Admission/Recruitment, 1990

File — Box: V-01

Identifier: V:002

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating to Black students and the Navy Program, minorities at Muhlenberg, Educational Opportunity Pilot Program (EOP), international students, college diversity statements, Office of Minority Affairs, Office of Multicultural Life, reflections on teaching Black history.

Includes brochures, President Tyson's personal correspondence, student essay, newsletter, handbooks, magazine article, newspaper clippings, faculty personal reflections, event schedules.

Dates

1990

Creator

Muhlenberg College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, with only a few very limited restrictions; access by appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (The bulk of the printed material (previously the vertical files) is contained in flip-top document cases. Textiles, memorabilia, and other realia is stored in appropriate lidded boxes.)

Additional Description

Freshman Class Profile - September, 1990, notes 9.8% of this class is American students of color

Vicki Mayk details College Community Opportunity Program and Muhlenberg Summer Enrichment Program, both initiatives aimed at high school students; 10% of incoming freshman class includes African-American, Hispanic, and Asian students

College programs aimed at high school students: Explorations in Science and Mathematics, The Robert C. Williams Leadership Conference, College Community Opportunity Program, Muhlenberg Summer Enrichment Academy

"Celebrate Diversity at Muhlenberg" programs: Dream Alive (musical of Black Americans), Nikki Giovanni (Pricess of Black Poetry)

"Minority Awareness Month": The Killing Fields (Vietnam War, Dith Pran (discussion leader)