My experience in outreach has shown me that Berkeley has much work to do in this area, particularly with some of the smaller institutions. Sometimes I attend large forums where a lot of students from the area come to talk to different representatives from different institutions. Sometimes I go off the beaten path, because the only way to really establish relationships is to take time and energy to connect with individuals. There are some wonderful people on campus, key people in outreach positions, including Carla Trujillo and Sheila Humphreys, in the College of Engineering, Barbara Hayashida, in the biological sciences, and Colette Patt, in the physical sciences. The Graduate Division tries to provide support and guidance for all graduate outreach programs on campus.
Support comes in various forms.
Sometimes it's providing some information and guidance about what a department can do. Sometimes support means funding. We have limited funds that Associate Dean Sung can make available to departments that have shown an interest and made some efforts in achieving diversity and excellence. In addition to traveling to other campuses, we work with departments on campus and with our own faculty. As you know, we have graduate affirmative action advisers in every department.