Contact Info

Rice University Office of the Associate Provost, MS 3 P. O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251-1892 713-348-5688 (office) Roland B. Smith, Jr., Ed.D. Associate Provost Gloria N. Bean Assistant to the Associate Provost Sharon L. Bush Associate Director Diversity Outreach, MS 99 P. O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251-1892 713-348-4351 (office)

Dr. Roland B. Smith, Jr.
Associate Provost

Mission

Along with a growing number of universities across the nation, Rice University understands its responsibility as a citizen of the Houston community and beyond in preparing the next generation of leaders for increasingly complex societal and professional environments.

Diversity Outreach: Recruitment & Retention

• Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT)
• Rice University Diversity Home Page
• Barbara Jordan Scholars
• Mellon Mays
  
• GEM (National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science)
• Project 1000

Educational Community and Professional Networking

Diversity Related Institutional Memberships

• COE (Council for Educational Opportunity)
• HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities)
• TABPHE (Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education)
• TACHE (Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education)

Community

• Houston Area Urban League
• Texas Diversity Council

• Rice Nominators
• Upward Bound