Friday, October 20, 2017
Chair:  Laura Lunstrum Trevino
lhall@utep.edu
915 833-5464
Co-Chairs:  Fernando Jimenez-Arevalo frjimenezarevalo@utep.edu
Edward Ramirez eramirez29@utep.edu

CURRENT ACTION ITEMS: Updated September 20, 2017

Choose Dinner & Reception Location (Union)

Create Registration site  (complete) http://www.utep.edu/business/accounting-and-information-systems/research/DiversitySummitPlanning.html

Connect UTEP and Ned Steele for press announcements  Follow up on 50th anniversary tie-in (Marie Eugenia) 

Send out panel invitations (complete)
Finalize Agenda (in progress)

Fill out hotel guest forms (Ale Garcia) Forms sent to Ed Ramirez 8/30/2017
   

Theme

Access and Opportunity in Hispanic Education:  Views from the Border 
             

Our Mission

The PhD Project’s Committee on Hispanic Excellence in Business (CHE), a Commitment to Action under the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, is a nationwide initiative to address the faltering educational attainment for Hispanic Americans with a focus on increasing diversity in business. The Committee is tasked with mobilizing the 316 Hispanic American business faculty to serve as role models and mentors for Hispanic-American undergraduates and engage with Hispanic-American students and groups across campuses nationwide. The objective is to formalize mentoring best practices, encourage not only completion of undergraduate programs, but also the pursuit of graduate and doctorate degrees.

In executing the mission of the Committee on Hispanic Excellence in Business, we uncovered drastic regional differences in awareness of challenges and opportunities that stem from the changing demographics, as well as preparedness and resources. 

To address these differences, The Southwest Summit on Diversifying Business by Enhancing Hispanic-American Educational Attainment was born. The objective of the Summit is three-fold. First and foremost, the Summit is intended to raise awareness of the issue and economic implications of the state of Latino educational attainment for key stakeholders. Second, the Summit is intended as an opportunity for universities, employers, and external but relevant organizations to showcase resources available to Hispanic-American undergraduates, graduate students and faculty. Finally, the Summit is intended as an idea sharing and problem solving platform. 

Timeline
April, 2017
Complete Mailing List
Begin Panel construction

May, 2017
Invite panel members

June, 2017
Coordinate handouts, gifts, materials

July, 2017
Begin Media announcements w/Ned Steele

August 2017 
 Mass Mailing - Save the Date

September 2017
Check and recheck details

Thursday, October 19th 
6:00 p.m. - Conference Kickoff Reception and Dinner

Friday, October 20th
Conference

Participating Schools

Important Contacts 

Send mail to lhall@utep.edu with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: September 20, 2017