Members of the 2008 STEM Summer Scholars Institute assemble for a group photo with the IU Bradford Woods Outdoor Education facility staff during the kick-off orientation weekend.

In 2008, DEMA:

• Collaborated with the Office of Enrollment Management to increase the number of underrepresented minority students enrolling at IU and sending a letter to admitted underrepresented minority students to encourage their enrollment at IU
• Increased the number of entering 2008 Hudson & Holland Scholars who are also Bloomington Adam W. Herbert Presidential Scholars to 18 of 54 (33%)
• Submitted a successfully funded proposal, "Understanding Sustainability from the Ground Up: The World of Water" to The Harris Foundation to conduct a 2009 Exxon Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at Indiana University for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. One of 30 universities and institutes selected nationwide to host the Summer Science Camp.
• Appointed a university-wide committee to review and make recommendations on the 22 eligible proposals submitted under the President's Diversity Initiative and sending award notices under the $1 million President's Diversity Initiative to 12 successful applicants from 7 campuses
• Collaborated with University Human Resource Services to conduct training sessions for DEMA executive staff on organization development using the 4 Disciplines of Execution model

President Emeritus Adam W. Herbert poses with Byron Gipson, the first Herbert Presidential Fellow and an IU graduate student. Mr. Gipson was a member of the inaugural STEM Summer Scholars Institute in 2007. The Herbert Graduate Fellowship was created during Adam Herbert's tenure as IU President.

• Convened a university-wide meeting of campus diversity officers, affinity group representatives, and the Ivy Tech presidential assistant for diversity and community relations
• Co-convened with City of Bloomington the IU Bloomington Diversity Roundtable to begin regular discussions on community climate
• Continued aggressive collaboration with IU Bloomington academic units to facilitate hiring of underrepresented minority faculty under the strategic hiring initiative
• Doubled the number of IU-HBCU STEM Summer Scholars from 11 in 2007 to 22 in 2008 and increased the number of HBCU partner institutions represented from 5 to 8
• Recruited from the 2007 IU-HBCU STEM Summer Scholars cohort the first Herbert Presidential Scholar Ph.D. student in neurosciences

Thank you to everyone who has worked on these and other diversity initiatives. Your efforts help us all by fostering a learning environment of inclusion and mutual respect. Let's keep moving forward in 2009!

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