The Latin American and Latino/a Studies program will join with the campus to honor cultures and heritage during Latino Heritage Month with speakers, a film, and a Day of the Dead celebration.
The Spanish Club will hosting the first Hispanic Heritage Fair at Illinois State University from 4-8 p.m. Friday, September 21, in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Maura Toro-Morn will present “Climate Refugees in the Global Age of Migration: Puerto Rican Migration in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria.”
An ISU delegation traveled to Chicago Friday to explore connections with Mexican and Puerto Ricans museums and communities.
AJ Kurfman, a senior here at Illinois State, is majoring in Spanish with a Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) minor. This spring, as he finished up his degree, he is doing an internship with the Immigration Project for credit toward the LALS minor. Despite his busy schedule, he made time to share with LALS
Professor Alejandro Enriquez has been part of the Latin American and Latino studies program since he began his teaching career at Illinois State University, offering courses in Spanish on Latin American literary and cultural history.
Rocío Rivadeneyra, a scholar who has studied Latina/os and gender in the media for decades, discusses how roles are starting to delve a little deeper.
With graduation rates for African American and Hispanic students at Illinois State exceeding the national average, the Career Center’s Cultural Career Network (CCN) hosts several programs annually to champion career success for all students.
To celebrate the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education coming to campus, a free screening of the documentary Dolores will be April 19 at the Normal Theater.
The 26th annual Latino Professional and Student Development Conference of the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education (ILACHE) is coming to ISU on April 20, 2018.
