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Asian American Pacific Islander

The Hybridization of Ethnic Studies

The intersection of Asian and Latin American studies has produced a burgeoning new field in transnational studies.

Diverse Calendar

Oct. 1-4 National Academic Advising Association Annual Conference “Taking Advising to New Heights” Hyatt Regency Hotel Chicago Web: www.nacada.ksu.edu/ AnnualConf/2008 Oct. 1-5 Association for the Study of African American Life and History 93rd Annual ASALH Convention “Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of Multiculturalism” Sheraton Birmingham Hotel Birmingham, Ala. Web: www.asalh.org/93rdconvention Oct. 9-11 National Society […]

Native Americans

Alaska and Washington Schools Win Grants

Grants to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks Interior Aleutian campus and the Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Wash., have been announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Native Americans

$5 Million Awarded to Tribal Colleges

Seven Native American colleges and universities will share $5 million to expand, renovate, and equip their own facilities, to improve student housing, and to support construction of new facilities. the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced.

Native Americans

MSU Billings Will Host Heritage Day

The histories, cultures and philosophies of American Indians will be celebrated on Sept 26 at Montana State University Billings, organizers announced.

Report Calls for Presidential Commission on Latino Issues

The University of Denver (DU) Latino Center and Grupo Salinas’ Fundacion Azteca America, a non-profit affiliate of Azteca America Television Network, are calling for a U.S. presidential commission on Latino issues to increase access to educational, health, economic and civic opportunities.

Le Cordon Bleu Miami Launches Culinary VIP Series

To support its Spanish-language program, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Miami (LCB Miami) is launching a Visiting Culinary VIP Series, which will bring leading industry restaurateurs, writers, chefs and consultants to the campus.

JFKU Degree on Counseling Latinos Wins Approval

John F. Kennedy University (JFKU) has received final approval of the first fully accredited counseling psychology program focusing on cultural competence training in mental health and counseling skills for serving the Latino/Hispanic community. Classes begin this fall.

Hispanic Heritage Month 2008

On September 15, academic institutions and cultural groups nationwide embarked on a month-long celebration of Hispanic heritage and culture.

Social Justice Group Opens Dialogue on GLBT Issues With Equality Ride

There are more than 200 U.S. colleges and universities that have explicit policies discriminatory toward GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) students, according to Soulforce Q. Since 2006, this young adult division of Soulforce, a social justice organization seeking to end political and religious oppression of GLBT people through nonviolent resistance, has staged Equality Ride.

Parents, Community Holds Key to Hispanic Education Achievement

“Parents and family are the No. 1 enablers, and the No. 1 obstacles” to student success, Sara Martinez Tucker, the undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Education, told a group of educators, parents and community organizers at the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans on Thursday.

Native Americans

What’s Palin’s Record on Native Issues?

With 13 percent of its nearly 670,000 residents considered Native, Alaska has one of the highest percentages of Native people of any state in the country.

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