February 12 1999
The symposium, for faculty and administrators who are involved with the recruitment and retention of students of color, both undergraduates and graduates, will be in the Kansas Union.
Workshops will focus on effective methods to recruit and retain students of color, highlighting programs at the University of Michigan, American University and University of Utah.
Mills, who electrified the 1964 Tokyo Olympics by coming from behind to win the 10,000 meter run in Olympic record time, will give a free public presentation on how students, faculty and staff can work together to create a more inclusive campus.
Mills, who attended Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence before going to KU on a track scholarship, has been inducted into the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame, the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, the U.S. Sports Academy, the National High School Hall of Fame, the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame and the KU Athletics Hall of Fame. The 1962 KU graduate's life was captured in the movie "Running Brave."
Other keynote speakers include KU Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway; Barbara Ballard, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs; John Alderete, past president of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science and professor at the University of Texas-San Antonio Health Center; and Florida A&M University president Fredrick Humphries.
Registration costs $100 a person; $50 for KU faculty and staff. Hotel accommodations are available at the Ramada Inn for $65 a night. Call (785) 842-7030 for more hotel information.
For more information, contact: Robert N. Page, Jr. at 864-5416 or rpage@ukans.edu.
Story by Todd Cohen, University Relations, at (785) 864-8858 or tcohen@ukans.edu