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Colorado State University is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month starting Sept. 17 with many on-campus activities from salsa dancing lessons, luncheon discussion panels and Latino stories.

El Centro Student Services will have an open house from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in Room 178 of the Lory Student Center for the public to visit the organization. Other festivities for this month-long celebration include the following.

- Sept. 23: “Hola Amigos! Latino Stories, Puppets and Music” will take place from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Fort Collins Library. Ages four and older are encouraged to attend and listen to children’s stories reflective of Hispanic Heritage Month.

- Sept. 25: “7th Annual Evening of Music, Dance and Fashion” will take place at the Lory Student Center from 7-9 p.m. This event is sponsored by El Centro, Friends of the Library and CIRA LTD. of Fort Collins.

- Oct. 4, 5, 18 and 19: “Successfully Engaging Culturally Diverse Students” workshops will be held in the Lory Student Center from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The workshops will focus on intercultural competency skills.

- Oct. 8: “Faces of America,” sponsored by El Centro and Campus activities, will be held in the Lory Student Center from 7-9 p.m.

- Oct. 8: “Women at Noon Brown Bag Luncheon” will be held in Room 214-216 Lory Student Center. A Latina panel will discuss “Success and Challenges at CSU.”

- Oct. 14: “Salsa Magic Night” will be held in the Lory Student Center north ballroom from 7-10 p.m. providing salsa lessons, open dance and performances.

- Oct. 15: “17th Annual Math and Science Technology Day” will be held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Main Ballroom of the Lory Student Center.

- Oct. 30: “El Dia de Los Muertos” will be held at the Front Range Community College Larimer Campus from noon-4 p.m. During “The Day of the Dead,” community members will bring altars to commemorate their lost loved ones. “The Day of the Dead” dates back 500 years when conquistadors landed in the Americas. Today it is still practiced, especially in Mexico.

- Oct. 31 and Nov. 1: “El Dia de Los Muertos” will be celebrated at the Fort Collins Library. Nov. 1 is All Saints Day, and families and community members are invited to visit the altar exhibits displayed from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

- Nov. 3 to Nov. 6: “El Dia de Los Muertos Celebration and Educational Programming at CSU,” sponsored by ASAP, Campus Activities, El Centro and Sigma Lambda Beta Inc.

Hispanic Heritage Month began in 1968 to commemorate the achievements of the Hispanic community. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan changed the celebration from a week-long event to a month. Sept. 15 was chosen because it is the day for independence of five Hispanic countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

For more information about the events and activities of Hispanic Heritage Month, visit www.elcentro.colostate.edu or call El Centro Student Services at (970) 491-5722.”

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. “

High-achieving Latino students will debate issues and experience the complex world of government while participating in the National Hispanic Institute’s 19th Annual Colorado Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session June 22-29.

The Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session, sponsored by and held on the Colorado State University campus, is a weeklong conference where students engage in a mock legislative process and judicial hearings that examine the challenges faced in Hispanic communities. Students representing Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington and the countries of Mexico and Panama will attend.

The event gives high school sophomores and juniors a better understanding of community equity building and a chance to improve their skills in public speaking, organizational management and constituency building.

“This experience challenges students to examine their cultural ties and understanding of the Latino community and inspires them to become involved,” said Varo Maldonado, conference coordinator and associate director of Admissions at Colorado State. “All participants emerge with a new understanding of how they can shape their future and that of the Latino community through a better understanding of the political system.”

The weeklong session features activities that include a general convention, senate and Supreme Court speeches, legislative sessions, Supreme Court trials and committee hearings.

Students will campaign for elected positions such as governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, senators, attorneys, or one of nine Supreme Court justice positions. Candidates will make speeches before the delegation and work to build constituencies. Each student must identify issues facing the Latino community and address them with long-term solutions. Students present and debate the merits of their proposed solutions before their peers and strive to have their ideas passed into law.

Colorado State University and the National Hispanic Institute have co-hosted this event since 1990. To qualify, students must have 3.2 grade-point averages or above and must be enrolled in a college-bound, high-school curriculum.

Ernesto Nieto, executive director of the National Hispanic Institute, founded the non-profit organization in 1979 as a way to encourage young Latino students to enhance their leadership abilities and actively participate in the Latino community. Students interested in participating in next year’s conference may contact Varo Maldonado in the Office of Admissions at Colorado State at (970) 491-6311.”*

Colorado State University President Larry Edward Penley has joined the board of directors for the National Society of Hispanic MBAS, an organization that fosters Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development.

The non-profit organization, founded in 1998, is governed by an 11-member board and has about 7,000 members.

Penley, president of Colorado State University since 2003, serves on numerous boards and committees as part of his efforts to elevate the university and enhance its service to students and the state of Colorado. Penley also serves on the boards of directors of the Colorado Renewable Energy Authority, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Mountain States Employers Council, the Mountain West Conference and the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Institute of International Education.

The society helps prepare Hispanics for leadership positions throughout the nation “so they can provide the cultural awareness and sensitivity vital in the management of the nation’s diverse workforce” as noted on the society’s Web page at www.nshmba.org.”*

The question from Colorado State University senior Jennifer Perea to junior high girls was simple: Had they ever been called names or told they couldn’t do something?

Nearly all of them raised their hands.

“You can be put under a stereotype; but if someone labels you that way, that doesn’t mean you can’t go to college or be a success,” she said. “Just because people tell you you can’t make it doesn’t mean it’s true.”“*

*From: http://www.coloradoan.com
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“Camila Alire, dean emerita at the University of New Mexico and Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., and J. Linda Williams, coordinator of library media services for Anne Arundel County public schools in Annapolis, Md., are candidates for the 2009-2010 presidency of the American Library Association (ALA).

Alire, is currently professor of practice (adjunct) for Simmons College’s Ph.D. program in managerial leadership and adjunct professor for San Jose State University Library & Information Science’s executive MLIS managerial leadership program.

She served as dean of libraries at the University of Colorado at Denver and worked as a community college library director, special library director, school librarian (K-12), and assistant to the dean/instructor at the University of Denver’s LIS program.

Alire currently chairs the ALA Committee on Legislation and chaired ALA’s Nominating Committee, Committee on Education and American Libraries Advisory Committee. She served on ALA Council and ALA Executive Board. Alire is past president of the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (2005) and chaired the 2005 ACRL National Conference. She served as national president (1993-94) of the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA).

Alire served on the Association for Research Libraries board. She chaired the Colorado Council on Library Development board; several Colorado Association of libraries committees; and several regional library system governing boards.

Alire co-authored books on library services to Latino communities, disaster recovery, and leadership and has written extensively on diversity.

Alire was named to the ALA/ALTA National Advocacy Honor Roll for her library advocacy work; received the Mountain Plains Library Association’s Legislative Award; and named Scholar-in-Residence for the Chicago Public Library System. She received the first ALA Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award and National REFORMA’s Librarian of the Year. She was honored by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the country.

Williams is currently serving a three-year term as an ALA Councilor-at-Large and a member of the Council Budget Analysis and Review Committee (BARC). She was elected to two terms as ALA Councilor-at-Large from 1984-1988 and 1988-1992. She has served or headed several ALA committees, chairing the ALA Membership Committee from 2003 - 2005 and the Council Policy Monitoring Committee from 1989 to 1990.

She has been involved with various ALA divisions and round tables. From 1998-2000 she served on the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Board of Directors and as AASL president in 2005. She chaired the Library Administration and Management Association’s (LAMA) Program Planning Committee from 1995 to 1996 and served on the Board of Directors from 1990-1992, and as Junior Members Round Table president in 1989.

Before joining Anne Arundel County, Williams held an administrative position in Prince George’s County, and served as a specialist in Library Media Services and Educational Technology at the Maryland State Department of Education. Since 2000, she has been an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, College of Library and Information Services. She has extensive school library experience dating back to 1977. Prior to that, she spent 10 years teaching English and history.

Williams is a recipient of the University of Maryland, College of Library and Information Services, Alumnus of the Year, 1988; and 3M/JMRT Professional Development Grant, 1981.

Williams also has been active with state and regional library associations in Maryland, recently being elected to the Citizens for Maryland Libraries Board, and a member of the Maryland Advisory Council on Libraries since 1998.

AASL, ACRL and LAMA are divisions of the ALA. REFORMA is an affiliate of the ALA.

ALA members current as of January 31 will vote on the spring ballot. The candidate elected will serve as ALA president-elect for 2008-2009 and as president the following year.
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“Aaron A. Abeyta is the author of three books, Colcha (University Press of Colorado), As Orion Falls (Ghost Road Press), and most recently the novel, Rise, Do Not Be Afraid (Ghost Road Press).

Abeyta received his MFA from Colorado State University and currently teaches at Adams State College. Abeyta is the recipient of the 2001 Colorado Book Award and the 2002 American Book Award. Other awards include a fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts and a Grand Prize from the Academy of American Poets.”

“For college students, summer usually means a break from heavy research and group projects, but for five Colorado State University business students, summer was more intense than school.

The Latino students, all accounting majors, finished second at an accounting competition in Florida earlier this week, beating out 24 universities from across the nation.”

“Marguerite Salazar, the president and chief executive officer of the largest rural Community Health Center in the country, was named to the Colorado State University System Board of Governors on Wednesday.

The nine-member board appointed Salazar to the position held by Chad McWhinney of Loveland, who resigned earlier this year.

“Marguerite’s tremendous experience with community outreach will complement Colorado States land-grant mission of serving all of Colorado,” said Larry Edward Penley, chancellor of the Colorado State University System. “We welcome her to the board.”

Board members are typically appointed by the governor, but the board can fill vacancies that occur mid-term.

“Marguerite has been an outstanding community leader and public servant for the state of Colorado and we are delighted to have her serve on the board,” said Douglas L. Jones, board chairman. “Marguerites leadership and experience will undoubtedly strengthen an already outstanding board and help the Colorado State University System reach new levels of success.”

Salazar has spent her career providing primary health care to indigent and underserved populations. Since 1989, she has served as president and CEO of Valley Wide Health Systems Inc., which consists of 19 primary care and dental clinics that serve more than 20 rural counties and 55,000 people.

Previously she owned her own private medical social work service company called Access Social Work Service, managing numerous contracts for hospitals, nursing homes and private clinics. She has also worked as a mental health therapist in the community.

Salazar attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins for several years and obtained a bachelors degree in psychology, sociology and gerontology and a masters degree in counseling psychology from Adams State College. She is also a certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse counselor.

Her many community activities have included serving as a member of the Alamosa County Democratic Central Committee, a trustee of the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation and a board member for such organizations as the El Pomar Foundation, the Nature Conservancy of Colorado, the Medical Services Board, the Womens Foundation of Colorado, the Colorado Community Managed Care Network and Colorado Humanities. She currently serves as chairwoman of the Colorado Community Health Network.

She has been listed on Hispanic Magazines Latinas of Excellence List and has received the Bernie Valdez Award for Excellence in Health Care. She was named a 2006 Livingston Fellow through the Bonfils Stanton Foundation.”

“High-achieving Latino students will debate issues and experience the complex world of government when they participate in the National Hispanic Institutes 18th Annual Colorado Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session June 17-24.

The Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session, sponsored by and held at Colorado State University, is a weeklong conference where students engage in a mock legislative process and judicial hearings that examine the challenges Hispanic communities face. Students representing the states of Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, California and Arizona will be in attendance. The event gives high school sophomores and juniors a better understanding of community equity building and a chance to improve their skills in public speaking, organizational management and constituency building.

“This experience challenges students to examine their cultural ties and understanding of the Latino community and inspires them to become involved,” said Varo Maldonado, conference coordinator and associate director of Admissions at Colorado State. “All participants emerge with a new understanding of how they can shape their future and that of the Latino community through a better understanding of the political system.”

The weeklong session features activities that include a general convention, senate and Supreme Court speeches, legislative sessions, Supreme Court trials and committee hearings. Students will campaign for elected positions such as governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, senators, attorneys or one of nine Supreme Court justice positions. Candidates will make speeches before the delegation and work to build their constituencies. Each student must identify issues facing the Latino community and address those issues with long-term solutions. Students present and debate the merits of their proposed solutions before their peers and strive to have their ideas passed into law.

Colorado State and the National Hispanic Institute have co-hosted this event since 1990. To qualify, students must have a 3.2 grade-point average or above and must be enrolled in a college-bound high school curriculum.

Ernesto Nieto, executive director of the National Hispanic Institute, founded the non-profit organization in 1979 as a way to encourage young Latino students to enhance their leadership abilities and actively participate in the Latino community.

Students interested in participating in the 2008 conference may contact Varo Maldonado in the Office of Admissions at Colorado State, 970 491-6311.”

“In fact, CSU-Pueblo has become the leader in Colorado in the number of Hispanic students who are graduating with degrees in science, engineering and other technical areas.

Of the 163 students who earned degrees in the science and technical fields at the university in 2006, 35 were Hispanic.

CSU-Pueblo ranked the highest in the state in the number of Hispanic graduates in those programs, according to statistics from the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver.”

“When Townsend graduates from Colorado State University-Pueblo this spring, shell be one of about 170 Latino students at the state’s public universities who are earning degrees in science and technical fields.

Latinos account for less than 4 percent of all degrees in those fields, according to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. But they are 20 percent of the states population.

“This is a major problem, this gap between Hispanic students and the rest of the population,” said Dan Arvizu, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden. “These are careers that have a great opportunity to contribute to society. We have to heal that gap.”"

“The life and work of Cesar Chavez, who was a champion for migrant workers rights, will be honored with a series of events at Colorado State University and in Fort Collins.

The 2007 Cesar Chavez Day Celebration, “A Tribute Through Art & Music: Social Justice - Our Responsibility,” will take place March 26-30.

The events, which will include dance performances, film screenings and speakers on immigration, will focus on the issues confronting migrant farm workers. All events are free.

Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association, now called the United Farm Workers, in 1956 to support the rights of migrant workers. One of his most famous actions came in 1965 when he led a strike of grape-pickers in California in a demand for higher wages. This and other non-violent protests brought awareness to the cause of migrant workers.”

“In order to reach the lofty goals Colorado State University-Pueblo President Joseph Garcia has set over the next five years, university officials will have plenty of work ahead.

As part of his presentation to the CSU System Board of Governors on the university’s five-year stretch goals, Garcia outlined what the university will need to do to achieve those goals.”

“With their strong presentation about whether to aggregate two business units of a bank, a team of Colorado State University business students recently placed second in a national case study competition.

“I was just glad to be there,” said Pablo Machado, a CSU team member participating in the Association for Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting competition.”

“Chancellor Larry Edward Penley and the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System announced on June 30 that Joseph Garcia, a Harvard-trained lawyer with extensive public service in southern Colorado, will be the new president of Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Garcia has served as president of Pikes Peak Community College since 2001.

“Joe has been a strong leader in Colorado higher education and in the business world,” said Patrick Grant, chairman of the Board of Governors. “His diverse professional background as an attorney, community college president and federal housing official makes him ideal to confront the challenges that face higher education in Colorado.”"

“One hundred-fifty high achieving Latino students are on campus this week to debate issues and experience the complex world of government. Participants are part of the National Hispanic Institute’s 17th Annual Colorado Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session June 18-25.

The Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session, sponsored by and held on the Colorado State University campus, is a weeklong conference where students engage in a mock legislative process and judicial hearings that examine the challenges Latino communities face. Students representing primarily the states of Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, California, and Arizona will be in attendance. The event gives high school sophomores and juniors a better understanding of community equity building and a chance to improve their skills in public speaking, organizational management and constituency building.”

“Colorado State University-Pueblo officials need to do more to communicate with the Hispanic community, and work to offer Hispanics more representation and involvement in the university, according to a recently released report commissioned by the CSU System chancellor.

“The lack of communication between the university and the Hispanic community is seen as a major issue,” wrote Raul Cardenas in his report to the university. “It is felt that the community is ignored by the university and that it has failed to establish positive relationships with the community.”"

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