Human Relations Committee
2012-2013 Committee Chairs
Aliza Gilbert
Highland Park High School
(224) 765-2055
agilbert@dist113.org
Council Team Director, Professional Development
Nate Bargar
Illinois State University
(773) 661-2534
nate.bargar@ilstu.edu
Purpose
The Human Relations Committee strives to heighten awareness, consciousness and sensitivity to the issues of culture, race, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender, age and other differences as they pertain to post-secondary access. The HRC aims to infuse this awareness in all aspects of the association and to serve as the communicator, spokesperson and advocate for “people issues.” The HRC develops educational programs for counseling professionals working with students who, for reasons of disadvantaged experiences, are often denied access to post-secondary educational opportunities.
Goals
- First Generation – Research ways to help reach out to first generation students and provide more college information for this group of students.
- Beyond Chicago – Work on initiatives beyond the Chicago metro area
- Step by Step – Investigate new ways to expose high school and college professionals to the Step by Step guides and provide more information on how to use the guides.
- Undocumented students – Continue to update and expand resources in the College Advising Guide for Undocumented Students
- LGBTQ – Review information available to the LGBT population and highlight ways universities can reach out to this population. Also, identify tools used by high school counselors to help LGBT students research colleges.
- Change committee name to Inclusion, Access and Success (PROPOSED)
College Advising Guide for Undocumented Students
The IACAC Human Relations Committee has published a guide designed to provide assistance to the high school counselors in Illinois who work with undocumented students. There are approximately 1.6 million undocumented students under the age of 18 are currently living in the United States, 65,000 of whom will graduate each year from high school. Learn more about the College Advising Guide for Undocumented Students.
First Generation Movie Screening
The HR committee screened the movie First Generation at Niles North High School and Rockford College and hosted Q&A sessions following the film. View more photos on our Facebook page
Access and Success Stories
Photos from the Human Relations Reception at the Annual Conference, Connect 2012
Meetings
September 7, 2012
January 11, 1013
April 12, 2013
Meetings begin at 1pm and take place at Oakton Community College, Skokie Campus
Step by Step Guides
For the past two years, the Human Relations Committee has trained college admissions counselors on how to present to underrepresented student populations using the NACAC Step by Step Guides to College.
Below is a list of admissions counselors who attended the trainings and are able to present on a variety of topics using the guides as a resource, pending counselor availability. If you would like to contact a counselor to see if they are interested and available to present, please use the contact information below. Please note: presentations are based solely on the counselor’s availability and interest and should be scheduled directly through the counselor using their contact information below.
Chicago-Area
Kelli Allen, Iowa State University kallen@iastate.edu
Audrey Barrientos, Western Illinois University, AR-Penman@wiu.edu
Aaron Boettcher, University of Illinois Springfield, aboet1@uis.edu
Aubriex Cason, The Ohio State University, acason@esue.ohio-state.edu
Sarah Daugherty, Bradley University, sarah@fsmail.bradley.edu
Michelle Defranco, Elmhurst College, defrancom@elmhurst.edu
Meghan Fore, Hope College, fore@hope.edu
Kari Garcia, Northern Michigan University, kproehl@nmu.edu
Rayya Ghusein, Elmhurst College, ghuseinr@elmhurst.edu
Christine Grotzke, Michigan Tech University, cmlitobo@mtu.edu
Brian Hodges, University of Illinois, Springfield, bshodges@uis.edu
Kathleen McSherry, Eastern Illinois University kmcsherry@eiu.edu
Karina Padilla, Ashford University, Karina.Padilla@ashford.edu
Jess Root, Hope College, jroot@hope.edu
Jennifer Saunders, DePauw University, jennifersaunders@depauw.edu
Courtney Wallace, Augustana College, courtneywallace@augustana.edu
Mary Ward, Truman State University, mward@truman.edu
Gina Williams, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, giwilli@siue.edu
Outside Chicago
Chris Caves, Ashford University, christine.caves@ashford.edu
Karen Dahlstrom, Black Hawk College, dahlstromk@bhc.edu
DeVone Eurales, Knox College, deurales@knox.edu
Christiana Headley, Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences, headleca@ihs.org
Ben Huntington, Scott Community College, bhuntington@eicc.edu
Kari Koster, Black Hawk College, kosterk@bhc.edu
Heather Mohler, Clinton Community College, hmohler@eicc.edu
Samantha Pelkey-Flock, Knox College, spelkey@knox.edu
Lori Perez, Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences, perezlj@ihs.org
Mike Pettis, Augustana College, mikepettis@augustana.edu
Erin Snyder, Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, esnyder@eicc.edu
Katie Watson, Muscatine Community College, klwatson@eicc.edu
LaDrina Wilson, Scott Community College, lnwilson@eicc.edu
Committee Members
Laila Alamuddin, Independent Counselor
Audrey Barrientos, Western Illinois University
Paris Brown, Lawrence University
Maria Bucio, Resurrection Project
Luis Caballero, Oakton Community College
Tanya Cabrera, Illinois Institute of Technology
Danielle Cargo, Oakton Community College
Carla Cortes, DePaul University
Christina Drescher, DePaul University
Anabel Duarte Menifee, University of Cincinnati
Traci Flowers, Loyola Academy
Cassandra Geiger, Schuler Scholar Program
Zachary George, Lake Forest College
Laura Gergely, College of Lake County
Terry Gilbert, Purdue University
Dan Gin, Niles West High School
Eric Hayes, City Colleges of Chicago
Michael Jones, City Colleges of Chicago
Tonetta Jones, Northern Illinois University
Luke Kerber, Aurora University
Polly Knudsen, Buffalo Grove High School
Emily Johnson, Augustana College
Mayra Lagunas, University of Illinois
Maxine Levy, Buffalo Grove High School
Elissa Lopez, City Colleges of Chicago
Mike Melinder, IUPUI
Gina Minelli, North Central College
Jerry Pope, Niles Township High School District 219
Shevon Porter, Northern Illinois University
Lindsay Rivera, Cardinal Stritch University
Matthew Topham, Niles North High School
