VP for Diversity and Inclusion Candidates to Visit Campus

One of four finalists will be Michigan Technological University’s initial vice president
for diversity and inclusion. The finalists will interview on campus starting the
week of Aug. 24. They were picked right after a nationwide search that began very last slide. 

“Search Committee Chair Kellie Raffaelli and the committee have performed an admirable
work in figuring out the four finalists,” mentioned President Richard Koubek. “These folks
have a major quantity of encounter in diversity and inclusion troubles and I’m
self-confident we will find the proper in shape for Michigan Tech.”

Discussing Elaborate Issues

As section of their on-campus interview, just about every finalist will discuss the complexities
and many intersections of campus local weather troubles professional by students, school and
staff, and how they impact the educational experiences of underrepresented teams.
The campus neighborhood is invited to take part in just about every finalist’s public presentation
by means of Zoom. Presentations will be around 45 minutes followed by a fifteen-moment Q&A session.
All four classes will be recorded so that they may well be viewed at a later on time.

The initial applicant to stop by is Barbara Lundberg, who will be on campus from Monday, Aug. 24, by Wednesday, Aug. 26. Lundberg
has additional than twenty years of leadership encounter in scholar and educational affairs. The
former vice president for educational affairs and institutional performance at Lac
Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Group Higher education in Hayward, Wisconsin, Lundberg served as
interim university president even though a search for the next president was executed. Lundberg’s Zoom webinar will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. twenty five.

Next, Wayne Gersie will stop by campus from Monday, Aug. 31, by Wednesday, Sept. two. Gersie is presently
main diversity officer and director of diversity enhancement, scholar plans and
outreach, at Pennsylvania Condition University’s Utilized Analysis Laboratory. Gersie earlier
served as director of the Multicultural Engineering Application at Penn Condition. Gersie’s Zoom webinar will take area at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1.

Roberto Sanabria will stop by from Wednesday, Sept. two, to Friday, Sept. four. Sanabria is the senior director
of human methods and equity at the Puerto Rican Cultural Middle in Chicago. Prior
to that, he served as director of the Business of Equivalent Option and Accessibility at Northwestern
College. Sanabria’s Zoom webinar will take area at 3 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 3. 

The very last finalist to stop by will be Sumita Furlong, who will be on campus Tuesday, Sept. 8, by Thursday, Sept. 10. At current,
Furlong is the specific assistant to the vice chancellor, scholar affairs, for diversity,
equity, inclusion, strategic planning and initiatives, and external relations at the
College of California-Irvine. Furlong earlier served as the main diversity
officer at the Great Lakes Schools Affiliation in Ann Arbor. Furlong’s Zoom webinar is at two p.m., Wednesday, Sept. nine.

Subsequent the visits, the campus neighborhood will have an possibility to present comments
by means of a secure online sort. 

Michigan Technological College is a public exploration university, dwelling to additional than
seven,000 students from fifty four nations around the world. Launched in 1885, the College provides additional than
a hundred and twenty undergraduate and graduate degree plans in science and technologies, engineering,
forestry, organization and economics, wellness professions, humanities, arithmetic, and
social sciences. Our campus in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway
and is just a number of miles from Lake Top-quality.