College of Letters & Science
Jesús Salas, a longtime labor organizer, educator, former UW System Regent, and benefactor of the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program, was honored earlier this month with a plaque at Alumni Park commemorating his achievements. He was one of eleven distinguished alunni of the University whose images are now visible in the park. Like many of …
A recent news report on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Madison’s Latinx community highlights the work of CLS Alum and Jesus Salas Scholarship recipient Gilberto Osuna León (’20). As a bilingual COVID-19 specialist with the Latino Health Council, Gilberto works at Madison’s testing sites, registering patients, sharing results, and administering tests. Having studied …
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to thank Daniel Malacara, a UW-Madison alumnus and former Assistant Dean of UW Extension, for a generous gift to the fund that supports the Jesus Salas Academic Activist Scholarship, supplementing gifts provided by Regent Salas himself and generous alumni of our Program. Mr. Malacara made the donation …