Office of Minority Affairs, 1989 - 1990

File — Box: V-01

Identifier: V:008

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

1989 - 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

1990, New part time position added - Academic Liaison in Department of Minority Affairs; David Nelson accepts this position;

From Dick Cohen Archives: Minority Alumni Panel Program arranged by Minority Affairs Director Edgar Berry, moderated by Dick Cohen, included speakers: Clint Jeffries, Barbara Taliaferro, Janice Williams, Geoffrey Lee;

Richared Cohen is appointed to Minority Community Advisory Board;

Rough draft of "Muhlenberg College Office of Minority Affairs - Building a Tradition of Valuing Diversity" includes: Cultural Club/International Student Organization, Robert C. Williams Leadership Conference, College Community Opportunity Program, Explorations in Science and Math Program G.T.E., Programs of Study, Residence Life and Housing, Student Life, Career Development, Counseling Center, Health Service, Religious Life, Athletics and Physical Education, Academic Support Servies, Dana Assocaites Program, Minority Awareness Month, Dr. Martin Luther King Annual Program, President's Committee on the Status of Minorities, Minority Community Advisory Board, Non-western courses, Muholenberg Summer Academy;

Peer Advising Program;

Letter from David Long, Chairman of Board of Trustees regarding Class of 1951 historic panels; William "Elmo" Jackson, Bill Pullley, Jim Williams, Ralph Bunche (first Black commencement speaker)