Carmen Raya, a member of the first class of Chican@ & Latin@ Studies majors to graduate from the UW-Madison, completed an internship in Chile this past summer. She interned with the Fulbright Commission in Chile …
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CLS Remembers Administrator Sylvia Garcia, 1952-2024
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the community around it are mourning the passing of Sylvia Garcia, who worked as the Program’s Administrator from 2008 to 2016. Born in …
Latinx History Collective Wins Archival Achievement Award
On June 14th, the Board of Curators of the Wisconsin Historical Society gave the 2024 Governor’s Archives Award for Archival Achievement to the Wisconsin Latinx History Collective. This award recognizes a historical records repository that …
CLS Seeks Teaching Assistants
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program seeks two teaching assistants for the Fall 2024 CHICLA 201 (“Introduction to Chican@ & Latin@ Studies”). Apply at the Student Jobs Portal The position is 50% (20 hours per …
CLS Students and Staff win Awards at the Multicultural Graduation
Several members of the CLS familia were honored this week at the University’s annual Multicultural Graduation and Leadership Awards ceremony, including Academic Advising Manager Rachelle Eilers and graduating seniors Lenzy Xelhua-Ledezma and Cuauhtemoc Guizar. Lenzy …
Congratulations to the 2024 Somos Professional Development Recipients!
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce that Danitza Rodríguez-Jiménez and Mariela Sida have won the 2024 Somos Student Professional Development Awards, while advisor Rachelle Eilers has won the 2024 Somos Faculty and …
Congratulations to the 2024 Jesus Salas Activist Scholar!
The CLS Program is delighted to announce that senior Yanci Almonte Vargas has won this year’s Jesús Salas Academic Activist Scholarship. A Latinx student of African ancestry, born and raised by a Black mother in …
CLS Program and WLHC Seek Summer Student Workers
CLS is seeking summer undergraduate research assistant(s) to provide research support for the Wisconsin Latinx History Collective’s (WLHC) oral history and archival projects on Latinx communities in the state. The student will be trained in …
L&S Video Profiles New CLS Major, Advisor Rachelle Eilers
In case you missed it, the College of Letters and Science has created an excellent video portrait of the new major in Chican@ & Latin@ Studies, centered on a great interview with Rachelle Eilers, the …
CLS Seeks Summer Lecturers
The CLS Program seeks a lecturer or lecturers to teach CHICLA 210 (“Chicana/o and Latina/o Cultural Studies”) and CHICLA 501 (“Chicana/o and Latina/o Social Movements in the US”) online. For more information and to apply, …