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 Education Department photographs, approximately 1971-1989
Contains photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and a few slides of images gathered for yearbooks and from student multicultural activities. Also contains yearbook layouts and a copy of the 1971-1972 Tribe of Many Feathers yearbook. Materials are dated approximately 1971 to 1989.
Multicultural Programs photographs, 1960-1990
Contains photographs, contact sheets, slides, and negatives of images of events conducted by Multicultural Programs. Includes images from the Miss Indian BYU scholarship pageant, Tribe of Many Feathers, Lamanite Generation, and other student organizations. Also includes images featured in the Eagle's Eye. Materials dated 1960 to 1990.