NOTE: This message was sent to commission members on January 17, 2007.

To: Multicultural Concerns Commission Members
From: Kris Rugsaken, Chair

Greetings All,

Hope the 2007 year brings you a new hope and more success! This is to remind you of the proposal dateline for the 2007 NACADA Annual Conference in Baltimore in October. Proposals are being accepted now through February 10 and may be submitted online at www.nacada.ksu.edu/2007proposals/index.htm. The conference theme is "Advisors as Navigators: From Orientation to Graduation and Beyond".

Please consider submitting a proposal yourself and/or encourage someone on your campus who has been involving in the issues or practices of diversity/multiculturalism to submit a proposal. For information on submitting proposals, you may want to review the tutorial for writing effective proposals on the NACADA web site.

With that in mind, I want to sincerely thank the following members who have volunteered to be on the Proposal Committee to read and evaluate proposals:

1. Barbara Miller
2. Jane Alexander
3. Kathy MacGregor
4. Peggy Itschner

For those of you who are on the Steering Committee, the Commission Award Committee, and the Web Committee, you are also playing a very important role in the success of this Commission. For members who are not yet on any of the mentioned committees, it's not too late for you to join the team -- please just let me know your choice. Only with your help will this Commission meet its goals.

As the time has changed and policies updated, multiculturalism and diversity are becoming more and more valued, and re-examined in campuses across the nation. Last year, 42 proposals related to multicultural issues were received. I hope the number will be higher this year.

I hope to see you in Baltimore in October!

Best Regards,

Kris Rugsaken, Ed. D.
Chair, Multicultural Concerns Commission
Advising Center Coordinator
Teachers College, Room 913
Ball State University
Muncie , IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-1848
E-mail: krugsake@bsu.edu