Keynote SpeakersFor more information please, visit the NCORE® web site at www.ncore.ou.edu

Wednesday, May 29, 1:30-2:15 p.m.Melissa Harris-Perry, PhD, Professor, Political Science, Tulane University, and Host MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry Show”

Wednesday, May 29, 5:00-5:45 p.m.OiYan Poon, PhD, Assistant Professor of Education, Loyola University Chicago

Thursday, May 30, 9:00-9:45 a.m.Sylvia Hurtado, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, and Director, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles

Thursday, May 30, 4:45-6:15 p.m.Panel of NOLA Presidents talk about how their institutions responded to the Katrina crisis.

Dr. Scott Cowen, President, Tulane UniversityDr. Norman Francis, President, Xavier UniversityDr. Walter Kimbrough and/or Dr. Marvalene Hughes, President, Dillard UniversityDr. Victor Ukpolo, President, Southern UniversityDr. Kevin William Wildes, President, Loyola University

Friday, May 31, 9:00-9:45 a.m.Joy Harjo Muskogee (Creek) Nation, Poet, Musician, and Author

Saturday, June 1, 11:00-11:45 a.m.Jean Quan, Mayor, City of Oakland, California

Saturday, June, 1 4:00-4:45 p.m.Robert Jensen, PhD, Professor of Communication, The University of Texas

For more information, please visit the NCORE® web site at www.ncore.ou.edu

Hotel InformationConference Headquarters Hotel: Conference Room Rates:Hilton New Orleans Riverside

Single/Double/Triple/Quad: $159.00+ 13% tax + $3 per room per night2 Poydras StreetNew Orleans, LA 701301-504-561-0500

Hotel Reservation Deadline: May 3, 2013NOTE: the hotel may sell out before the Hotel Reservation Deadline.

There is a direct link from the NCORE conference site to the Hilton Reservations Desk- http://ncore.ou.edu

To Make Reservations: call 1-800-445-8667 and mention the reservation code NCORE when reserving your room to ensure receipt of the conference rate. Reservations must be guaranteed by a major credit card. Conference rates for sleeping rooms are honored three days prior and three days post conference (subject to availability).

NCORE.OU.EDUCome to New Orleans. Connect with a national community of campus leaders and social justice change agents who are building inclusive campuses and culturally effective students. NCORE provides a rich selection of preconference institutes, keynotes, and breakout sessions. With issues of race, gender, and ethnicity shaping the world’s news, NCORE is still essential to building skills and gathering tools for positive change.

Call for ExhibitorsExhibitors: There are spaces available for commercial enterprises/vendors and nonprofit organizations to exhibit and sell their products and services. Two locations will be available for booths:

TEN Premium Booths in the Grand Concourse Hallway: Immediately outside the Grand Ballroom (location of all plenary and keynote sessions, and the site of most foot traffic) Premium Single: 8’x10’ booth - $750 Exhibitor Hall: Primary exhibitor location, featuring free wi-fi Single booth: 8’ x 10’ - $500 Double booth: $900

See NCORE web site for pricing and reservation information at ncore.ou.edu

Call for AdvertisersAdvertisements are invited for inclusion in the NCORE Conference Program and Resource Guide, as well as the NCORE web site.

For the Conference Program Guide:Circulation: 2,500 (2,000 -2,300 copies are distributed at the conference and the remainder are distributed upon request to interested higher education constituencies.)

PLACEMENT:Full Page Advertisements-7” x 10 ½”, no bleed Inside Back Cover Inside Front Cover Opposite each Day at a Glance Page Run of Press*Half Page- 7” x 5 ¼” , no bleed, Run of Press*Outside back cover (full color)

*Run of Press- at the discretion of the publisher For information on how to place an advertisement: visit the NCORE web site at www.ncore.ou.edu or call (405) 325-3694.

For the NCORE web site:Conference Sponsors receive a logo and link to their organization’s site. For more information about conference sponsorship opportunities, go to the NCORE web site at ncore.ou.edu.

For our MOBILE APP: Ask about opportunities for advertisements on the Conference Application, available for download prior to the conference.

$600$600$750$450$175$2500

Call for PresentationsThe conference focuses on the complex task of creating and sustaining comprehensive institutional change designed to improve racial and ethnic relations on campus and to expand opportunities for educational access and success by culturally diverse, traditionally underrepresented populations.

Possible Themes for NCORE 2013 Call for Papers:

•The Relationship of Race and Ethnicity with Other Social Identity Issues

•Student Leadership and Coalition Building

•Lesbian/Gay/Genderqueer/Bisexual/Transgender/Transsexual/Questioning/Intersex/Ally/Asexual: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

•Pedagogies of Race and Ethnicity

•Reinventing Language around Race and Ethnicity

•Race and Ethnicity: Body Arts, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts

•Ethnic Studies as a Social Justice Curriculum and Related Politics

•Think Tank around How Diversity Spaces Are Changing: How Are Conversations Becoming Less Specific to Ethnicity and More Generalized

•The Politics of Immigration on Conceptions of Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.

•From Theory to Praxis as We Address Issues of Race and Ethnicity

For proposal submission guidelines and our new online submission processes, go to ncore.ou.eduProposal Submission- now openDeadline: January 11, 2013Notification: February 1, 2013

College Board/NCORE Student Scholarship ProgramThe College Board/NCORE Student Scholarship Program supports a fully paid conference registration for a limited number of students.

KEY PROGRAM FEATURESAll NCORE® Student Scholars will be required to complete the NCORE® 2013 Student Scholars’ On-site Educational Program. This program has academic, community outreach, and networking components that require each student scholar to participate in and complete a sufficient number of sessions (at least 20 session hours) to earn a Student Scholar Certificate of Participation. Scholarship recipients and/or their institutions will be responsible for their own travel, hotel, and all other conference-related expenses. Both undergraduate and graduate students will be given equal consideration.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTSSubmit four collated sets of the three items listed below:

1. A letter that specifically addresses the following items (A-D) below:A. Your academic interests and achievementsB. Your leadership interests and experienceC. Your reasons for wanting to attend and participate in NCORE®D. Your commitment and availability to participate fully in the conference and the Student Scholar’s On-site Educational Program

(outlined above)NOTE: In the selection process, scores for letters that do not address items A-D will be penalized.

2. A resume.

3. Two letters of recommendation from faculty and/or staff. These letters must:A. Indicate a commitment of institutional support for conference-related costs not covered by the scholarship or state that these costs

will be covered by another sourceB. Affirm the students’ commitment and availability to participate fully in the conference and the Student Scholars’ On-site

Educational Program (outlined above)NOTE: In the selection process, scores for letters of recommendation that do not address items A and B will be penalized for their failure to do so. It is the responsibility of scholarship applicants to communicate this effectively to those individuals whom they ask to write letters of recommendation.

The deadline for scholarship application submission is February 28, 2013.Notification of awards will be made by March 31, 2013.

SEND FOUR (4) COLLATED SETS TO:The Southwest Center for Human Relations StudiesThe University of Oklahoma3200 Marshall Avenue, Suite 290, Norman, Oklahoma 73072Phone (405) 325-3694

25 Pre-Conference Institutes:101 Introduction to Undoing Racism®/Community Organizing Workshop102 Writing for Social Justice103 Mentoring Students of Color: Insuring and Investing in Their Success104 Women of Color and White Women in Conversation, Part II105 Social Justice Training Institute: The Student Experience106 Internationalization and Multiculturalism in Higher Education: Making Critical Connections to Realize Opportunities107 Triggering Events: Critical Competencies for Facilitating Difficult Dialogues108 Indian Identity: A Technological Revolution109 Identity Borders- Native Americans in Higher Education in the 21st Century110 The Social Justice Toolbox: Essential Concepts and Tools for Social Justice Educators111 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Championing Change Through the Voices of Diverse APPI Communities112 Cross-Racial Dialogue: Forty Years Later: Now Can We Talk?113 Demystifying the Doctoral Process: Realities, Revelations and Resources for Students and early Career Professionals in the Academy114 A Student Affairs Approach to Developing a Multicultural Competence Strategic Plan115 Using National Data and Interviews to Conduct Mixed Method Research on Race/ Ethnicity116 Chapter 7-Leadership, Women of Color and Women in the Academy; Nuance of Being Stealth-Social Justice is not Enough!117 Chief Diversity Officers and Affiliates: Essential Procedures for Assessment and Success118 Hip Hop and Social Justice: Pedagogy, Praxis, and Engagement in Education119 Intergroup Dialogues in Higher Education: Essential Principles and Methods for Preparing and Supporting Facilitators of Intergroup Dialogues120 Advancing Your Career: What You Need to Know to Advance in Higher Education – From Hair to Credentials121 Pipelines, Pathways, and Partnerships: Developing Sustainable Programs that Build Young Scholars122 Assessment and Evaluation of Programs for Inclusive Excellence123 Honoring Intersections of Identities: Cultural Centers and Programs as Campus Change Agents124 Cornell University: Institutional Commitment and Responsibility and the Towards New Destinations Initiative125 Latinos/Latinas in Higher Education

NCORE Registration•Register online for NCORE 2013 on the NCORE Conference web site: http://ncore.ou.edu•Print and complete the registration form. Mail it with a check or attach to a purchase order payable to the University of Oklahoma.

If you need any assistance, please call us: 405-325-3694•If you are mailing your payment, please address it to:

College of Continuing Education Registration University of Oklahoma 1700 Asp Avenue, B-1 Norman, OK 73072Cancellation/Refund Policy:Refunds for any registration will be made less a 25% processing charge per each registration for which we receive an advance written cancellation via e-mail by May 6, 2013. No refunds will be made after May 6, 2013. Prepaid registrants who find they are unable to attend may send a delegate in their place without penalty.No-Shows:If you are Pre-registered and do not attend the conference, you will be assessed the full conference fee for which you have registered.Group Discount:Special Large-group discounted rates are available for groups of 15 or more registrants. A discount of 10% will be applied to each registration from a single institution that sends 15 or more registrants. Partial Attendance:There are no “Partial Attendance” registration fees. Guest tickets for meal functions will be available on-site for purchase.Continuing Education Units (CEUs):Continuing Education Units may be earned at the rate of 1 CEU for 10 hours of documented attendance at one institute of your choice. No partial credit.

FAX OR MAIL REGISTRATION TO:FAX (405) 325-7164 (when payment is made by purchase order or credit card)College of Continuing Education RegistrationThe University of Oklahoma1700 Asp Avenue, B–1, Norman, Oklahoma 73072-6407Phone (405) 325-2379

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Special Needs: The College of Continuing Education and the Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies are committed to making their activities as accessible as possible to persons with disabilities or special needs (all meeting rooms are wheelchair accessible). Accommodations on the basis of disability are available by calling (405) 325-3694.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE (Includes access to one Pre-conference Institute of your choice):

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STUDENT CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE:

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE (May 29 through June 1, 2013):

$650—Early Bird Registration Fee by March 29, 2013 $750—After March 29, 2013 (Includes access to One Pre-Conference Institute, all Conference Sessions and Special Events over the five-day conference period.) A series of 25 Institutes is scheduled all day Tuesday, May 28 and the first half of Wednesday, May 29. Participants may register for only ONE Institute of their choice. PRE-ENROLLMENT IS REQUIRED.

Please enter the Pre-Conference Institute number of your choice into the box. (Pre-Conference Institute numbers are listed with the description on the “Pre-Conference Institutes” section of this packet)

$425 (Includes access to One Pre-Conference Institute, all Conference Sessions and Special Events over the five-day conference period.)

Please enter the Pre-Conference Institute number of your choice into the box. (Pre-Conference Institute numbers are listed with the description on the “Pre-Conference Institutes” section of this packet)

$625—Early Bird Registration Fee by March 29, 2013 $725—After March 29, 2013