Michigan State University professor sparks university’s creation of 2nd national Chicano/Latino doctoral program to begin in fall

Posted on: September 8th, 2006
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“When Dionicio Valdés was at the University of Minnesota in 1984, he dreamed about the day universities in the United States would have a Chicano and Latino doctoral program.

Valdés tried to create a program at Minnesota for more than 20 years while he worked as an assistant professor in Chicano studies. When he couldn’t make it happen there, he moved to MSU to try again.”

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