1. April - October 2006 Educational Opportunity Highlights Welcome Corporate Diversity Advisory Board

2. Personnel Changes Kerri Sleeman – ExSEL Programs Director Susan Liebau – ExSEL Program Coordinator Tori Connors – ExSEL Program / EdOpp Secretary (new) Heather Suokas – SAP Office Assistant Rose Martell – K-12 Outreach Administrative Assistant TBA – Youth Programs Coordinator TBA – K-12 Outreach Office Assistant

3. Funding 5 year King·Chávez·Parks Select Student Support Service ExSEL Program 5 year King·Chávez·Parks Michigan College/University Partnership (MICUP) Program Partner Community Colleges – Wayne Community College, Grand Rapids Community College, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, and Delta College Michigan Department of Education – EPDIS Developing Algebra Thinking; August 2006-June 2008

4. Funding Michigan Department of Education – EPDIS Statistics and Probability (August 2006-June 2008) National Science Foundation – Earth System Science (August 2006 - May 2007) Year 2 – NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) GEAR UP – Outreach to target rural schools Year 2 – Ford Partnerships for Advanced Studies (PAS) Michigan Space Grant Consortium  TiViTz Teacher Workshop & Tournament  Space Science Exploration (July 2006)  WIE/EIE Hands on Projects (July 2006)

5. Funding Corporate Funding  Critical Need Submitted but not funded  Posse Foundation  NSF ITEST  NSF STEP  HHMI – Broadening Student Access to Research & Science (encouraged to resubmit) Submitted – waiting for response  Carl’s Foundation – Summer Youth Programs scholarships for Detroit area students  NSF Informal Science

6. Summer 1,195 Youth Programs participant weeks 47% Female 42% Minority Special Youth Programs  Earth and Hydro-Science Outreach (EH-SO) – Dr. John Gierke  Plant Genome Research – Dr. Chung Jui-Tsai - Test Tube Gardening - BioInformatics  Women in Computer Science (WICS) funded by IBM – Linda Ott AP Biology Project with Cass Tech Technology Institute with DAPCEP Teachers

7. Partnerships Make a Difference Youth Foundation – Chicago Area Outreach  Students – High Performing  E-tutoring Ford PAS Activity  Utica Schools – Michigan  Ace Technical High School – Chicago, IL  Sally Ride Science Festival -Parent Workshop -Teacher Workshop -2 Student Workshops TiVitz – Dr. Kathryn Clark, Board of Control Chair (co-inventor of the game)  Tournament in 2005, teacher workshop fall 2006, tournament in spring 2007

8. Partnerships Precollege Research Experience Program (PREP) – Southern University - Baton Rouge, Timbuktu Academy, Dr. Diola Bagayoko  2 students participated  Earned college credit  Research with Dr. Tammy Haut-Donahue  Potential future proposals

9. Current Status Diversity External Review Review Climate Survey/Study  Workshops/ speakers  Website  Full Report Planning for Summer 2007 YES! Expo assistance Work with Enrollment Management/Admissions  Communication plan for Youth Programs participants after they have attended a program K-12 Outreach Center  Clearinghouse for all K-12 outreach activities on campus

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