Message from the Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Gratitude. Collective responsibility. Service through education and engagement. Celebration and 04 Honors & Achievements 16 Military & Veterans exploration. Humility and deep pride. Community established through traditions - both old and Programs new. Identity. Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. These words are the backbone of the work we witnessed 05 Our Mission through the efforts of the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (the Division) along with the 19 Student Intersectional reestablished Office of Institutional Diversity (Institutional Diversity) as well as our students, 06 Our Programs Leadership Council (SILC) faculty, staff, alumni, community partners, and contributing groups and organizations. It was an incredible year. Foster 20 McNair Scholars Program 08 Chess Program We experienced record university enrollment with one of the most diverse student bodies in the history of the university. It was the year Texas Tech University received full designation as a 10 First Generation Transition 22 TRIO Student Affirm Hispanic Serving Institution. The win is knowing that HSI designation represents the work of a & Mentoring Programs Support Services dedicated community to increase opportunities for low-income and under-represented populations while laying the foundation for the growth in our Hispanic student population. The RAISE TTU committee continues to work 12 College Connect 24 Office of Academic Celebrate across the university to build awareness of what HSI designation represents and the additional opportunities it provides. Enrichment/AVID We also began working to reestablish the President’s Diversity and Equity Advisory Council and implemented a new fellow’s 13 University Interscholastic League program for staff known as the LEAD Fellows Program. 27 Office ofGBTQIA L Engage For the first time, Institutional Diversity and the Division partnered with TTU Athletics for several pre- and post-home football 14 Lauro Cavazos & Ophelia game events. The events included hosting the annual El Grito celebration at the location of the official tailgate venue, giving Powell-Malone Mentoring away eye-patches for the Blackout football game, and supporting various programs and events during several of the heritage Program (Mentor Tech) celebration months. These were opportunities to celebrate and explore traditions, diversity, equity, and inclusion in both Strengthen longstanding and new ways.

Additionally, Institutional Diversity and the Office of the Provost launched a new Faculty Search Committee training. Simultaneously, the Division began laying the groundwork for the newly formed Student Intersectional Leadership Council (SILC). We also stretched beyond the bounds of the university by establishing TTU as an inaugural member of the NASPA First Forward Initiative. TTU joined the Excelencia in Action Network, and President Schovanec joined the select group Presidents for Latino Student Success. We were again (since 2013) recognized as a Best for Vets College, and, for the seventh year in a row, Texas Tech University received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award and was named a Diversity Champion by INSIGHT into Diversity Magazine.

I probably should have begun my message with the words “driven” and “focused.” Every report from this office should more than likely begin or end with these words because we understand our “Why” and for whom we do this work. We are educators who serve, celebrate, engage, and support. We are catalysts and change agents, accountability partners, a university resource, colleagues, and cheerleaders. Our work is rooted and grounded in the fundamental recognition that people who are affirmed, supported, and engaged feel a better sense of belonging and that they matter. It does not matter where they come from or what they look like or how much money they have or do not have. It’s how you make a person feel that matters. They may be different from us, but they are crucial to helping us learn about and understand others. It is through the acknowledgment of our differences that we become better global citizens. It is through our shared experiences, traditions, and ways of being that we strengthen as a community. And we, though the Office of Institutional Diversity and the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, are committed to it all. Onward to the work that is ahead!!

Carol A. Sumner, EdD Chief Diversity Officer Vice President, Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

2 3 As a Division, we foster, affirm, celebrate, engage, and strengthen We foster growth by collaborating and celebrating who we Our Mission President’s Diversity inclusive communities through diversity, equity, and inclusion are as a Texas Tech community. We educate and inspire the as a foundation of who we serve. We implement transformative future generation of scholars who are global citizens leading The Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) and the Division of & Equity Advisory Council Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DDEI) work across Texas Tech opportunities that lead to success in an interconnected world in an interconnected world. Our value and commitment is During the 2018-2019 academic year, the revitalization of this University to foster, affirm, celebrate, engage and strengthen through engaging and educating a diverse student body and to create inclusive communities of engaged faculty, staff, Council, which falls under the President’s Office and whose inclusive communities through diversity, equity and inclusion. enabling research and creative activities while reaching out and students, and citizens in whom are embedded the values of charge it is to advise President Schovanec on matters related Using this framework as our foundation, we facilitate and engaging communities. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. to diversity and equity issues, was reactivated. The Council, support transformative opportunities that support the University comprised of students, faculty, and staff, is tasked with making Strategic Plan: to educate and empower a diverse student body, recommendations for changes to ensure an equitable and inclusive to enable innovative research and creative activities while environment for all members of the TTU community. transforming lives and communities through strategic outreach and engaged scholarship.

Diversity Champion As we in the OID and DDEI work across the university, we are Title III & Title V inspired by the opportunities to explore our differences as H 2018 INSIGHT into Diversity Inclusive Excellence I N S O Designation as an Eligible Institution - 2019 P I we celebrate our shared commitment to diversity, equity, and A T N U 2019 INSIGHT into Diversity IC T TI Organization Support SE S 2019 RVING IN inclusion. The process of creating a culture that allows every individual to feel as though they matter, and they belong is not The Office of Institutional Diversity provides faculty, staff, and accidental, but intentionally created by those who are members student organizations with resources and funding to support a of the community and how they welcome and retain new campus climate that celebrates the many cultures and populations members. We establish our culture through shared practices that make up Texas Tech. The program has assisted in the and traditions, through our artwork and our food, through development of organizations such as the Arab-American Faculty Best for Vets 4.5 out of 5 stars our words and our actions, through our practices/policies/ Forum, the Chinese Faculty and Staff Association, and the Latino/ procedures, through the photos we publish and the stories we Hispanic Faculty Staff Association. 2019 College List by Military Times 2018 Campus Pride Index tell, and through the ways in which we affirm and validate the experiences of others. Knowing this we are humbled by our role in reflecting ot the world that Texas Tech University is a place we are proud to call our own and encourage others to do the same. Office of Institutional U.S. Chess Hall of Fame Diversity Scholarships 2018 TTU Chess Director and Head Coach Heed Award The Office of Institutional Diversity supervises the awarding of Inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame for 2018 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity three diversity scholarships: the Multicultural Faculty and Staff 2019 ® Our Vision his contributions to the game as both a player 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Association Endowed Scholarship; the Bidal Aguero Endowed Top Colleges for Diversity At Texas Tech we Foster, Affirm, Celebrate, Engage, Strengthen and coach , Scholarship; and the Diversity Success Scholarship, which are inclusive communities. awarded each academic fall semester.

Top 10 3rd Place The National Registry of Faculty Excellence Funds Military Friendly School designation from TTU Chess placed 3rd in the 2018 Diverse & Strategic Faculty Along with funding from the Office of the President, the Officethe of Victory Media & G.I. Jobs - 2018-2019 President’s Cup (Chess Final Four) Provost, and the Office of Institutional Diversity, funding is available The REGISTRY is Texas Tech’s own national faculty jobs board to recruit and hire faculty who contribute to the diversity of the and candidate database of higher education candidates where University. Funding contributes to new faculty hires, research, and member institutions can advertise open faculty positions professional development opportunities. and recruit diverse faculty candidates. At Texas Tech, faculty search committee chairs are trained in how to use The REGISTRY’s website for posting jobs and finding candidates. 1st Place NASPA First TTU Chess placed 1st in the 2018 Forward Program SW Collegiate Championship 2019 selection – Inaugural year

4 5 President’s Excellence in Celebrate Diversity Faculty Search L.E.A.D. Fellows Program Diversity & Equity Awards Scholarship Banquet Committee Training Leaders Engaged in Advancing Diversity (L.E.A.D.) is a program within OID intended to provide opportunities Every spring, the Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) The Celebrate Diversity Banquet is the OID’s signature With a half-day Faculty Search Committee Chair to empower and educate TTU staff in each of the hosts a luncheon to honor recipients of the President’s fundraising event of the year. Held annually in the fall Workshop this spring, the OID launched an effort to University’s eleven Colleges, the University Libraries, and Excellence in Diversity & Equity Awards. Nominated by semester, the Banquet typically features a nationally transition TTU’s faculty search committee training the School of Law on diversity-related issues so that Texas Tech students, staff, and faculty, six individuals are known speaker on diversity, equity, and inclusion. In process from a one-hour Search Committee Chair L.E.A.D. Fellows can spark change by fostering cultural recognized for their contributions in advancing diversity, 2018, the Banquet featured GOP strategist and political briefing that focuses on compliance with federal awareness within their own areas of the university. equity, and inclusive excellence at Texas Tech. Award commentator Ana Navarro. Ms. Navarro is regularly guidelines and TTU policy to a half-day of training for all

recipients are recognized for going above and beyond featured on CNN, ABC News, and Telemundo, and she members of a faculty search committee that emphasizes The L.E.A.D. Fellows program is focused on the staff in their roles in promoting a welcoming campus climate, spoke on her experience as an immigrant from Nicaragua the broader issues of inherent bias, internal impediments each College, but it affects all faculty, staff, and students fostering a campus community of mutual respect, and the growing importance of the Hispanic population to a successful search process, and ensuring a fair and in each College insofar as creation, development, support academic and intellectual inquiry and freedom, and in the United States. thorough review of applicants. In addition to a March for, and implementation of new and innovative programs providing outstanding service to equity and diversity 2019 Workshop, the OID hosted two Workshops in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion are made enhancement at Texas Tech. Since the inception of The Banquet includes the recognition of the recipients Summer 2019 and two Workshops in Fall 2019. available in each College. the event in 2004, over 60 members of the Texas Tech of the Robert L. Duncan Community Service Award, community have been recognized. which honors a member of the Lubbock community The Workshop represents OID’s recognition that, if real for their outstanding efforts in promoting diversity and progress is to be made in creating a truly diverse and This event is the only annual recognition by the President community, and the Inclusive Excellence Awards, which inclusive faculty that is reflective of the demographics of TTU faculty, staff and students involved in promoting are given to Texas Tech faculty and staff members in of the student body, then the entire faculty search diversity, equity, and inclusion on the Texas Tech campus. recognition of their work promoting diversity and equity committee should be given the tools and resources on the Tech campus. All funds raised by the Banquet are necessary to recruit and hire diverse and qualified used for student scholarships. candidates for open faculty positions.

6 7 Check with nd Tech Tournaments Southwest Local scholastic chess Collegiate tournaments, throughout the year Dallas Average attendance of 150 players The mission of the Texas Tech 2 6 University Chess Program as a part of the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is to promote chess as a vehicle for enriching education. The chess program seeks to recruit nd rd outstanding and diverse students to the University, US Rapid Collegiate US Blitz Collegiate promote the University through Championships Championships collegiate competitions and St. Louis St. Louis exhibitions, and provide 2 3 outreach to the community.

Demographics $1,000 Grant Honors The grant will be used as scholarships for Iryna Andrenko students for July Summer Chess Camp. (1st in both Women’s U.S. Collegiate Rapid and Women’s U.S. Collegiate Blitz Championships) Asian, 3 Hispanic/ Latino, 7 TTU Black/African American, 1 Partnerships Stories about us Native Hawaiian External Partnerships: “Texas Tech chess team aims for another successful year”, or other Pacific 23 Lubbock Independent School District The Daily Toreador, dailytoreador.com, October 4, 2018 Islander, 1 Participants East Lubbock Promise Neighborhood “Carla Heredia: Changing the World, One Chess Board at a Internal Partnerships: Time”, Texas Tech Today, today.ttu.edu, October 31, 2018 • College Connect White, 11 (Back to School Fiesta, camps) “Students Play Chess At Texas Tech”, The Daily Toreador, • Texas Tech Museum dailytoreador.com, April 11, 2019 (exhibit, Museum by Night) “Texas Tech chess team earns national accolades”, The Daily Toreador, dailytoreador.com, May 8, 2019

Retention 100% www.depts.ttu.edu/ttuchess • 806.742.7742

8 9 Demographics

First Year Success Second Year Success White, 19 Black/African American, 118 White, Asian, 11 Black/African First Generation Transition and 384 American, 36 Mentoring Programs (FGTMP) Multiple, 57 Multiple, 4 provide first-generation Asian, 55 college (FGC) students in American Unknown, 6 Indian/Alaskan their first and second years American Indian/ Native, 3 with a community of support Alaskan Native, 4 1177 177 that fosters persistence and Native Hawaiian/ Students Students retention. FGTMP provide Pacific Islander, 4 personal, academic, and International, 2 Hispanic, Hispanic, social development through 544 104 academic workshops, scholarships, service learning, peer mentorship, leadership development, and one-on-one guidance sessions with professional staff.

Grants Honors • Coca-Cola Grant for the Coca-Cola First Generation • NASPA First Forward Inaugural Institution College Scholarship Program - $100,000 - $5,000 per year for four years to five students • Nominated for the 2019 Examples of Excelencia in Education Award • NASPA-First Forward institution designee travel and program grant - $300 Retention TTU • 2017- 2018: 81% Partnerships Stories about us • NASPA-Student Affairs Professionals “First gen students find support at Tech”, • Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Units: The Daily Toreador, dailytoreador.com, Sept. 9, 2018 - Mentor Tech - TRIO Student Support Services “Ashlyn Kildow Has Taken a Unique Path To College Success”, $8,000 - McNair Scholars Program Texas Tech Today, today.ttu.edu, November 20, 2018 - Office ofGBTQIA L Education and Engagement Awarded In Scholarships - Office of Academic Enrichment/AVID “Texas Tech to Host Second Annual ‘I’m First-Gen’ Summit”, to FGC Education majors, a partnership with the College of - University Interscholastic League Texas Tech Today, today.ttu.edu, March 4, 2019 Education made possible by the CH Foundation Grant • Office of Admissions • College of Education “Texas Tech to host 2nd annual ‘I’m a First-Gen’ Summit”, • School of Law The Daily Toreador, dailytoreador.com, March 5, 2019 • Student Counseling Center • Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships “Two Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions Aim to Serve • Career Center Growing Latinx Communities”, INSIGHT Into Diversity, • TTU Athletics insightintodiversity.com, April 16, 2019 • TTU Housing 220 • Breakthrough Central Texas “Texas Tech University receives First Forward designation”, • Arizona State University, Marisel Herrera, FYS Director of KLBK, everythinglubbock.com, May 1, 2019 Training & Development First Gen Summit attendees • TTU University Advising, Dr. Catherine Nutter, Senior Director (high school students, high school educators and professionals, college • TTU Multicultural Greek Council students, higher education professionals), with 13 breakout sessions • Lubbock Impact • South Plains Food Bank – Grub Farm Ronald McDonald House www.depts.ttu.edu/diversity/FGTMP • 806.742.7060

10 11 Goals Grants • Increase enrollment and attendance for • JF Maddox Foundation summer programs. Strengthen quality of 2018 - $70,950 outreach campus programs 2019 - $72,000

• Expand scholarship funding through • Halliburton College Connect's goal grants/gifts 2018 - $20,000 is to provide the K-12 2019 - $20,000 community with access • Create camp alumni network and points into higher education support system • CH Foundation through programming and 2018 - $20,000 2019 - $20,000 scholarship. Programming includes coordinating on- and off-campus visits for schools and non-affiliated Texas Tech University organizations (Campus Tours/Bring TTU to You), participating in Lubbock Partnerships community events, hosting the • Talkington Leadership Academy Texas Tech UIL works with the Texas Alliance for Minorities in specialty camp for young women State UIL offices to administer Engineering (TAME) Area event, leaders and run district and regional following up with summer events for high school athletics San Antonio ISD – RaiderLife camp participants and their interest • 3,323 and academics throughout the year. In addition to those in TTU, planning Back to • Galena Park ISD – RaiderLife camp Students participated School Fiesta, and organizing events, the Texas Tech UIL residential summer camps. • IDEA Public Schools – Partnership /attended College office coordinates other events for summer programs Connect programs on campus designed to bring in 2018/2019 students from all over Texas to • Internal – Mentor Tech and First the University and experience Gen – employment and outreach/ Goals funds/Grants the campus. UIL hosts various volunteer opportunities for students • Growth in participation in the 2018 teachers, students and parents region for academic events with camps, conferences and • Back to School Fiesta – community • One Act Play Director’s Workshop: outreach event competitions. In addition, UIL Increase profit from $3,575 • works with various departments academic events and acquire Regional One Act Play: • and colleges to provide more grant funding $6,500 scholarships to the winners of Summer Camps: • Continue to provide • those competitions. UIL's main $8,500 exceptional athletic facilities goal is to provide a positive and event management experience for all attendees of 2019 our events and stimulate interest Increase awareness of what • in students attending Texas Tech UIL is and how UIL benefits • One Act Play Director’s Workshop: students and teachers/ $3,575 University in the future. coaches in the region • Regional One Act Play: www.depts.ttu.edu/diversity/ideal $6,163 806.742.2420 • Summer Camps: $8,100

st 1 nd 3rd 2 5,718 2,324 Students participated Students participated in athletic UIL events/ in academic meets competitions in 2018/2019 in 2018/2019 www.depts.ttu.edu/uil 806.742.2350

12 13 College/School/Campus Mentors Demographics College of Agricultural Sciences Black/African & Natural Resources (CASNR)...... 3 14 204 American, 41 Veteran mentors & First Generation College of Architecture...... 1 Multiple, 12 1 Reserve mentor Students (44%) Asian, 37 College of Arts & Sciences...... 52 Mexican American, 10 College of Education...... 20

Non-Resident, 5 College of Human Sciences...... 19 The Lauro Cavazos & Ophelia Hispanic, 37 College of Media & Communication...... 10 32% Powell-Malone Mentoring 35% Mentor Cluster Leaders Mentors were Program (Mentor Tech) was Puerto Rican, 3 Edward E. Whitacre College of Engineering...... 17 260 were faculty members Graduate students introduced during the fall Cuban American, 1 Mentors Graduate School...... 4 semester of 2002. Named for Dr. Lauro F. Cavazos, Honors College...... 4 the first undergraduate to J.T. & Margaret Talkington serve as President of Texas College of Visual & Performing Arts...... 5 White, 114 Tech University, and Ophelia Phillips 66 Jerry S. Rawls College of Powell-Malone, the first African Sponsored the annual Networking Reception Black/African Business Administration...... 20 American to graduate from hosted in November American, 175 Hispanic, TTU School of Law...... 4 Texas Tech University, the 113 program seeks to enhance University Libraries...... 8 the quality of the educational Academic, career development, experiences of all students Puerto Rican, 4 Not Affiliated with a College or School...... 55 Non-Resident, 2, cultural, and social events (with a special focus on those Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 1 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...... 38 52 during the academic year from underrepresented groups) Cuban American, 1 through programs, services, 466 American Indian/Alaskan Native, 3 advocacy, and campus and Protégés community involvement. Multiple, 28

Mexican American, 39

Asian, 53 White, 47 Retention Partnerships • 87% • Aqua One • Black Graduate Student Association • Center for the Study of Addiction • Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Grants • Fuddruckers • Atmos Energy: $2,275 • Lubbock Chamber of Commerce • ConocoPhillips: $1,500 • R.I.S.E. • Phillips 66: $9,000 • Southwest Bottling Company Networking Reception Sponsor • StarCare Specialty Health System • Student Counseling Center • Study Abroad • Texas Tech Alumni Association Honors • TTU Admissions Nominated for the 2019 Examples of • TTU Athletics Excelencia in Education Award • TTU Campus Life • TTU Career Center • TTU College of Arts & Sciences • TTU College of Media & Communication Protégé Academic • TTU Financial Aid & Scholarships Accomplishments • TTU Graduate School • TTU Police Department President’s List 3.0 - 3.49 GPA • TTU SOAR Center • Fall 2018 - 64 • Fall 2018 - 108 • TTU Student Government Association • Spring 2019 - 56 • Spring 2019 - 90 • TTU Student Recreation Center • TTU University Libraries Dean’s List • TTU Writing Center • Fall 2018 - 113 • TTUHSC School of Nursing Spring 2019 - 107 U.S. Marines www.depts.ttu.edu/mentortech • • 806.742.8692

14 15 Although Texas Tech University has had a long tradition of serving veterans and families, Military & Veterans Programs (MVP) was created in 2010 as a department dedicated solely to helping veteran and family member students succeed. MVP currently serves more than 2,100 undergraduate, graduate, and law student veterans and family members on the Texas Tech University campus, online, and at regional site locations. MVP has instituted a support structure and culture that is oriented toward maximizing the TTU opportunity for those who have served to earn their degree so that these individuals know Demographics Grants Stories about us they matter and belong. MVP proudly assists students in Lockheed Martin: $16,000 “Texas Tech Hosts Wall of Honor Induction Ceremony”, Black/African transitioning from military to • Stole & Recognition reception sponsor: Texas Tech Today, today.ttu.edu, May 23, 2018 Hispanic, 746 American, 172 academic life, in establishing TechVet Boot Camp catering and padfolios sponsor federal and state benefits, • Welcome Event catering & T-shirt sponsor “2019 Best Military-Friendly Online Colleges”, Guide to Online Schools, guidetoonlineschools.com, 2019 in connecting them to our Multiple, 72 campus and community Phillips 66 - $17,000 African American Multiracial, 46 $7000 for Veterans Scholarships “Texas Tech Names New Military & Veterans Programs resources, and in preparing • • $10,000 for Camo to Corporate with any residual Director”, Texas Tech Today, today.ttu.edu, them to graduate, enter the 2391 50 total participants make up: for Green Zone September 11, 2018 workforce, and become proud Participants Asian American Indian/Alaskan Native Texas Tech alumni. Captain Alan Joseph Pryor Memorial Scholarship Unknown White, 1305 International Endowment $26,000 (will start awards in 2019-2020) Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Honors Acknowledged by the Military Order of the Purple Heart as the First Purple Heart University in Texas and 3rd in 589 1035 Veterans Dependents the country (since 2013) Veterans Female Enrolled Persisted Persisted Enrolled Persisted Persisted Retention Fall 2018 Count % Fall 2018 Count % Military Advanced Education & Transition Top 1802 Dependents Colleges & Universities '18 - '19 (since 2012) (Family Members = African American Multiracial 7 6 86% 35 30 86% • Top Ten for Graduate School (#6) (2018) American Indian/Alaskan Native 3 3 100% 11 8 73% Children or Spouses) Asian 8 7 88% 8 7 88% Military Times Best for Vets Colleges 2019 Black, Not of Hispanic Origin 28 21 75% 127 116 91% (since 2014) 51 are Reserve/ Hispanic 113 94 83% 596 523 88% 1352 Multiple 14 10 71% 46 39 85% National Guard/ Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 2 2 100% G.I. Jobs Military Friendly Schools '18 - '19 Gold Active Duty Male Non-Resident Alien 4 4 100% (since 2010) Unknown 4 3 75% 4 4 100% 59 are disabled White 310 257 83% 866 786 91% SR Group Military Friendly Best Online Colleges (2019) veterans Total 493 407 83% 1693 1513 89% www.depts.ttu.edu/diversity/mvp 806.742.6877

16 17 Demographics

Black/African American, 6 White, 5

Asian, 4 The Student Intersectional Leadership Council (SILC) 30 was a brand-new initiative for the 2018/2019 academic Participants International year. SILC provided students Students, 2 Hispanic, 12 opportunities for growth American Indian, 1 focusing on intersectionality, interpersonal, and intercultural leadership development. This was accomplished through specialized personal plans meeting the students’ individual needs, along with workshops and trainings Partnerships concentrating on areas such as advocacy, social Internal collaborations with SILC include the following units: Center for Student In- volvement, University Student Housing, University Libraries, Fraternity & Sorority Life, justice, heritage celebrations, Student Activities Board, Top Tier, along with the Center for Addiction and Recovery. cultural competence, and global engagement. For its inaugural year, the SILC program focused primarily on building relationships Involvement with the Student with internal stakeholders. Intersectional Leadership Council assists students in fostering a long-term sense of community and collaboration st lending itself to sustained engagement and retention. 1 SILC celebrated many firsts during the 2018/2019 academic year • SILC students coordinated the first Indigenous People’s Month celebration in November highlighting indigenous culture through crafts, a lecture series, and a celebration of food. • SILC collaborated with University Student Housing to bring about the first official Martin Luther King Day Celebration on campus that included a march, keynote speaker, workshops, and a public health fair. • Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech - 111 women across the Texas Tech community were nominated and received the Women’s HERstory month shirt, and 15 notable women received invitations to a private awards ceremony. • SILC hosted Asian, Pacific Islander, & Desi American Heritage Month Celebration (120 attendees) seven Four Students Students Attended the National Diversity Attended the National Conference & Leadership Conference in on Race & Ethnicity in Portland, OR Dallas, TX They were able to glean strategies for uniting They had the opportunity to hear marginalized and minoritized communities Colin Powell, former President on campus, learn the history of higher edu- Barak Obama, and America Ferrera cation, race and politics, and network with as keynotes. other students around the country doing similar work, along with self-care strategies

18 19 Ronald Erwin McNair Demographics

Black (Hispanic) , 1

The McNair Scholars Program Asian, 1 prepares undergraduate students for doctoral studies through involvement Black/African in research and other American, 6 scholarly activities. McNair White, 1 participants are either first-generation college students with financial need or members of a group that is 26 historically underrepresented Participants in graduate education and have demonstrated strong academic potential. McNair provides a series of workshops on research methods, data collection, research writing, and maintaining research Hispanic, 17 budgets. These workshops culminate in an eight-week research summer program where students, along with their Faculty Mentor, complete a research project that simulates graduate school level work. The goal of the Retention $253,032 in Grants Honors McNair Scholars Program is • First Generation – 100% • Hispanic – 100% For the academic year as part of 2018 - 2023 TRIO Achievers Award: 2019 given to to increase graduate degrees • Black/African • White – 100% continuous McNair Scholars grant. Dr. Michael Gomez awarded to students from American – 83% • Asian – 100% underrepresented segments of society by helping them experience graduate level research and providing them TTU with focused advising on how to best prepare for applying to 11 73% and attending graduate school. Scholars of seniors Partnerships Stories about us Presented at the University Admitted to Graduate School • Center for Transformative “Ashlyn Kildow Has Taken a Unique Path To College of Maryland McNair Scholars for Fall 2019 Undergraduate Experiences Success”, Texas Tech Today, today.ttu.edu, Research Conference • Center for Active Learning and November 20, 2018 Undergraduate Engagement • Graduate Center “Support available for potential graduate students”, The Daily Toreador, dailytoreador.com, February 13, 2019 • Graduate School • University Library 14 4 • Career Center • Communications Training Center new Scholars seniors • University Writing Center Successfully recruited for the Presented at Professional • TRIO SSS 2019-2020 academic year National Conferences • First Gen Transition and Mentoring Programs

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20 21 Demographics $242,137 in Grants Partnerships For the academic year as part of 2015- 2020 continuing • TRIO SSS partnered with the Lubbock/Levelland TRIO TRIO SSS grant. programs for the TRIO Achievers Ceremony - TTU TRIO SSS, TTU McNair Scholars Program, SPC Upward Bound, SPC White, 43 STAR Center (TRIO SSS), LEARN Inc. Talent Search and TRIO Student Support Hispanic, 81 LEARN Inc. Educational Opportunity Center Services (TRIO SSS) is an • TRIO SSS partnered with the McNair Scholars Program for a academic support program for Accomplishments graduate school trip to the University of Texas at Austin and first-generation, low-income, The annual South Plains TRIO Achievers Recognition Texas State University. and students with disabilities. Ceremony was hosted at Texas Tech on April 18, 2019. TTU • TRIO SSS collaborated with faculty and staff at the University It is federally grant-funded to 131 and TRIO SSS alumnus Teresa Rodriguez was recognized of Texas at Austin and Texas State University for graduate provide services and resources Participants as the 2019 TRIO Achiever for TRIO SSS. The event is a school visits. to 140 students. TRIO SSS collaboration between the six TRIO programs in Lubbock and • TRIO SSS partnered with First Gen Programs, Office of offers academic advising, Levelland – TTU TRIO SSS, TTU McNair Scholars Program, Academic Enrichment, and Mentor Tech for fall semester academic coaching, tutoring, SPC Upward Bound, SPC STAR Center (TRIO SSS), LEARN Inc. Black/African and spring semester student workshops. career development education, Talent Search and LEARN Inc. Educational Opportunity Center. American, 18 financial literacy education, and • TRIO SSS collaborated with the Office of Academic more. Students who enter the Marcus Graham, TRIO SSS Director, and Chelsea Adams, Enrichment to encourage students interviewing for the Asian, 4 program to enroll in IS 1102. During intake interviews, program are assigned a TRIO TRIO SSS Academic Advisor, attended the Texas TRIO American Indian or students were informed of the course and asked if they were SSS advisor and remain in the statewide conference February 17-20, 2019. During the Alaskan Native, 4 conference, Marcus Graham was appointed webmaster for interested in registering. Students who registered for the program through graduation. the Texas TRIO Association website. course received support from TRIO SSS and OAE. • TRIO SSS collaborated with Student Success and Retention Malik Williams, TRIO SSS participant, was awarded the to add TRIO SSS staff as a primary response team for faculty Matthew W. Taylor Scholarship from the Texas TRIO issued progress alerts for students. When a TRIO SSS student Retention Association. Malik was selected through a competitive is issued a progress alert, SSR assigns the “case” to TRIO SSS process open to all TRIO participants in Texas. staff instead of the student’s college advisor. TRIO SSS staff • First generation students • Hispanic • Black/African work with the college advisors and other academic support 120/121 = 99.1% 62/81 = 76.5% American Ten TRIO SSS participants attended a graduate school trip to programs to find the best solutions for the student. • Military dependents • American Indian 16/18 = 88.8% the University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University 4/4 = 100% or Alaskan • White March 10 -12, 2019. The trip was organized by Chelsea Adams, TRIO SSS Academic Advisor, and included meetings • Veterans 4/4 = 100% 28/43 = 65.1% and tours with faculty and staff from both universities. 2/3 = 66.6% • Asian 4/4 = 100%

*Some students reported more than one race

TTU

Stories about us “Ashlyn Kildow Has Taken a Unique Path To College Succes”, Texas Tech Today, today.ttu.edu, November 20, 2018

“Malik Williams’ Journey Symbolizes Texas Tech’s Impact on Students in Need”, Texas Tech Today, today.ttu.edu, January 18, 2019

“Teresa Rodriguez’s Journey Sets a Unique Example of Perseverance”, Texas Tech Today, today.ttu.edu, January 25, 2019

“67-year-old Texas Tech student proves it’s never too late”, Fox34, fox34.com, April 1, 2019

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22 23 Demographics Fall 2018 OAE First Fall 2019 OAE First Generation Students Generation Students Mixed, 1 Asian, 6 The Office of Academic Enrichment partners with AVID 52 Non-first Gen 38 Non-first Gen Black/African to create a First Year Experience American, 12 Program geared to assist the transition of first year students at Texas Tech University. Through the required AVID IS 1102 course that is offered every fall semester, students learn AVID (WICOR) Strategies 92 120 92 such as Writing to Learn, Students Students Students Inquiry and Critical Thinking, Organization, and Reading to Learn. Students are able to White, 22 Hispanic, 51 identify and establish goals, learn how to manage finances, learn and utilize campus 68 First Gen 54 First Gen resources, and engage in peer mentoring and community service. OAE provides study sessions, tutoring, academic workshops, and social engagement opportunities for students to interact and Retention find academic and social support. OAE’s mission is to Retention, persistence Fall 2017- Fall 2018 Fall 2018: 120 students OAE First Gen Persistence build confidence, self-efficacy, • • Spring 2019: 92 students • Fall 2017: 130/217 self-advocacy, and grit in first • Spring 2018: 91/149 year students and to provide Fall 2017- Fall 2018 students with the support OAE Institutional Persistence Fall 2017- Fall 2018 needed in a new environment. • Fall 2017: 217 Students OAE Veteran Dependent Persistence • Spring 2018: 149 Students • Fall 2017: 7/217 • Spring 2018: 5/149

Partnerships • OAE partnered with the University Career Center for career development programming. • OAE began collaborating with the Volunteer Center of Lubbock for a proposed service learning component for the next academic year. • OAE began collaborating with the College of Education for faculty and instructor professional development.

Scholarships OAE awarded scholarships up to $500 each for four students. www.depts.ttu.edu/diversity/ academicenrichment/index.php 806.742.5931

24 25 Participants Honors 5,000 4.5 star premier campus ranking on the Campus Pride Index, which gain placed Texas Tech University second in the state among participating institutions. Significant advancements were made in the areas of Counseling and Health, Institutional Support and Commitment, and Student Life.

$2,000 Grant The Office of LGBTQIA Education & Engagement During 2018-2019, the Office was a recipient of a Community serves the Texas Tech Grant from the Walmart Foundation in the amount of $2,000. University community through Accomplishments facilitation and leadership of Awarded the first scholarship from the Watland/Woody LGBTQIA Endowed programming and advocacy Scholarship Fund efforts aimed at strengthening Hosted and/or participated in over 75 programs or events throughout the year; the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, Anticipated the needs of LGBTQIA individuals within the University community and Partnerships developed partnerships to address those needs, such as with Women’s & Gender and asexual (LGBTQIA) • Ballet Lubbock Studies and the Department of History (LGBTQIA History Course); community. The Office also serves as a resource for • Center for Campus Life - Ongoing regarding programming Launched PrideSTEM in order to empower LGBTQIA students in science, members of the University and specific signature events including the Big 12 LGBTQIA & technology, engineering, and mathematics to foster networking, mentoring, and community in their practice Allies Summit professional opportunities; of 'allyship.' • Club Luxor – Pride Week and the Big 12 LGBTQIA & Increased participation in the Allies Program as the Office’s primary platform for peer Allies Summit education and support of faculty and staff to over 1,300 individuals; and • Covenant Presbyterian Church – the Big 12 LGBTQIA & 22% increase in registered participants for the Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit Allies Summit • Department of Human Development & Family Studies – the Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit • Graduate School – the Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit TTU • Health Sciences Center – the Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit • Healthy Skin Clinic – the Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit Stories about us • PFLAG Lubbock – Family Weekend, Student financial support, "Texas Tech named Diversity Champion, receives seventh Pride Week, and the Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit consecutive HEED award", Everythinglubbock.com, September 22, 2018 • Rawls College of Business – Rawls Diversity Symposium "LGBTQIA office provides support, educates students", • Risk Intervention and Safety Education (RISE) Office – Ongoing The Daily Toreador, dailytoreador.com, February 25, 2019 regarding peer education on inclusive sex education, safer sex, and substance abuse "Office of LGBTQIA hosts Queer Reels film series", • School of Music – Transgender Remembrance Vigil & Celebra- Daily Toreador, dailytoreador.com, March 20, 2019 tion of Life and Lavender Graduation • St. John’s United Methodist Church – the Big 12 LGBTQIA & "Texas Tech to host 2nd annual Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit" , Allies Summit; The Daily Toreador, dailytoreador.com, March 21, 2019 Student Counseling Center – Culturally-competent behavioral • "UT needs to update its name change system to support all students at UT", health services and peer education The Daily Texas, dailytexanonline.com, April 3, 2019 • Student Government Association – Community-based Pride celebrations, Pride Week, and the Big 12 LGBTQIA & "University Student Housing hosts Tunnel of Awareness", Allies Summit The Daily Toreador, dailytoreador.com, April 16, 2019 • University Career Center – Pride Week, the Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit, and partnerships with the Pride National "Texas Tech orgs to host transgender violence remembrance event", Alumni Chapter KCBD, KCBD.com, November 19, 2019

• University Libraries – the Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit "Trans Remembrance Vigil honors victims" • University Student Housing – Pride Week and the Big 12 The Daily Toreador, dailytoreador.com, November 19, 2019 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit • Women’s & Gender Studies – Community-based Pride celebra- tions, Pride Week, Queer Reels Real Topics Film Series, and the Big 12 LGBTQIA & Allies Summit

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