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Forum showcases
leadership skills
■ Eight University students
are given scholarships at
a nationwide diversity forum
By Caron Alarab
Oregon Daily Emerald
The 15th annual National Confer
ence on Race and Ethnicity in Higher
Education presented eight of its 35 na
tional scholarships to University of
Oregon students who expressed a de
sire to attend and a passion for diver
sity. Having taken part in a leadership
development program held in con
junction with NCORE, the group held
the first-ever student presentations at
the conference, which took place May
31 through June 2 in New Orleans, La.
University scholarship winners
were senior Serena Charley, sopho
more Eduardo Morales, freshman
Brendalee Sifuentez, senior Jeanice
Chieng, second-year law student
John Branam, senior Abigail Lovett,
junior Oscar Arana and freshman
Gabriela Romero.
Lovett, co-director of the Multicul
tural Center, said she was supportive
of getting the scholarship, but by no
means feels superior to any of her fel
low delegates. Although the atmos
phere of the conference made first
impressions slightly intimidating,
Lovett said the experience helped
everyone to realize the impact stu
dents have made at this University.
“While at the conference, many
of us felt alienated because the con
ference is mainly for administrators
and faculty,” she said. “I know we
left an impression on each other
and the people we met.”
Six more University students joined
them, including outgoing ASUO presi
dent and vice president Nilda Brook
lyn and Joy Nair. Conference organiz
ers offered Brooklyn and Nair free
registration for leading a three-hour
session entitled, “Building Leadership
Across Boundaries: A Critical Dialogue
About Students of Color and White
Students Working Together with Re
spect.” This NCORE conference be
ing her first, Nair said she thinks
the session went well.
“University students have a good
reputation, so I felt everyone that
came really listened and respected
our message,” she said.
Brooklyn and Nair also joined
University administrators to present
another three-hour critical dialogue
session, “Being White Allies on Pre
dominantly White Campuses: Let’s
Talk About Motivations, Presump
tions, Guilt and Responsibility.”
“We hoped that administrators
would leam more about the student
leader experience, and for students at
tending to hear about how we at the
University work together in coalitions
and how they are formed,” Nair said.
Lovett and the other winners met
four months prior to the conference,
putting together a video and work
shop designed to help administrators
understand the workings of student
run programs. The taped dialogues
presented were derived from six
weeks of student-held evening dia
logue sessions. Gwen Tistadt Jansen,
one of several University administra
tors who worked with the students
on the presentations, taped the dia
logues for the group
This year’s conference being
Jansen’s third, she said it’s not just
the scholarship recipients who
are winners.
“It’s a real ‘one-for-all’ mentali
ty,” Jansen said. “It’s well worth the
time and effort.”
Assistant to the director of the
University Counseling and Testing
Center, Jansen said she is really
■glad to see the students get the
recognition they deserve.
“This conference is attended by
high-level administrators, staff and fac
ulty from across the country and they
are in awe of how articulate UO stu
dents are,” she said. “Building coali
tions, like this delegation, is where we
can continue to draw strength, support
each other when we need support and
celebrate in our successes. ”
In preparing resumes and scholar
ship submission letters to off-set
some of the funds needed for stu
dents to attend, Jansen worked with
a group of 11 individuals to identify
diversity-related work for their can
didacies and look over statements,
she said. Of the 11, eight received
scholarships, which knocked $350
off the bill per student and allowed
the University to blow the competi
tion away by being awarded the most
scholarships of any university.
“These students bring so much
back to campus that I think it is well
worth the investment,” she said.
E-mail reporter Caron Alarab
at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com.
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