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Bea González selected as liaison between Syracuse University and Posse

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Bea González, dean of University College, will be responsible for working with the foundation throughout the year to support and recruit Posse Scholars. Among her other responsibilities is working with faculty members who will serve as Posse mentors.

By Satoshi Sugiyama

Bea González, dean of University College at Syracuse University, has been appointed to handle a liaison on behalf of the university with the Posse Foundation scholarship program, the university announced Wednesday.

González will be working with the foundation to annually choose Posse Scholars for the university, support Posse community members on campus and assist faculty members who serve as mentors to each incoming Posse Scholar, according to an SU News release.

“Bea is a natural choice for this important position,” said SU Chancellor Kent Syverud in the release. “She has a long record of supporting the needs of, and generating opportunity for, students from a wide range of backgrounds.”

Posse, which was founded in 1989, annually picks public high school students with high academic and leadership potential, according to the foundation’s website. The organization has established partnerships with colleges and universities nationwide where selected scholars receive full-tuition scholarships for four years.

Syverud said in the release that Posse is “an important link” for the university to reach students with diverse backgrounds. He has previously been criticized for terminating contracts with Posse, scaling down the university’s recruitment efforts in Atlanta and Los Angeles.



After an 18-day sit-in led by THE General Body in 2014, the university announced it would support the Atlanta program in 2015 and Miami program in the long-term but discontinued a program in Los Angeles. Many students, including Posse scholars, protested the changes and the way they were announced during the 2014 sit-in at Crouse-Hinds Hall.

Posse President Deborah Bial visited SU campus in February 2015 to talk with SU scholars.

In addition to serving as the president of University College, González has been working as special assistant to the chancellor and a member of the citizen group Consensus to lead discussions on the potential Syracuse-Onondaga County merger.





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