We are pleased to announce the IALHEA Diversity Dialogue and Research Forum.   It  will showcase the scholarly work of underrepresented students from Illinois.The Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education (ICBCHE) and the Illinois Latino Committee on Higher Education (ILACHE) are involved in a collaborative effort to increase the participation of underrepresented students on college and university campuses across the state of Illinois.    

www.icbche.org + www.ilache.com = IALHEA

The goals are to increase faculty student research collaborations; facilitate mentor relationships between faculty and students of color; to increase the persistence of  underrepresented students in academia and enhance their research.

This year, IALHEA is partnering with the UIC Health Professions Navigator Program (HPN) to host a Breakfast Workshop for prehealth advisors. The goal of the workshop is to empower advisors by offering strategies they can use to encourage and support students who are interested in the health professions. The workshop will focus on students who identify as underrepresented minorities, as coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, or as veterans. Through panels, roundtable discussions and case studies, advisors will be provided with information to help their students be more competitive applicants for graduate or professional school.

Breakfast / Workshop:  Advising Students for the Health Professions

UIC Forum, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 8:30 AM-10:30 AM

The HPN Workshop is free and open to all faculty and staff who advise students. 

The goal of the HPN Workshop is to empower advisors and staff by offering strategies they can use to encourage and support students who are interested in the health professions. Populations addressed include those who identify as underrepresented minorities, as coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, or as veterans. Through panels, roundtable discussions and case studies, advisors will be provided with information to help their students be more competitive applicants for graduate or professional school.

For questions or additional information about the HPN Workshop, please contact Kimberly Johnson, HCOP Project Manager, UIC School of Public Health at kpjohn@uic.edu.

The University of Illinois at Chicago Health Professions Navigator programs are sponsored by the Health Career Opportunity Grant #D18HP29044.

 

Registration:  The conference schedule is listed below.  Perhaps your schedule only permits you to attend a portion of the conference.  You can join us for the HPN Workshop, the Diversity Dialogue and Panel, Networking Lunch, Research Posters/Reception or all of these.
 

Registration for  IALHEA and / or HPN Workshop

HABCE 

Conference Schedule

  8:00       Registration is from 8:00 a.m. to noon.

  8:30      Breakfast / Workshop:  Advising Students for the Health Professions *

               (Earlybird Breakfast / Workshop) open to all)

10:00      General Registration / Networking Break

11:00      Welcome  

               IALHEA Diversity Dialogue and Panel

 12:30     Networking Lunch

   1:30     Research Plenary

   2:30     Research Posters Session

   4:00     Reception   

* The breakfast / workshop is open to all conference participants. The workshop focus is advising students for the health professions.  

Sponsorship Opportunities:  For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at ialheadiversity@gmail.com.

Our Past Sponsors:  

Illinois African American and Latino Higher Education Alliance (IALHEA), Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education (ICBCHE), Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education (ILACHE), DePaul University, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC),  UIC Office of the Chancellor, UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for External Affairs, UIC Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Latinos (CCSL), UIC Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Blacks (CCSB), UIC Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement Urban Public Policy Fellowship Program (UPPF), UIC Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services Program (LARES), UIC African American Academic Network (AAAN), UIC CHANCE Program, UIC Graduate College, UIC Graduate College UHP, Urban Health Programs (UHP) Central Office,  UIC Health Professions Navigator Program.