Training and Professional Development

  • 10/20 Holistic Admissions and Diversity Recruitment

    The Graduate School’s

    Fall 2022

    Timely Topics Series

     

    Timely Topics is a series of opportunities to engage with subject matter experts on topics relevant to those who support and advise graduate students and programs. Every session is available to all UConn faculty and staff. We hope you’ll join us for the upcoming session:

     

    Holistic Admissions and Diversity Recruitment  

    Holistic admissions review is a more equitable, inclusive approach to considering applications for admission and evaluates applicants using a variety of metrics. This session will discuss best practices for using information from a variety of sources to get the fullest picture of each applicant's potential. The Graduate School can support your department’s efforts to recruit a diverse applicant pool.

     

    Date:            Thursday, October 20, 2022

    Time:            1pm – 2pm

    Register:       Through this link  

    Facilitators:   Kent Holsinger, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of The Graduate School

                        Meg Drakos, Director of Graduate Admissions, The Graduate School

                        Stuart Duncan, Director of Programming and Diversity Recruitment, The Graduate School

     

    You can learn more and see all the sessions scheduled for Fall 2022 at our webpage: https://grad.uconn.edu/timely-topics/

    For more information, contact: Megan Petsa at megan.petsa@uconn.edu