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Hispanic y Latino News :: November 20th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Patchwork of Cultures: The Sephardic-Latino Connection — Free Education Program Concert for 900 Los Angeles Students

Yeri Lopez: Student loan rules hamper best and brightest

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 19th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Welcome Ceremony for José Hernández Moreno, NASA Astronaut in México

The University of Panama indefinitely suspended classes on Wednesday after confrontations between students and police during a protest against alleged U.S. involvement in plans to build new military installations.

Over the last 3 years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 18th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Hispanics are 9% of the Virginia’s schoolchildren, but 5% of gifted students.

Young Latino Children Throughout Los Angeles County to Benefit from IBM Donation of Educational Computer Learning Centers

Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill

Immigration legislation recognizes new reality

The Utah Hispanic Leadership Foundation will present academic scholarships to 51 Latino students at the group’s annual holiday gala Friday.

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 16th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Hispanic College Fund Opens Applications for $2 Million in 2010 Scholarships

15th annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio – more than 1,000 professional & student musicians participating – 8-day festival of mariachi competitions, workshops, presentations, serenades & concerts attracts more than 15,000 visitors annually.

Hispanic Graduate Students Benefit from Online Education Grant – University of St. Thomas in Houston strives to improve retention and graduation rates for Hispanic graduate students. UST received a $2.8 million education grant to offer two options

Speaking Out: Students Support Latino Studies Program – Cornell University

A Chicago City Council committee wants federal officials to halt deportation proceedings against immigrant students. – The Human Relations Committed on Friday approved a resolution urging the Department of Homeland Security to allow immigrant students to stay in the U.S. – Rigo Padilla

Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.

Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School officials have worked to make sure their school’s English as a Second Language (ESL) students’ needs are met. The school received 12 mini-laptops last month to help those students with their online ESL courses.- Kinston, North Carolina

Officials at U.T. Permian Basin are hoping to making this weekend’s Hispanic Youth Summit a regular event. – More than 200 high school students from around the Basin and Big Bend have been in Odessa for the Summit.

The Latino Breakfast Club and Chicago Hope Academy Bridge the Gap

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 13th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)

HNBA Commends the Confirmation of Ignacia S. Moreno as the Assistant Attorney for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice

Longtime Rutgers Professor, Community Activist, Gay-Rights Pioneer Hilda Hidalgo Loses Cancer Fight

Final Lineup for the Latino Trendsetter Awards Announced!

Ill. Board of Education Chair Ruiz, State Senator Lightford & State Representative

More than 1,200 students are registered to attend the 10th Annual Latino Youth Conference hosted by the Latin American Association in Atlanta.

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 12th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Hispanic student reunion scheduled Saturday at Texas State University

Dr. Elba Garcia and Domingo Garcia to Co-Chair the 2009 Parents Step Ahead ‘Parent of Year’ Gala!

Texan Students Debate Financial Aid for Illegal Immigrants

Anheuser-Busch’s Decades of Support for Latino Community to be Recognized at Los Angeles Gala

The scheduled appearance next week of an anti-illegal immigration activist at a student-sponsored forum on the University of Nevada, Reno campus is causing outrage among some faculty, students and members of the community.

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 11th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) and Pfizer Helpful Answers Present Briefing on Hispanics and Health Care — Wednesday, November 18th

Playful Trolls Introduce Children to Spanish and English in New Educational Computer Adventure

Hartford-based Hispanic newspaper Identidad Latina has named a UConn Master’s candidate “Student of the Year” in their fifth-annual Latino de Oro Awards. – Robert Cruz

National Society of Hispanic MBA Conference & Career Expo Still a Big Draw for Sponsors and Attendees

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 10th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Undocumented students mobilize to win legal status

An exchange program between the University of Guadalajara and the University of Alberta is at risk because Edmonton students are hesitant to study in Mexico given the ongoing drug wars in parts of the country, Mexican students say.

Hofstra University Cultural Center Bilingual Conference on Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Writer, Philospher and Poet, to Attract International Scholarly Participation

Eva Longoria Parker to Be Honored at MALDEF 35th Annual Los Angeles Awards Gala

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 9th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Historic Merger Creates Stronger Pipeline for Latinos Into Corporate America – ational Hispanic Business Association (NHBA) to Merge with the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) creating an organization with over 14,000 members nation-wide.

A southwest Ohio Hispanic group has published a book it hopes will help students better understand Hispanic and other immigrant groups and curb anti-immigrant sentiment. – The Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA

AT&T’S RALPH DE LA VEGA NAMED WORLDWIDE CHAIRMAN OF JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT

George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 6th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

A comedian with a serious delivery – Los Angeles comedian Ernie G encourages Hispanic students to strive for college

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 5th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

APA Poll Finds Stress Having an Impact on Families, Hispanics

Hispanic students face language barrier challenges in Maryland

FIU to develop model programs to keep Hispanics in college – Although 57% of non-Hispanic white students nationwide graduate within six years; only 46 % of Hispanics do so.

ALMAS program provides Henry Sibley’s Latino students with bridge to a brighter future – Minnesota

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: November 4th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Study finds Lehigh Valley’s Hispanic students are progressing – But struggles persist in areas such as reading. Valley area review is called ‘eye-opening’ – Pennsylvania

Lehigh Valley public schools have experienced growth in population of Latino students over past decade – Pennsylvania

NLEI and NLU partner to meet Latino community’s specific educational needs – Illinois

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: November 2nd, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Palm Beach Community College officials want every one of their students with Latino roots to update their academic records and document their ethnicity.

For Tomorrow’s Latino Students: No Typewriter Ribbons Needed

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 30th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

First Bilingual Educational Toy Brand, Ingenio(TM), Hits the U.S. Market

SoMoCoCAT Offers Latino Farmworker Communities Free Digital Media Training – California

STUDY FINDS ACADEMIC BENEFITS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS WHO TRANSITION INTO MAINSTREAM CLASSROOMS – Nearly 30% of Los Angeles Unified School District students aren’t reclassified by the 8th grade, according to the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute

UCLA Students Lobby for DREAM Act

Washington State University Doctoral Researcher Documents Skills of Latino Child Care Providers

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 27th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

National Council of La Raza: Groundbreaking Forum on Latino Children Offers Solutions to the Challenges Faced by this Growing Community

“BROWNSVILLE BRED…Growing Up Elaine” – A New York Latina’s Memoir and Coming of Age Story set in the 1980’s Brownsville Brooklyn Projects

88 students earn honors for research as SACNAS conference concludes

Judge Who Ordered Texas to Educate Undocumented Students Dies – U.S. Senior District Judge William Wayne Justice

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 26th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

800 students thriving in dual-language curriculum at DiLoreto Magnet School – New Britian, CT

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Breaks Records for Registered Attendees at Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Oct. 28-Nov. 1

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 17th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Cabrillo College has been awarded one of the most competitive grants in the country, the Title V Hispanic-Serving Institutions grant by the U.S. Department of Education. – $2.8M grant for transitioning students at Hispanic-serving institutions

The Howard County School System and an advocacy group that focuses on Hispanic student achievement plan to renew a partnership Friday with the hopes of lowering dropout rates and encouraging academic success. – Maryland

IBM Launches Nationwide Initiative to Support Early Education in Hispanic Communities

CULTURAL DIVIDE: Migrant students find hard time fitting in – Every year, migrant workers and their families travel from Texas to Manchester’s DuRussel Potato Farm to harvest vegetables, living in housing provided by the farm personnel. – Minnesota

Less than a year after speaking at a Harvard University student conference, the head of an anti-illegal immigration movement had his invitation to speak at a similar forum tomorrow rescinded following a student uproar over his aggressive position on immigration. – Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project

Guest Voz: Former NCES commissioner finds nation’s black and Latino students worse off because of No Child Left Behind

New study shows most Latino students drop out of high school for economic need

Leaders in Science Research, Mentoring, and Teaching honored by SACNAS

Hispanics Increasingly Leaving Established U.S. Gateway Communities – new research by the University of New Hampshire

Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens to Unite in Hato Rey on October 15 – National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School Students

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 14th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

‘Semblanza Latinoamericana,’ October 17 and 18 Only at Los Angeles Theatre Center

Latino Youth Adopt Health Care Reform Priorities at the 2009 LULAC Washington Youth Leadership Seminar

A 21-year-old Montgomery County man Hector Hernandez whose criminal case helped trigger new police policies in Montgomery Count regarding illegal immigration was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday for killing a 14-year-old honor student aboard a transit bus last year

In its September issue, Hispanic Business Magazine named Cornell’s College of Engineering the No. 4 graduate school nationwide for Hispanic students.

Educators and business supporters hope new child-sized, brightly colored work stations, computers and programs will help Hispanic students consider career fields of math, science and technology. – Tampa area

SEIU Members Join Thousands at U.S. Capitol to Renew Push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform – Joined by legislators, thousands of workers, families and clergy call for an end to divisive, costly immigration policies that separate families, harm all workers

The University of Texas at El Paso is pleased to announce that Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Ph. D, chair for the Department of Chemistry, has been honored with the 2009 Distinguished Scientist Award by SACNAS, the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

YVCC Organiza “Tú y WSU” Para Promocionar la Enseñanza Superior – Yakima

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 9th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

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