The Status of Latinos at Cornell

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The Status of Latinos at Cornell
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Introduction

• Latino Studies Program (LSP)
• Latino Living Center (LLC)
• La Asociacion Latina (LAL)
• African, Latino, Asian, and Native American
  Program Board (ALANA)
• Office of Minority Educational Affairs (OMEA)
• Committee on Special Educational Projects
  (COSEP)
• Learning Strategies Center (LSC)

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Latino Studies Program
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Latino Studies Program

• The faculty/student task force opted to create a
  broader Hispanic American Studies Program that
  would examine the Hispanic/Latino population as a
  whole through courses, colloquia, and other
  research/academic activities. HASP was officially
  inaugurated in 1987.

• In 1995, the Program was moved to the College of
  Arts Sciences, additional faculty lines were
  added and the name was changed to the Latino
  Studies Program (LSP).

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Latino Studies Program
Cornell's Latino Studies Program is an
interdisciplinary academic program that focuses
on Latino/a issues in the United States as
opposed to Latin America.

• The main objectives of the Program are
• To expand the available course curriculum
• by providing both undergraduate and
• graduate courses pertaining to Latino subject
  matters. Today, undergraduates may receive a
  concentration in Latino Studies. Graduate
  students may choose a minor field in Latino
  Studies.

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Latino Studies Program
2. To enlarge the size of the Latino faculty at
Cornell through permanent appointments, visiting
scholars, and post-doctoral fellowships. 3. To
enhance the academic environment on campus
through support of such activities as lectures,
conferences, seminars, exhibits, and research
activities.
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Undergraduate Concentration

• The Latino Studies Program offers an
  undergraduate concentration in Latino Studies
  which consists of an interdisciplinary course of
  study primarily in history, sociology,
  anthropology, literature and language, but the
  Program will also cross-list courses from other
  colleges.

• To complete an undergraduate concentration in
  Latino Studies, students must take at least 5
  courses (minimum total of 15 credits) in Latino
  Studies, including "Latinos in the United
  States," (LSP 201/SOC 265/DSOC 265) offered each
  Spring semester.

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Facilities and Services
Library and Computer Lab
The Latino Studies Program Library serves Cornell
students, faculty, staff and the wider local
multi-diverse community. The library maintains
print and media material pertinent to U.S. Latino
issues, including an extensive collection of
books, magazines, periodicals, research material,
videos and cd's. The library is open to the
campus community and public. Although the
resources are intended for use within the
premises, some of the materials are available on
a restricted loan basis.
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Facilities and Services
Services

• Networking
• Library
• Video Collection
• Copy Service
• Postings
• Conference Room
• Computer Lab

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Latino Living Center

• At the LLC, you will live among students of
  varying Latino ethnicities and others from a
  mixture of other cultural backgrounds. The
  residents are linked by a common bond of
  appreciation for the values of Latino heritage -
  respect for individuals, a dedication to
  education, a commitment to community, and the
  importance of family.
• Residents of LLC are encouraged to become aware
  of and discuss the numerous issues facing Latino
  communities in the United States and throughout
  the world. This interaction between first-year,
  upper-class students, and faculty often results
  in long-lasting mentor relationships.

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Latino Living Center

• Programs and activities supplement these
  mentorship's by helping students balance their
  studies with social activities.
• Residents are involved in organizing the Center's
  events by working collaboratively with the staff,
  faculty, and the Latino Studies Program.
• The Café Con Leche weekly discussion series,
  annual retreats, community dinners, intramural
  sports clubs, and Hispanic Heritage Month
  festivities are some of the traditional events.
  While dances, movie nights, faculty dinners, and
  various celebrations including Dia de los
  Muertos, and the Day Hall Takeover Commemoration
  Week are scattered throughout the semester.

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• The year 2001 marked La Asociacion Latina (LAL)s
  26th year of existence at Cornell. Since 1975,
  LAL has served as a catalyst for the U.S.
  Latina/o community. With the goal of uniting the
  U.S. Latina/o community at Cornell, LAL has
  worked towards providing the community with the
  historical land political contexts necessary to
  advance nuestra gente.
• LAL achieves this, and other goals by
  coordinating political, educational, social, and
  cultural events. In keeping with its goals, LAL
  has remained a vehicle for mobilization as issues
  confront the Latino community arises.
• Groups which have formed under LAL are The Cuban
  American Students Association (CASA),
  Quisequya Dominican Students Association,
  Hispanic American Business Leaders Association
  (HABLA), MECha (Mexican-Chicano/a Students
  Association), and Sangre Taina Puerto Rican
  Students Association, The Science Organization
  of Latinos (SOL), the Society of Hispanic
  Professional Engineers, Teatrotaller
  (Spanish-language Theatre), and the Latino/a
  Graduate Student Coalition. Corn

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ALANA (African, Latino, Asian, and Native
American Program Board)

• ALANA is sponsored by the Dean of Students
  Office.
• ALANA is a student-run organization dedicated to
  promoting culturally diverse programming at
  Cornell. It is entirely funded by the Student
  Activity.
• ALANA organizes and co-sponsors social,
  educational, cultural, and political events that
  celebrate the African, Latino, Asian, and Native
  American cultures.
• Programs have included concerts, lectures,
  volunteering efforts, and workshops. Recent
  programming has included an AND1 basketball game,
  a play entitled Platanos and Collard Greens
  (about Black/Hispanic cross-cultural
  differences), Easter and Halloween parties at the
  Greater Ithaca Youth Activities Center (GIAC),
  and concerts featuring Snoop Dogg, The Game,
  Ludacris, and Nappy Roots.

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Office of Minority Educational Affairs

• What is the OMEA?
• Primary goal of OMEA to ensure successful
  retention by
• 1)Academic and Personal adjustment
• 2)Programs designed to increase enrollment
• 3)Academic and administrative services through
• Committee on Special Educational Projects
• Learning Strategies Center

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COSEP and LSC

• Committee on Special Educational Projects
• Learning Strategies Center
• Results from graduates and undergraduates high
  recruitment and retention rate
• 1997 six-year graduation rate for Latino first
  time-entering freshman 91