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The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Larry Edward Penley, president of Colorado State University to the 2008 National Board of Directors. NSHMBA named Dr. Penley to the board as a result of a change in the board structure to diversify the background and expertise of the board. President Penley serves on numerous boards, both economic and higher education related and his expertise with public research institutions aligns well with the goals of NSHMBA. Before joining Colorado State University, Penley served for many years as a professor of management and dean of the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Dr. Larry Edward Penley became the 13th president of Colorado State University and Chancellor of the CSU System on August 1, 2003.

Dr. Penley’s lifelong commitment to higher education took root at Wake Forest University, where he earned a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a Master’s in Communication and his doctorate in management at the University of Georgia. Following graduate school, he joined the faculty of the University of Texas at San Antonio. Reflecting his strong commitment to international education and understanding, he also has taught at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico and the Universidad de Carabobo in Venezuela.

“Dr. Penley is an excellent addition to our board and will serve the entire NSHMBA organization well. By including different areas of expertise to our board structure, we continue to lift our organization to higher levels and to further our impact on our nation,” stated Lourdes Hassler, NSHMBA CEO.

Under the new NSHMBA Board structure, potential board members will undergo selection through a nomination process. The NSHMBA Nominations Committee will review candidates and submit for approval by the national board and chapter presidents. This new process will provide NSHMBA the opportunity to enhance the expertise and leadership of the board with like-minded national leaders from diverse backgrounds.

When asked about the new board structure, Hassler stated, “NSHMBA continues to benefit immeasurably from the commitment and expertise of our board and this enhancement.”

About NSHMBA
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) was created in 1988 as a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization. Widely known as the “Premier Hispanic Organization,” NSHMBA serves 32 chapters and 7,000 members in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It exists to foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development. NSHMBA works to prepare Hispanics for leadership positions throughout the U.S. so that they can provide the cultural awareness and sensitivity vital in the management of the nation’s diverse workforce. “

Rick Rodriguez, former executive editor of the Sacramento Bee, was named Tuesday as the first Carnegie Professor specializing in Latino and transnational news coverage at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. “*

As immigration from Latin countries continues to swell, so has speculation about the implications of increasing Latino populations in communities where they settle. Such speculation ranges from potential changes in local community life and culture to public policy.

Researchers at Arizona State University believe that, at least for the city of Phoenix which experienced a phenomenal triple-digit growth rate of 226 percent in its Latino population between 1980 and 2007, they have helped answer a pivotal question regarding impact on local public services.

According to the researchers, they found that Latinos in Phoenix are generally willing to pay for quality public services. Their findings, based upon analysis conducted on data collected by Phoenix-based Behavior Research Center as part of the City of Phoenix’s 2002/2004 Community Attitude Surveys, appear in the June issue of Social Science Quarterly.”*

The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) is pleased to announce the addition of four new universities to its University Partnership Program. Boston College — Carroll School of Management, Cleveland State University — Nance College of Business Administration, University of Miami — School of Business Administration and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — College of Business have been added to the list of top universities that comprise the 27-member partnership.
NSHMBA created the University Partnership Program in 2006 to provide select academic institutions an expanded pool of qualified Hispanic applicants for graduate business programs. The program also creates a joint partnership opportunity in order to strengthen the pipeline of Hispanic students completing bachelors and masters degrees. The partnership program offers financial assistance in the form of scholarships, fellowships and assistantships. The concept for the program began several years ago when individual NSHMBA chapters around the nation collaborated with local universities to offer financial assistance to deserving candidates. NSHMBA encourages more universities to join its partnership program and help build the number of opportunities available for top Hispanic students seeking MBAs and to develop a close relationship with the NSHMBA local chapters. In 2007, NSHMBA awarded over $1 million in financial assistance to outstanding Hispanics pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent.
“For the past 18 years, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs has been instrumental in helping Hispanics continue their education and actively pursue Masters of Business Administration degrees. As universities join the NSHMBA University Partnership Program, they benefit from recruiting top notch Hispanic MBA students for their business school,” said Lourdes M. Hassler, CEO, NSHMBA. “The universities that are part of the University Partnership Program will have a profound effect on the future landscape of business schools and corporations as we see more diverse MBA students graduate and move on to promising careers.”
The current University Partnership Program members are Arizona State University — W.P. Carey School of Business, Babson College — Babson MBA, Bentley — McCallum Graduate School of Business, Boston College — Carroll School of Management, Boston University — School of Management, Brandeis University — Brandeis International Business School, Case Western Reserve University — Weatherhead School of Management, Cleveland State University — Nance College of Business Administration, Drexel University — LeBow College of Business, Emory University — Goizueta School of Business, Florida International University — Chapman Graduate School of Business, HULT International School of Business, Northeastern University — Graduate School of Business Administration, Rice University — Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Stetson University — School of Business Administration, Texas Christian University — Neeley School of Business, University of Akron — College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida — College of Business Administration, University of Cincinnati — College of Business, University of Florida — Warrington School of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — College of Business, University of Miami — School of Business Administration, University of Minnesota — Carlson School of Management, University of Notre Dame — Mendoza College of Business, University of Tampa — John H. Sykes College of Business, University of Texas at Dallas — School of Management and the Willamette University — Atkinson Graduate School of Management.
About NSHMBA
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) was created in 1988 as a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization. Widely known as the “Premier Hispanic Organization,” NSHMBA serves 32 chapters and 7,000 members in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It exists to foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development. NSHMBA works to prepare Hispanics for leadership positions throughout the U.S. so that they can provide the cultural awareness and sensitivity vital in the management of the nation’s diverse workforce.”

Glendale native Ray Gonzales Sr. remembers working long, hard days as a concrete laborer in 1977.

Now, the 51-year-old still works long, hard days - as the president of his own general-contracting and concrete business.

He grew RBG Construction Co. from a startup operation in 1996 to a multimillion-dollar enterprise, which has had contracts with projects such as University of Phoenix Stadium, Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, the Translational Genomics Research Institute and the U.S. Border Patrol’s Douglas station. “*

But experts say that while there is a strong racist undercurrent running through the anti-immigration movement, racism alone is not enough to account for the massive anti-illegal immigrant sentiment throughout the country.

For that to occur, said Raul Yzagurre, a professor at Arizona State University, large numbers of people need to be personally affected. He points to the transformation of neighborhoods overwhelmed by immigrant Hispanics. At first, he said, small changes such as businesses moving in and putting up signs in Spanish are not seen as threatening.

“But there comes a tipping point when the feelings about those changes turns into fear,” Yzagurre said.”*

Call it “love in the time of stereotypes.” In Speak Spanish to Me, the world-premiere comedy at Actors Theatre, a perky blonde’s naive notions about Mexican-Americans are the basis of a romance that might be built to last.

It’s not just the Latin-lover thing that draws Liz to Frank on the first day of their freshman year at Arizona State University. Raised as a neo-hippie White liberal, the thought that her baggy-pants-wearing suitor might be a migrant worker, valiantly battling his way out of poverty, appeals to her class-conscious idealism.”*

Dr. Mildred García will be inaugurated as the seventh president of California State University, Dominguez Hills on Friday, May 2. Taking place on the Loker Student Union North Lawn, the ceremony will begin at 10 a.m., followed immediately by a reception at noon in the Loker Student Union Dominguez Ballroom. Inauguration day events are open to the public.

García assumed the presidency in August 2007 and in doing so became the university’s first female president and the first Latina president in the 23-campus California State University system. She succeeded James E. Lyons Sr., who retired last year after seven years as CSUDH president to take a position as secretary of higher education for the Maryland State Higher Education Commission.

García brings to the university more than 30 years of higher education leadership. She was previously president of Berkeley College, a private institution with seven campuses in New York and New Jersey, and served in various administrative capacities at Arizona State University, Montclair State University and Hostos Community College of City University of New York.

García began her career in higher education as a professor and considers herself an educator foremost. She continues to produce scholarly work focused on issues of equity in higher education. Her commitment to ensuring equitable access to higher education is well served at a university considered one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse in the western United States.

With the theme “Transforming Lives: Our Heritage, Our Future,” the installation ceremony of President García will highlight the rich history and promising future of CSU Dominguez Hills.

“The inauguration will be a celebration of all that is good about CSU Dominguez Hills, especially our students, faculty, staff, supporters and community,” said Dr. Kate Fawver, professor of history and chair of the Inauguration Committee. “This campus has a tradition of courage, hope and extraordinary commitment to the success of our students. This event will be an opportunity for others to see that CSU Dominguez Hills is among the best universities around.”

The proceedings will include a formal procession of faculty, staff and alumni of CSU Dominguez Hills, along with representatives from universities and academic societies across the country, in full academic regalia, performances by a student-faculty-

alumni inauguration choir and the Carson-Dominguez Hills Symphony Wind Ensemble, and speakers from the campus community, the local Carson community and visiting universities. Dr. Herbert Carter, CSU Board of Trustees member and a former CSU Dominguez Hills interim president, will preside over the morning’s festivities and give the opening remarks. García will be installed by CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed.

Among the individuals who will officially welcome García to the university will be CSU Board of Trustees chair, Roberta Achtenberg; Walter Neil, Carson Chamber of Commerce president and vice president of public affairs for BP; Mike Davis, an alumnus and California assemblyman for the 48th District; Dr. Carlos Hernández, chair of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and president of New Jersey City University; and Dr. Evelyn Hu-DeHart, professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University. Hu-DeHart will give the inauguration’s key address.

A noted scholar on the Asian diaspora throughout North and South America, Hu-DeHart has also written extensively on issues of ethnicity, race and gender, and the importance of multiculturalism in higher education curriculum. She and García met through their shared interest in the area of women and minorities in higher education.

Following her installation as president, García will deliver an address articulating her vision for the next chapter in the history of the institution.

More than a ceremony, the inauguration also serves as a fundraiser for the university’s Presidential Scholarship program, which awards $4,000 scholarships to high school and community college transfer students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement. The scholarship was established in 1994 and annually supports more than a dozen students. To date, the inauguration event has raised $175,000 through local business sponsorships for the scholarship fund.

Leading up to the inauguration, a week of special events has been planned to further celebrate the students, academic achievements and history of the university. Last Friday, April 25, Associated Students, Inc. (the student governing body), the Office of Student Life and the Loker Student Union Foundation put on “Casino Royale” Student Inaugural Ball, the university’s first student formal. As part of the ball, a special student swearing-in of President García took place.

Among the inauguration events open to the public are a town hall on the commendations and recommendations from the recent reaccreditation process by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the unveiling of the Dominguez Family and CSU Dominguez Hills Heritage Project. Funded by the Carson Companies and the Watson Land Company, the Heritage Project is a past-to-present photographic exhibit highlighting the history of Rancho San Pedro, the first Spanish land grant. CSU Dominguez Hills is on land that was once part of the rancho owned by the Dominguez family since 1784.

The WASC town hall will take place from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, and the Heritage Project reception will be from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30. Both events will take place in the Loker Student Union on campus.

A full list of events for the week, as well as other information about the inauguration, is at http://www.csudh.edu/inauguration.

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About CSUDH — California State University, Dominguez Hills is a diverse, urban university located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself on its outstanding faculty and friendly, student-centered environment. Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology, business administration, and digital media arts. On campus is The Home Depot Center, a multi-purpose sports complex that hosts world-class soccer, tennis, track and field, lacrosse, and cycling.”*

Speak Spanish to Me is culture-clash satire about a romance between two freshmen, one Anglo and one Latino, at Arizona State University. If that sounds tailor-made for a Valley audience, it is.

“I was looking for a certain kind of play and couldn’t find one,” says Matthew Wiener, artistic director of Actors Theatre. “It’s being written to spec, kind of.”

The world-premiere comedy was written by Bernardo Solano, who was born in Colombia and raised in the States with an Ivy League education. It was “kind of ” written to spec because it started as a one-act from his college days, inspired by the true story of a Chicano student at Harvard who responded to the pressures of his own culture-clash experience by robbing convenience stores. “*

*From: http://www.azcentral.com
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SMU’s new dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences is an academic administrator with experience in strategic affairs as well as an accomplished scholar-teacher in English and ethnic studies. Her appointment is effective July 1.

Cordelia Chávez Candelaria comes to SMU from Arizona State University in Tempe. She is Regents Professor in the Department of English and the Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, a department she once chaired. She also serves as associate dean of the Office of Strategic Initiatives in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU. “*

*From: http://www.ntxe-news.com
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Hundreds of behavioral health professionals from communities across Arizona will gather on Friday, March 28, at Arizona State University’s West campus for the Fourth Annual Cesar Chavez Behavioral Health Conference. Hosted by ASU’s College of Human Services, the 2008 gathering focuses on “Community-Based Social Justice in Recovery.”

The conference recognizes human rights icon Cesar Chavez while raising awareness about issues affecting minority and disenfranchised populations that receive or are eligible to receive behavioral health services.

Featured speakers include Stanford University Professor Amado Padilla, founder and editor of the Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Science; scholar and author Anthony Asadullah Samad, known for his fiery analysis of social, political and economic issues that influence American society; and Stella Pope Duarte, the award-winning, Valley-based author of Let Their Spirits Dance and If I Die in Juarez.”*

*From: http://asunews.asu.edu
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Stella Pope Duarte was born and raised in la Sonorita barrio in South Phoenix. She began her writing career in 1995 after a dream in which her deceased father related to her that she was destined to write.

She holds a B.A. in education from Arizona State University, and an M.Ed in Educational Counseling. Duarte has been awarded two creative writing fellowships from the Arizona Commission on the Arts for Fragile Night (Bilingual Press, 1997), her first collection of stories, and for a novel, Let Their Spirits Dance (HarperCollins, 2001). In 2000, she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Literature.”*

*From: http://labloga.blogspot.com
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Ayensa Millan, a 24-year-old community activist and DNC State Party Partnership staffer in Arizona, will deliver the Democratic Hispanic Radio Address this Saturday. Millan will discuss her impressions from meeting with Hispanic voters in Arizona and their disappointment with Senator John McCain’s betrayal on the issue of immigration and his promise of a third term of George W. Bush’s failed policies.

Millan immigrated to the United States at age 17 to be reunited with her mother after years of separation, and succeeded academically finishing high school in the top 4% of her class and graduating Magna Cum Laude from Arizona State University with dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Political Science and Psychology. Millan spent a year helping low income and middle class families facing foreclosure due to predatory lending schemes as part of community service for AmeriCorps. She Chairs the LULAC Social Justice Committee locally, is an Executive Member of the National Alumni Advisory Board for AmeriCorps, and is an active member of Somos America, a coalition for immigrant and human rights. “*

*From: http://www.prnewswire.com
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Last year, when Proposition 300 went into effect and undocumented students were barred from getting in-state tuition rates at Arizona universities, Arizona State University did a brave thing: It enlisted private donors to do what taxpayers would not.

If students graduated from an Arizona high school but couldn’t prove they were in this country legally, ASU awarded them a privately funded $12,000 grant called the “Sunburst Scholarship.” The goal was to bridge the gap between in-state and out-of-state tuition — and keep a few hundred kids from dropping out of school.”*

*From: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com
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Carlos Castillo Chavez, a professor of mathematics, statistics and life sciences at Arizona State University, has been honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his efforts to help underrepresented students earn doctoral degrees in the sciences.

Chavez will receive the 2007 AAAS Mentor Award during a 16 February ceremony at the 2008 AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston. He served as dissertation adviser for four Hispanic Americans who earned their doctorates in mathematics or the biological sciences. Another 11 Hispanic Americans whom he mentored in an undergraduate research program have gone on to earn doctorates in the biological sciences, mathematics, statistics or bioinformatics at various institutions.

For more than a decade, Chavez also has raised money for and run a summer research program — the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute — aimed at encouraging Hispanic American and Native American undergraduate students to enter Ph.D. programs with an emphasis on mathematical or computational biology. As a result of his summer research program, 59 Hispanic Americans and Native Americans have gone on to graduate programs. As the recommendation from the award selection committee notes, Chavez’s work “has the potential to change the face of Ph.D. scientists who are researchers in the mathematics and computational biology area.”

Chavez earned his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin and spent 18 years at Cornell University before joining the faculty at Arizona State in 2004. He has published nearly 160 scientific articles and has authored or co-authored nine books.

In a letter supporting Chavez’s nomination for the mentor award, Simon Levin, Moffett Professor of Biology at Princeton University, said that Chavez has been a national leader in mentoring students. “They are all fiercely loyal to Carlos and appreciative of what he has done for them,” Levin wrote. “But perhaps more importantly, they are as exciting and excited a group of young scientists as I have ever met. Carlos has managed to transfer much of his own enthusiasm for science and mathematics to them, and it is impressive indeed.”

Several students who studied under Chavez submitted letters in support of his nomination for the award, including one from a Hispanic American woman who said his summer program for undergraduates had changed her life. “I am the first one in my family to get an education beyond high school,” she wrote. She said Chavez “gave me the confidence needed not only to dream big but also to achieve those big dreams through hard work and dedication.” She mentioned two other students in the program who benefited from Chavez’s constant encouragement: a young man who grew up in one of the most violent neighborhoods in Puerto Rico and went on to receive a Ph.D. degree from Cornell University; and a Hispanic American woman, the oldest of eight children, who had to work throughout her undergraduate years and spent four hours commuting to class each day. She went on to graduate school.

The AAAS Mentor Award honors those who have mentored and guided significant numbers of underrepresented students to earn a Ph.D. degree in the sciences, as well as scholarship, activism and community-building on behalf of underrepresented groups. Groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences include women of all racial or ethnic groups; African-American, Native-American, and Hispanic men; and people with disabilities. This award is directed toward individuals in the early or mid-career stage who have mentored students for less than 25 years. The recipient receives $5,000 and a commemorative plaque.

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*From: http://www.eurekalert.org
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Rick Rodriguez, former executive editor of the Sacramento Bee and the first Latino president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, is joining the faculty of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Rodriguez, 53, will be the school’s Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor and hold the faculty rank of professor of practice. He joins the faculty March 3.”*

*From: http://www.azcentral.com
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The prestigious Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is hosting the most comprehensive retrospective of Cuban art ever held outside Cuba’s borders. More than three years in the making, the show surveys some 400 works by more than 100 Cuban artists. More than half of the works were brought from Cuba; the rest are on loan, largely from private collections in New York and Miami and museums, particularly Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art and the Arizona State University Art Museum in Tempe, whose holdings of Cuban art are the world’s largest outside Cuba. Paintings and photography dominate, but sculpture, poster art, music, video, magazine covers, installations, films, even cigar wrappers make an appearance, all with the objective of capturing Cuba’s elusive national identity, or “cubanida.”"*

*From: http://www.boston.com
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The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation has named Frank Fernandez, JD, to its 13-member board of directors. The board directs the state’s largest grantmaking foundation dedicated exclusively to improving health in Minnesota and includes five community representatives.

“Frank brings great experience and passion in working with communities the foundation serves,” said Marsha Shotley, foundation president. “His understanding of the role of social and economic influences on health makes him a valuable addition to our board in guiding our work.”

Fernandez is a licensed attorney who joined Blue Cross in December 2005 as the government programs/Medicare attorney. He was promoted to vice president of government programs in August 2007. In this capacity he leads overall business operations for Blue Cross government programs including the Federal Employee Plan, Prepaid Minnesota Assistance Program (PMAP), MinnesotaCare, Medicare supplement plans and local Medicare Advantage plans. Previously Fernandez worked for health plans in Nevada and Wisconsin. He also served as executive director of the Nevada Association of Health Plans.

Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Fernandez attended Arizona State University, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science with an emphasis in Latin American studies. He attended Hamline University School of Law and graduated in 2005. Fernandez was admitted to the Minnesota bar in October 2005.

In 2006, Fernandez was elected to the board of the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association, having previously served as its student representative. He also serves on the steering committee of Fuerza Azul, Blue Cross’ new employee resource group for Latinos.

Fernandez replaces Timothy Peterson, who retired from the board in 2007.

For more information on the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation, visit us on the Web at www.bcbsmnfoundation.org or call (651) 662-3950 or toll free 1-866- 812-1593.

The Blue Cross Foundation’s purpose is to look beyond health care today for ideas that create healthier communities tomorrow. By addressing key social, economic and environmental factors that determine health — beyond genes, lifestyle and access to health care — the foundation’s work extends beyond the traditional reach of the health care system to improve community health long-term and close the health gap that affects many Minnesotans. The foundation has become the state’s largest grantmaking foundation to exclusively dedicate its assets to improving health in Minnesota, awarding more than $22 million since it was established in 1986.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, with headquarters in the St. Paul suburb of Eagan, was chartered in 1933 as Minnesota’s first health plan and continues to carry out its charter mission today: to promote a wider, more economical and timely availability of health services for the people of Minnesota. A nonprofit, taxable organization, Blue Cross is the largest health plan based in Minnesota, covering 2.9 million members in Minnesota and nationally through its health plans or plans administered by its affiliated companies. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, headquartered in Chicago. Go to www.bluecrossmn.com to learn more about Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
Website: www.bcbsmnfoundation.org/
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*From: http://sev.prnewswire.com
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Latinas/os in the United States: Changing the Face of América, a new collegiate textbook co-edited by Havidán Rodríguez, UD vice provost for academic affairs and international programs and professor of sociology, employs a multidisciplinary approach in providing a comprehensive study and analysis of the Latina/o experience, as well as the challenges and opportunities they confront in the United States.

Joining Rodríguez as co-editors of the 392-page book published by Springer, are Rogelio Sáenz, professor of sociology, Texas A & M University, and Cecilia Menjívar, associate professor of sociology, School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University.”*

*From: http://www.udel.edu
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Arizona State University has revealed that 207 students couldn’t prove their legal status last semester and became some of the first Arizona residents to be charged out-of-state tuition.

The university was complying with Proposition 300.”*

*From: http://www.azcentral.com
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Immigration issues could affect the economy, which is one reason some political candidates shy away from them, according to experts.

“It’s very good to talk about immigration, be tough on immigration while the economy’s doing well,” said Dawn McLaren with the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, adding that immigration remains in the spotlight “because we have not gone into that territory yet where it says, okay, we are just in very bad shape. Everybody’s losing jobs and we’re in a terrible recession.”"*

*From: http://ktar.com
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“For five Latina leaders, this year’s Homecoming is more than just a fun celebration. It’s an occasion to celebrate a lifetime of friendship and the recognition that a journey has come full circle – not just for them, but for their sons as well.

Latina community leaders Irma S. Dominguez, Hilda C. Hipolito-Celaya, Anita Luera, Lily Molina and Sandy Zapien-Ferrero will join ASU’s

Homecoming festivities the week of Oct. 21-27 to celebrate their 30th graduation anniversary.”*

“Glendale Community College has 4,000 reasons to celebrate this month’s Hispanic Heritage Month: Officials from the Multicultural Affairs Department at GCC said approximately 4,000 Latino students attend the college.

The school has scheduled the program, “Latino Contributions in the Defense of the U.S.” at 1 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Student Union.

Christina Marin, an Arizona State University (ASU) adjunct faculty member and curator of the Chicano/a Research Collection at ASU’s Hayden Library, is the presenter.”*

“From Dí de los Muertos exhibitions to an opera set in Spain to a one-woman show by a “Queer Señorita,” arts enthusiasts find something to delight at www.ArteEsAmor.com. The Arte Es Amor Web site features all events that comprise an annual celebration of Latino arts and culture presented throughout Tempe and Arizona State University.

One of the signature Arte Es Amor events is the Tempe Tardeada, Oct. 14 from noon to 8 p.m. The Tempe Community Center Complex, located at Rural Road and Southern Avenue, is home to this vibrant afternoon festival and dance celebrating Tempe’s Hispanic culture and community history. Patrons enjoy music, dance, food, activities for children, community booths and museum exhibits. The event is free.
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