Aligning and Partnering with Admission Colleagues post-SCOTUS (4 pm EST / 3 pm CST)
Our November webinar will zoom in on the growing attention FGLI populations will receive in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decisions on affirmative action in college admissions. What do developing strategies in the admission space mean for programs and initiatives serving FGLI students once they enroll? How can folks in roles centering FGLI student success and support build relationships with leaders in Admission offices at their institutions, and how can folks in these roles help each other as we navigate a future in which FGLI students receive an even stronger focus?
Please join us as Amin Abdul-Malik González (Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Wesleyan University) and April Ruiz (Dean for Academic Equity, Inclusion, and Success at Wesleyan University) discuss how they have built a partnership through which they are able to inform and support each other’s goals and, ultimately, better serve the FGLI community at their institution. From big initiatives to smaller policies, and from thought partnership to resource advocacy, Amin and April will share how admission staff and FGLI program staff have many opportunities for mutual support.
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Amin Abdul-Malik González
Amin Abdul-Malik González is currently Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Wesleyan University. Prior to this, he served as director of admission at Choate Rosemary Hall for three years and associate director of undergraduate admission and co-director of multicultural recruitment at Yale University for eight years. In every professional role he’s occupied, he has been a strong advocate for underrepresented students, especially those of first-gen and/or extremely modest socio-economic backgrounds. As an FGLI student and member of the “privileged poor,” he had the opportunity to attend an independent boarding school and small liberal arts college as an Albert G. Oliver Scholar. He went on to complete his undergraduate education at Wesleyan, where he was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, studied abroad in Egypt, and earned his bachelor’s degree in history.
April Ruiz
April Ruiz is currently Dean for Academic Equity, Inclusion, & Success and interim Vice President for Equity & Inclusion at Wesleyan University. Prior to this, she held other dean roles at Williams College and Yale University, all of which allowed her to serve and center FGLI students. As someone who attended a highly-selective university as a first-generation and low-income student herself, she finds meaning in work that allows her to help FGLI students navigate these institutions as they are, while also effecting change at these institutions to make them more inclusive from within. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of St Andrews and a BA in Cognitive Science from Yale University. April is also a member of the Executive Committee for the FGLI Consortium.