Mr. Omar Manzo, a Douglas Honors College student majoring in Spanish and minoring in Political Science, presented his research on "Liberation Theology: A Theology for the People" at the National Technology and Social Science Conference in Las Vegas on 22 March 2016.
Omar is a member of the "Scholars in Action" research group founded by Dr. Gilberto Garcia (Political Science).
Ms. Yazmín Aguilar, Spanish and Social Services major, presented in a panel titled "DREAMers Welcome Here! You Belong at Central Washington University" with Dr. Susana Flores (Educational Foundations and Curriculum) at the 26th Annual Students of Color Conference that took place in Yakima, Washington, on 22 April 2016.
Congratulations, Yazmín, for an outstanding presentation!
Dr. Susana Flores, Dr. Alejandro Lee, Dr. Laurie Moshier, and Dr. Joshua Nelson co-hosted the 2016 Washington Association for Language Teaching spring regional conference on campus on Saturday, 2 April 2016. The conference, whose theme was "Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century," was well attended by K-16 instructors of world languages and administrators from all over the state, and current and former CWU students.
Special thanks to Dr. Susana Flores from the Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum.
Ms. Meghan Johnson, a student majoring in Public Health and minoring in Latino/Latin American Studies and Spanish, presented with Dr. Alejandro Lee (Spanish) on "The Race of Your Life: What We Need to Know about Race and Health" at the 26th Annual Students of Color Conference in Yakima, Washington, on 22 April 2016.
Omar Manzo, a McNair scholar and Douglas Honor College student majoring in Spanish, presented in the session “Meeting the needs of Heritage Language Learners and Dual Language Students… in College” at the World Language Summit: The High School to College Connection; University of Washington; Seattle; on 23 January 2016.
Mr. Sergio Madrid Madrid’s essay “Un día por la mañana,” recently published by the Hispanic Cultural Experience (2014-15) magazine from Colorado State University, Pueblo, has been selected as one out three “Editor’s Picks.”
His essay can be found here:
http://faculty.csupueblo.edu/Alegria.Ribadeneira/HispanicExperience/2014...
Congratulations, Sergio! ¡Enhorabuena!
