Brigham Young University. Multicultural Education Department
Dates
- Existence: 1981 - 1985
Administrative History
The Multicultural Education Department (1981-1985) was an administrative unit at Brigham Young University.
The Multicultural Education Department was established in 1981, in a merger of the earlier Indian Education Department and Minority Education, and operated as part of Nonmajor Programs in Student Life. The unit provided tutoring, counseling, financial assistance counseling, career and curriculum advisement, housing assistance, minority clubs, and personalized education to minority students. In September 1985, the unit was renamed and restructured as Multicultural Programs.
Citation:
The eagle's eye, Sept. 1982: p. 2 (Multicultural Education Department, Brigham Young University)BYU Organizational History website, via WWW, May 29, 2014 (Multicultural Education Department; Department of Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education; est. in 1981 in a merger of earlier Indian Education Department and Minority Education; associated with the Multicultural Education Center; provided tutoring, counseling, financial assistance counseling, career and curriculum advisement, housing assistance, minority clubs, and personalized education to minority students; Gail S. Halvorsen was the Acting Director (1982-1983), Virgus Con Osborne chairman (1983-1985); September 1985, renamed and restructured as Multicultural Programs)
Indian education at Brigham Young University, 1993: p. 144 (Multicultural Programs begun in Sept. 1985; director, Max Swenson, reported to Assistant Dean Ryan Thomas in Student Life; advisement and support, no curricular offerings)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Multicultural Programs records
Contains department scrapbooks, photographs, including slides, contact sheets and negatives, of events conducted by the department and student organizations, and copies of the periodicals Eagle's Eye and Buffalo Hide. Materials dated 1960 to 1990.
Multicultural Programs scrapbooks, 1971-1988
Contains scrapbooks and loose scrapbook material such as letters, programs, clippings, and issues of The Eagle's Eye and Buffalo Hide. Materials related to departmental multicultural events, activities, and student organizations. Materials dated 1971 to 1988.