1997 Annual Report

Board of Trustees Report to the Constituencies 1997

Diversity

diversity

The diversity steering committee, chaired by Leslie L. Pollard, DMin, special assistant to the president for diversity, meets quarterly to discuss plans, concerns, and challenges that will be addressed by the diversity committees of the schools.

1997-98 academic year highlights
Minority student orientation, October 4

First annual Hispanic Alumni of Loma Linda University (HALL) Banquet, October 5, Wong Kerlee International Conference Center

Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) retreat, October 31 to November 2, Pine Springs Ranch, Mountain Center

Black Health Professionals Student Association (BHPSA) retreat, November 7 to 9, Pine Springs Ranch

Asian-Pacific Islander Student Association (APSA) organized, December 14

First annual LLU African-American History Festival, February 21 to March 2

First annual Diversity Awareness Celebration, February 21, Kansas Avenue Seventh-day Adventist Church, Riverside

Black Alumni of Loma Linda and La Sierra Universities (BALL) Fifteenth Annual Scholarship Banquet, February 28, Hotel Inter-Continental, Los Angeles

First Diversity Leadership Award presented to Bank of America Foundation at the BALL banquet for its 1997 funding for the Research Apprenticeship for Minorities Program (RAMP)

Diversity Workshop for North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists’ Conference Presidents Meeting, February 11, Pine Springs Ranch

ALAS, APSA, BHPSA joint vespers service, April 10

School of Allied Health Professions diversity workshop, April 12

“Celebrating Diversity” consecration service for minority graduates of Loma Linda University and La Sierra University, May 16, La Sierra Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church, Riverside