VP for Diversity and Inclusion Candidates to Visit Campus

One of 4 finalists will be Michigan Technological University’s initially vice president
for variety and inclusion. The finalists will job interview on campus commencing the
7 days of Aug. 24. They were picked immediately after a nationwide lookup that commenced past tumble. 

“Search Committee Chair Kellie Raffaelli and the committee have completed an admirable
position in figuring out the 4 finalists,” reported President Richard Koubek. “These men and women
have a important volume of encounter in variety and inclusion problems and I’m
self-confident we will discover the ideal match for Michigan Tech.”

Speaking about Complicated Problems

As part of their on-campus job interview, just about every finalist will discuss the complexities
and several intersections of campus weather problems skilled by students, college and
personnel, and how they impact the instructional experiences of underrepresented teams.
The campus local community is invited to participate in just about every finalist’s community presentation
by way of Zoom. Presentations will be approximately 45 minutes adopted by a fifteen-minute Q&A session.
All 4 sessions will be recorded so that they might be considered at a later on time.

The initially applicant to take a look at is Barbara Lundberg, who will be on campus from Monday, Aug. 24, through Wednesday, Aug. 26. Lundberg
has more than 20 many years of leadership encounter in pupil and tutorial affairs. The
previous vice president for tutorial affairs and institutional usefulness at Lac
Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College or university in Hayward, Wisconsin, Lundberg served as
interim school president even though a search for the next president was performed. Lundberg’s Zoom webinar will be held at three p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25.

Next, Wayne Gersie will take a look at campus from Monday, Aug. 31, through Wednesday, Sept. two. Gersie is currently
chief variety officer and director of variety enhancement, pupil courses and
outreach, at Pennsylvania State University’s Utilized Research Laboratory. Gersie formerly
served as director of the Multicultural Engineering Method at Penn State. Gersie’s Zoom webinar will get spot at three p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1.

Roberto Sanabria will take a look at from Wednesday, Sept. two, to Friday, Sept. 4. Sanabria is the senior director
of human methods and fairness at the Puerto Rican Cultural Middle in Chicago. Prior
to that, he served as director of the Place of work of Equal Possibility and Entry at Northwestern
University. Sanabria’s Zoom webinar will get spot at three p.m., Thursday, Sept. three. 

The past finalist to take a look at will be Sumita Furlong, who will be on campus Tuesday, Sept. 8, through Thursday, Sept. 10. At present,
Furlong is the exclusive assistant to the vice chancellor, pupil affairs, for variety,
fairness, inclusion, strategic scheduling and initiatives, and external relations at the
University of California-Irvine. Furlong formerly served as the chief variety
officer at the Wonderful Lakes Schools Association in Ann Arbor. Furlong’s Zoom webinar is at three p.m., Wednesday, Sept. nine.

Next the visits, the campus local community will have an possibility to give suggestions
by way of a safe on the internet kind. 

Michigan Technological University is a community exploration university, household to more than
7,000 students from fifty four nations around the world. Launched in 1885, the University delivers more than
one hundred twenty undergraduate and graduate degree courses in science and engineering, engineering,
forestry, enterprise and economics, well being professions, humanities, mathematics, and
social sciences. Our campus in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway
and is just a couple miles from Lake Superior.