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NewsvineCORRECTION: The print edition of Friday's paper inaccurately reported that a new director would replace Sociology Prof. Lawrence Bobo in the Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity department (CCSRE). A new director will expand service opportunities and work with Bobo, not replace him. The online version has been corrected.
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The Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) recently received a $2.5 million gift that will allow the 10-year-old program to grow in scope, while Provost John Etchemendy announced yesterday that his office would offer further support by funding 10 new faculty positions and six new graduate fellowships for the Center.
The gift — which comes from the Raikes Family Foundation, a Seattle-based institution headed by Tricia and Jeff Raikes ‘80 — will be matched by the School of Humanities and Sciences to create a $4 million endowment for the center.
Five hundred thousand dollars of the Raikes’ donation is allocated to hire a new director for five years to expand service learning opportunities for students. This administrator will work with Sociology Prof. Lawrence Bobo, the center’s current head, who praised the Raikes, saying their gift will allow the center to expand its reach on campus.
“We want to reach more students and to have a more profound effect on how they understand themselves and what they can and should get out of an education here at Stanford, and to become people who make a larger difference in the world outside,” Bobo said in a statement.
On the heels of the Raikes’ gift, Etchemendy announced at yesterday’s Faculty Senate meeting that his office would fully fund 10 new faculty positions for five years; the new faculty would work at CCSRE but could join any of the University’s schools. After five years, however, their salaries would be partly covered by their respective schools.
In addition, the provost’s office is also sponsoring six new graduate fellowships indefinitely. These new fellowships will be three-year programs associated with CCSRE.
Etchemendy praised the center and its new additions in a statement.
“The center’s program encourages our students to move past their own cultural assumptions and boundaries and prepares them for an increasingly complex world,” he said. “Upon graduation, many of our students will devote themselves to public service that will transcend national boundaries; others will work in business settings that are increasingly global in nature. The center is a working model for how to collaborate with a diverse set of colleagues and provide leadership in a world that is less and less confined by national, ethnic and cultural boundaries.”