Two student townhouses for 1996-1997 will focus directly on issues pertaining to diversity. One townhouse, Diversity in Admissions, seeks to increase the enrollment of African American students at Rhodes. Another townhouse group, Bridges to Diversity, of which Venepalli is a member, will work further to improve diversity on campus in conjunction with the Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity. In her term as chair of the committee Venepalli wants to investigate diversity within the Rhodes curriculum, regarding not only the faculty but also the curriculum itself and student enrollment in classes. She expects the first several years of the committee's existence to consist chiefly of in-depth evaluation of diversity at Rhodes as a prerequisite to change.
Students know that diversity is important.
They don't know how to get there, yet, but they want to get there.