Every September, students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison kick off Latine Heritage Month with a march up Bascom Hill. The event is a chance for all UW students to celebrate Latine culture, make new connections …
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CLS Program Seeks a Student Hourly Worker for Fall 2025
A student hourly/work study position is available for the Fall 2025 semester in the Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies Program. The position may be extended to future semesters at the discretion of the Program’s Director. This …
CLS alumna Carmen Raya (’24) Completes International Internship
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 …
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 Seeks a Student Hourly Worker
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program Student Assistant A student hourly/work study position is available for the Spring 2024 semester in the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program. The position may be extended to future …
81 students graduate with the CLS Certificate
On May 13, 2023 in Ingraham B10, the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program recognized eighty one students from a variety of majors who are graduating with our Program’s Certificate, another record-breaking class. Assistant Dean Emerita …
“Chicanx & Latinx Studies Online” Launches with Student Writing
CLS Professor Theresa Delgadillo and her students in CHICLA 520 “Latinx Digital Publics” spent a semester exploring how to use the digital sphere to create and share public-facing Latinx Studies knowledge. You can read their …
Madison Poet Laureate Angie Trudell Vasquez to Address CLS Certificate Recognition Ceremony
On Saturday, May 14th, at 9:00 am, City of Madison Poet Laureate Angie Trudell Vasquez will address a record graduating class of Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Certificate students. A poet, writer, performer, activist and publisher, …
Congratulations to the 2022 Jesus Salas Academic Activist Scholar!
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce that senior Student Stephanie Salgado Altamirano has won this year’s Jesus Salas Academic Activist Scholarship. A vocal leader in grassroots movements for climate justice and …