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The Alumni Association offers events and opportunities to increase participation of individuals from multicultural constituencies to support the university's goal of inclusion. Multicultural constituency groups include, but are not limited to, African American, Asian/Pacific Islander American, Native American, Hispanic/Latino, and international alumni.
An integral part of encouraging alumni engagement is the Multicultural Alumni Advisory Board, comprised of alumni from various constituency groups and committed to promoting diversity and representing multicultural alumni interests. All multicultural alumni are valuable ambassadors for the university, and they can be especially helpful in encouraging prospective high school students to apply and perhaps in serving as mentors for students from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, the creation of diversity chairs within local alumni chapters further promotes multicultural alumni participation. Multicultural alumni can help the university in its mission to offer a diverse educational experience by attending a campus or regional chapter event or by volunteering to share their experiences with high school and/or current students.
In 2009, the Alumni Association will expand its multicultural alumni programs by encouraging academic colleges to join in the Young Alumni Program of online social networking and business/professional networking events and by organizing reunions, campus cultural celebrations, and other traditional student programs for multicultural alumni.
For more information, go to www.alumni.vt.edu/multicultural/index.html. Please contact Laurie Brogdon at 540/231-6285 or lbrogdon@vt.edu if you have suggestions for planning multicultural reunions on campus and/or gatherings with students or about contacting a local alumni chapter to get involved.
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