January 2023 Dear USLS students, faculty, staff, friends, and community members, Happy New Year! I hope that the winter break has offered you time to recuperate, regenerate, and re-imagine yourselves for a fantastic new year, brimming with meaningful engagement and learning. I am delighted that our graduate student lecturer, Max Moore, continues to teach … Continue reading Director’s Letter Spring 2023
Dear USLS students, faculty, staff, friends, and community members, Welcome back to campus! It looks like many of us are here for in-person learning, combining safety with community presence. I am thrilled to see so many of you both online and in person. This semester USLS is taking part in WLC week, featuring all of … Continue reading Director’s Letter Spring 2022
Summer 2021 Dear USLS Friends, It has been a year of unprecedented challenges that has highlighted the incredible work we are all capable of doing as intersecting communities in a messy world. In particular, as we wrap up AY 20-21, I want to thank all of the students, staff, faculty, and community members that … Continue reading Letter From the Director, Summer 2021
Fall 2019 Dear US Latino/a/x Studies and ISU Intersecting Communities, WELCOME to the US Latino/a/x Studies Program for the 2019-20 academic year! I hope that the summer has proven generative for all, and that you are ready for what promises to be a dynamic year ahead. USLS is proud to celebrate its presence on … Continue reading Letter from the Director: Fall 2019
Summer 2020 Dear amazing USLS intersecting community, I am writing to check in on you. How are you all? Please feel free to write to me via email if the US Latino/a Studies Program or any of us on the faculty can help in any way. It has certainly been an intense semester of … Continue reading Letter from the Director: Summer 2020
Spring 2020 Dear All, Welcome to the New Year! … and another exciting semester. I am delighted to report that our USLS Ambassadors Austin Vittetoe and Lupe Duran Sánchez will continue working with the program. They will be busy creating a US Latino/a/x Studies video, setting up our first Minors’ Pizza Party (February 26, … Continue reading Letter from the Director: Spring 2020
Summer 2018 Dear Friends, It is with great pride that I write this end of year USLS letter to our intersecting communities on campus and throughout Iowa. The US Latino/a Studies Program is engaging renovation and innovation. We welcomed two exciting speakers who brought together over 500 students, staff, faculty and community members combined. In … Continue reading Letter from the Director: Summer 2018
Fall 2018 Dear Latino/a/x Studies, and intersecting ISU Communities, This is my second year here, and I am thrilled with all of the amazing energy I see around me this fall. The USLS Program is here to serve the ISU and Iowa communities on many levels. First, please review our course offerings as new classes … Continue reading Letter from the Director: Fall 2018
Spring 2019 Dear US Latino/a/x Studies and ISU Intersecting Communities, I am delighted to welcome 2019 with lots of exciting news for the US Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa State University. First, I want to thank all of our faculty, staff, and students for the continued support and enthusiasm that is making this program … Continue reading Letter From the Director: Spring 2019