All faculty, staff, and students are invited to join President Whitfield and Provost Heavey for an enriching day dedicated to learning, collaborating, and identifying actions that will advance our efforts as a premier MSI/HSI/AANAPISI institution.  

The Rebel community is invited to participate in a day dedicated to collaboration and the advancement of the university’s efforts as a leading MSI, HSI, and AANAPISI institution. We plan to spotlight Asian American, Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) communities while we celebrate the date that Congress established the official designation on September 27, 2007. 

The MSI Student Success Summit marks the culminating event of MSI Week and aims to increase awareness and knowledge of our campus community while addressing structural and cultural barriers that reduce equitable outcomes for our diverse students. This will be achieved through engaging speakers, hearing student voices and perspectives, insightful panels, and group discussions. 

Hear from keynote speaker Robert Teranishi, Ph.D., Professor of Social Science and Comparative Education, and the inaugural Morgan and Helen Chu Endowed Chair in Asian American Studies, School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles. His research examines the causes and consequences of the stratification of college opportunities, with a particular interest in the impact of higher education practice and policy on the mobility of marginalized and vulnerable communities.

Teranishi’s research has been influential in federal, state, and institutional policies related to college access and completion. He has testified before Congress on the Higher Education Reauthorization Act, the College Cost Reduction and Affordability Act, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. His research has been referenced in U.S. Supreme Court cases on school desegregation and affirmative action in college admissions. In 2011, he was appointed by Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity and Excellence Commission. In 2015, he was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as a member of the National Board for the Institute for Education Sciences. He has also served as a strategic planning and restructuring consultant for the Ford Foundation.

Registration closes September 20.

Summit Overview

1. Identify critical elements of being a student-serving Minority-Serving Research Institution.
2. Understand the definition, description, and academic profiles of students that are represented by the AANAPISI designation.
3. Recognize that equitable student success outcomes for AANAPISI students, and other diverse student groups, result from intentional partnerships between faculty, staff, and students, as well as processes, programs, and initiatives that remove barriers and help close the achievement gap.
4. Convey practical and specific proven practices that enhance servingness for Minority Serving Research Institutions like UNLV.
5. Articulate specific action items at the individual, group, and institutional levels that promote equitable student experiences and successful outcomes.