College of Letters & Science
On September 22, the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program held the first of a series of panels in the “Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Today” series. The panel brought contributors to the new volume Building Sustainable Worlds: Latinx Placemaking in the Midwest, just out from the University of Illinois Press, to discuss the ways that people …
CLS Certificate student Viridiana Carreno will be among three outstanding undergraduates who will address the College of Letters and Science’s Scholarship Reception this Friday, October 15th in Union South. This annual event celebrates recent scholarship recipients and honors the generosity of scholarship donors. A senior Biology major on a pre-medicine track, Viridiana is also pursuing …
The University’s annual Latinx Heritage Month begins this week with the “March Up Bascom,” organized by the Latinx Cultural Center, ChiLaCSA, and the CLS Program. Students will meet at the bottom of Bascom Hill at 5pm on September 15th, and will march up to the top with the flags of many Latin American nations. Activities …
CLS professor and former director Armando Ibarra will be among those honored when Community Shares of Wisconsin celebrates its 50th anniversary on September 23rd. Prof. Ibarra, whose home department is the School for Workers, was nominated by Voces de la Frontera for the Sally Sunde Family Advocate Award. The award is given every year to …
In response to the latest directives from the Chancellor’s office, the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program has cancelled the remaining CLS Community Gatherings for Spring 2020. We expect the series to return in the Fall. The CLS Program offices are closed to the public for the semester. Staff are working remotely and will be available …
Thanks to all of our CLS students, instructors, and staff for the patience, calm, and thoughtfulness you have all shown in the wake of the University’s decision to hold classes remotely, cancel events, and send many students home through April 10th. The health of the campus community is our Program’s top priority. As we adjust to …