Schedule

President Wilson, HSRU Chair, and Chancellor Larive, HSRU Virtual Summit Chair, will welcome attendees to the first virtual summit of the Alliance and provide an overview of the day’s sessions and opportunities to continue to engage in the future.

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Presidents and chancellors will share their vision of the Alliance and its unique opportunity to leverage the collective of its member R1-HSI institutions. They will highlight and discuss the overall commitment to the HSRU’s overarching goals; how leaders envision strengthening and diversifying the future workforce and higher education; and how key strategic partnerships and colorations may be leveraged to achieve its objectives.

As a voluntary organization of R1/HSIs, Alliance members have committed to funding a small but nimble organizational structure. In this session, the executive director will provide an overview of how the HSRU operates, and how the HSRU might evolve through intentional networking, collaborations, and strategic action.

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The use of data will continue to be central to the efforts of the HSRU. In this session, presenters from the Institutional Research Affinity group will provide an overview of HSRU baseline data as well as some of the preliminary findings from the review of data across member institutions. Presenters will share opportunities for making use of data moving forward.

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During this session, Drs. Nuñez and Franco will provide a brief overview of HSI frameworks and the types of opportunities institutions have to establish a set of practices that will meet the needs of their students. They will also share a model of metrics for institutional transformation at HSIs for those seeking to chart a more intentional path toward servingness.

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The HSRU has started its work by relying on leadership and talent across the institutions. During this session, a selected group of leaders will share their experiences convening and leading working groups on ways to implement the goals of the alliance. Each presenter will focus on a different area and share opportunities, challenges, outcomes, and a vision for the Alliance’s future. 

Ann Gates – How can multiple HSI institutions in different parts of the country work toward collective goals, especially in STEM fields? What can the HSRU learn from the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions? A brief discussion of the Computing Alliance will connect it with goals devised in conjunction with grant funding.

María de los Ángeles Torres – As the lead of the Crossing Latinidades Initiative, María de los Ángeles Torres will discuss the first funded project undertaken by the HSRU. What have been early successes and ongoing challenges of the initiative? What are the lessons learned and what do you see forthcoming in the future for this and other initiatives to help the HSRU meet its goals to increase graduate and faculty representation of Hispanics?

Lori Schultz – The HSRU established working groups early on to help develop and promote our collective efforts and to help frame our work to external funders. From the data perspective, what has the group learned and what should we be thinking about with regards to the type of data we collect, should collect, and share across the alliance?

Roxane Cohen Silver – The Bridge to Faculty working group was established to help us think through opportunities to diversity the faculty. The group’s recommendations present promising ways to partner with external entities (NSF, ED). What existing initiatives has the working group been drawing from to develop recommendations? What model(s) might work for the HSRU to help graduate students and postdocs become faculty? What would be helpful to make this a reality and what kind of commitments and preparation would be needed?

Grace Bochenek – As a lead of the DOD and DOE working groups, Grace Bochenek will share observations about how the HSRU might draw from its many institutions to develop projects at a large scale. How can the HSRU stay on top of opportunities and be proactive? What kind of information needs to be available or collected to strengthen our case to funding agencies? How would this large-scale effort help us achieve our HSRU goals?

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Summit participants are invited to attend a breakout session designed for participants to reflect on the sessions presented and share their input. These sessions will emphasize questions and discussion. Participants are encouraged to select the session they think will best address their interests or potential roles within the alliance or their institutions. No separate registration is required. Links will be available the day of the summit.

Participants will be guided through the SharePoint site the HSRU will use to share tools, resources, upcoming meetings, and events. Through this session, participants will be informed about the roll out process for site access, and how members can use it to remain informed about HSRU activities and opportunities.