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Monday, July 28, 2008
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com

RECRUITING
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out-of-state students $15,000 a year
for four years.
The affirmative action ban pre-
vents the University from offering
scholarships based on race. But it's
still legal for the Alumni Associa-
tion to do so because it's a private
nonprofit organization.
Though the awards pay the bulk
of tuition for in-state students,
Grafton describes them as "recruit-
ing scholarships" and measures the

program's success by the number of
students it attracts. Twenty-two of
the 33 students offered the scholar-
ships have enrolled, Grafton said.
"We're helping the University
to compete with other universities
to attract these students," he said.
"These are students who are very
bright."
He pointed to the recipients' ACT
scores - which average above 31.
The African-American Alumni
Council has also stepped up its
recruiting efforts since the affirma-
tive action ban.
"Many of the admissions people,

I think they really do value diver-
sity at U of M, and sometimes they
really feel like their hands are tied,"
said Michael Henry, chairman of
the AAAC. "We decided to pick up
the ball on that."
One priority for the group is to
make campus more welcoming to
underrepresented minorities.
The MLK Scholarships, which
are awarded to academically strong
black students who have shown an
interest in giving back to their com-
munities, are part of that effort.
About 40 to 60 recipients each year
receive a single $2,000 grant.

But the group is also start-
ing to work with middle and high
school students. The AAAC added
a Recruiting and Admissions Chair
to its governing board, in charge of
increasing member contact with
African American middle and high
school students who might consider
Michigan. Many AAAC members
now attend the admissions office's
recruiting events and are mentors in
the Each One/Reach One program.
"We decided after (the ban) that
we needed to be alot more active in
terms of connecting alumni to stu-
dents who mightbe interested in the

University," Henry said.But it's just
part of their effort to recruit accept-
ed students of all backgrounds.
Grafton was proud to say the
Alumni Association assigned an
alum to every admitted underrep-
resented minority student. But 85
percent of all admitted students are
assigned a volunteer, he said.
"I think it makes a difference
when they see people who look like
them, and when they hear the sto-
ries of alumni who may have been
raised in ways similar to them,"
Henry said.


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