bridges Mentoring Program, and they stay connected with the program throughout their time at Notre Dame. At the beginning of their sophomore year, historically underrepresented students with a highly competitive GPA are invited to become members of the Honors Students and High Achievers Program, and during their time in the program they are encouraged to maintain a competitive academic record, conduct research with faculty, and explore a path that leads to graduate school. The Gender Relations Center (GRC) promotes moral formation consistent with Catholic identity, mission and values in an effort to create a healthier culture at the University of Notre Dame. Committed to the spiritual, emotional and intellectual development of all students, the GRC engages women and men in respectful dialogue and seeks to build a community that fully honors the human dignity of each person as a creature of God. The center exists to serve the Notre Dame community in the following ways: •Encourage and facilitate dialogue among students about topics related to relationships, gender and sexuality •Offer programs on topics related to relationships, gender and sexuality, including Prism - ND's first official student organization dedicated to serving the LGBTQ and ally community on campus •Serve as a campus resource •Facilitate opportunities for on-going training in the campus community •Coordinate and provide support to student clubs and organizations concerned with relationships, gender and sexuality The graduate school provides competitive fellowships to promote diversity. U.S. citizens or permanent residents seeking admission to any division of the graduate school who are first-generation, low-income college students and/or who are African American, Asian American, Hispanic, or Native American are eligible for nomination by their departments. The Erskine A. Peters Fellowship, for example, is awarded to outstanding African American doctoral candidates in the social sciences and humanities. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and vibrant environment through many student activities, organizations, and events. Students can perform in annual talent and variety shows such as the Asian American Association's Asian Allure and the Black Cultural Arts Council’s Black Images. They can learn about the history of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander cultures through Luau and celebrate the Latino culture through dance and vocal performances in Latin Expressions. Graduate students can also get involved in campus life through graduate student clubs. Students can also engage with the community at large in events such as the Office of the President's Worldview. This initiative, designed to promote constructive dialogue about issues of diversity, including race, ethnicity, nationality, socio-economic class and gender through the arts, presents films and live performances, including many at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. What's more, Legends, the on-campus student nightclub, frequently books performers who appeal to a culturally diverse audience.

The Moreau Academic Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is a new, two-year research, teaching, and mentoring experience. The program will bring in candidates from any discipline who meet one or more of four criteria: 1.Scholars in any discipline from one of the populations underrepresented historically in American higher Education (e.g. Women, Native American, African-American, Asian American, or Latino/a) 2.Scholars whose research focuses on Gender, First Nations/Native American, Africa/Africana, Asian/Asian American, Ethnic, Latino/a, or Latin American Studies o Scholars with interdisciplinary research projects that promise to enhance cultural competency and diversity within the American educational landscape and who are interested in exploring the implications of such work for liberal education in the Catholic tradition 3.Scholars with a track record of involvement in initiatives aimed at promoting diversity in higher education through teaching 4.Notre Dame’s Librarian-In-Residence Program is another initiative to recruit and hire a diverse candidate who has recently graduated from an ALA-accredited library school. This is also a two-year program.

The Office of Institutional Equity has the mission to ensure that the University of Notre Dame does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, veteran status, or age in the administration of any of its educational programs, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic and other school-administered programs or in employment. www.diversity.nd.edu