Elevating What Works for Latino Students (Webinar)

Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, 10–11 a.m.

You're invited!

Excelencia in Education has been a trusted source of what works for Latinos in colleges and universities for more than 18 years. Please join us for our first webinar of the year, Elevating What Works for Latino Students: A Conversation with Practitioners Leading Successful Programs.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

10:00 AM Pacific Time

This conversation with representatives from the 2023 Examples of Excelencia will uplift practices for others to consider creating in their own institutions or communities. Program leaders will share how they intentionally deliver culturally responsive programming, how they measure their impact, and advice they have for others who want to create similar programs.

We hope you will join the conversation! REGISTER NOW

This webinar will be recorded. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar.

Panel Moderator: Adriana Rodriguez, Excelencia in Education, Chief Operating Officer & Vice President, Institutional Programs

Panel Program Participants:

• Associate Level: Engineering Program at Wright in Chicago, IL; Doris Espiritu, Ph.D. is the Senior Advisor to Provost, Dean of Engineering and Computer Science and Founder of the Engineering Program at Wright
• Baccalaureate Level: The Spanish Community Translation and Interpreting Program, Arlington, TX; Alicia Rueda-Acedo, Ph.D. is the Director of Spanish Community Translation and Interpreting Program
• Graduate Level: The Graduate Equity Fellowship Program, Chico, CA; Sharon Barrios, Ph.D. is the Dean of Graduate Studies & Director of Graduate Equity Fellowship Program
• Community-Based Organization Level: The College and Career Success Program, Austin, TX; Arelis Palacios is the Director of the College & Career Success Team at Breakthrough Central Texas

Examples of Excelencia is the only national effort to identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices accelerating Latino student success in higher education. Through this effort, Excelencia has received over 2,000 program submissions, recognized over 400 programs for their impact, and raised and awarded over $2 million to sustain the life-changing work of those programs since 2005.

If you have any questions, please contact our Institutional Practices team at Excelencia in Education at Examples@EdExcelencia.org or 202-785-7350.