Vincent Isom, interim director for the IU Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs’ 21st Century Scholars Program, was honored with the 2015 University Partner Award.
Inroads Inc., a multicultural nonprofit specializing in leadership development and career opportunities for high-potential, underserved youth, recognized Isom with the award, according to the release.
“I am happy to receive the award recognizing my service to students through Inroads,” Isom said in the release. “I believe in the work of Inroads, developing and placing talented underserved youth in business and industry, preparing them for corporate and community leadership.”
Isom is the first recipient from IU-Bloomington to receive the award, according to the release.
“Vincent was nominated and selected because he has been impactful in partnering with Inroads in obtaining top-level talent from Indiana University-Bloomington,” said Eileen Williamson, national recruiter for Inroads, in a press release. “His advocacy and direct contact with students assisted Inroads’ outreach, the interview process and training of students.”
IU has served as an Inroads university partner since 2000, according to the press release. The partnership involves recruiting qualified applicants for the organization’s internship program — with selected students receiving paid multi-year internships with companies across the country — customized skill-development training, year-round professional and personal coaching and guidance and more, according to the press release.
In the spring of 2015, 90 percent of the students on academic probation at IU achieved increased academic success in one semester because of Isom’s strategy to include study tables and to increase contact with students through active advising practices, according to the release.
IU has seven summer Inroads interns and one May 2015 alumnus, according to the press release.
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