Peer Mentoring for Graduates of Color (PMGC) will host the first in a spring series of four roundtables on issues affecting graduate students of color at the University of New Mexico on Tuesday, Jan. 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Santa Ana rooms in the Student Union Building.
Conceived by PMGC's Steering Committee, the spring 2007 roundtables will bring together faculty, staff and students to discuss first generation graduate students of color, race on campus, the need for faculty of color and non-traditional graduate students of color.
The roundtables are an interactive event including a panel discussion, food and networking.
Critical Issues Roundtable No. 1
First Generation Graduates of Color and Mentoring
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 5 to 7 p.m.
Santa Ana Rooms, Student Union Bulding (SUB)
Featured participants...
** Ted Jojola, Community and Regional Planning
** Nancy Lopez, Sociology
** Gabriel Sanchez, Political Science
** Michelle Touson, African American Student Services and Black Graduate and
Professional Student Association
** Others TBA
RSVP at gradpeer@unm.edu or 277-7397. For more information visit: Peer Mentoring for Graduates of Color.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at January 22, 2007 03:36 PM