LALACS

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  • Congrats to our LALACS 2023 Graduates!

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    LALACS majors and minors are known for their leadership,  interdisciplinarity and creative thinking. This graduating class is no different! Minors   Brian Contreras’23 Major in Psychological Science; Minor in LALACS; Diversity Leadership Council Representative; OLAS. Plans after graduation: I plan to attend graduate school in Neuropsychology.     Margaret Lucas’23 Majors in Spanish and Classical Languages;…

  • LALACS 2023 Senior Symposium

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    You’re Invited! May 17th 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Three Crowns Room. Join us in celebrating our seniors as they share their Capstone Projects. Cords and Stoles will be awarded by advisors. Great food. All welcome! Sophia Artley Title: An Analysis of Latin American Student Movements Abstract: Latin America has a deep-rooted tradition of student movements…

  • LALACS 2022 Senior Symposium

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    You’re Invited!May 11th 5:00 p.m. in the President’s Dining Room.Join us in celebrating our seniors as they share their Capstone Projects. Cords and Stoles will be awarded by advisors.   MARÍA FLORES MÁRQUEZPolitical Science, Spanish, and LALACSTitle: The Legacy of U.S Interventionism: How the U.S Involvement in Central America Led to the Mass Migration of…

  • Congrats to our LALACS 2021 Graduates!

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    Majors Carlos Balbuena Conner Cress    Marisa Gustafson     Ava Hanson   Zachary Johnson         Vanessa Ramírez-Gavilán   Paige Patterson     Minors Hailey Concepción     Katie Orcutt           Emma Lohman     Gracie Willaert

  • LALACS Senior Symposium

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    AVA HANSON Majors in Psychology, Spanish and LALACS “Literature/Interview-Based Suggestions for Navigating Interpreter-Provider Dynamic during Behavioral Health Sessions with Latinx Clients.” My LALACS capstone project studies disparities in behavioral healthcare faced by the Latinx community. Originally, I reached out to a company providing behavioral health services to figure out ways that I could help them.…

  • 5th Gustavus Latinx Film Festival

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    adwyer

    For the 5th Gustavus Latinx Film Festival we have selected five diverse films that challenge ethnic, racial, linguistic, social and political, constructions in the Americas. We hope you will enjoy these films, and the robust conversations that will follow them. All films will be available for free streaming the week prior to the dates below.…

  • Shout Out to Our 2020 Grads!

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    LALACS MAJORS Samuel Abegglen’20  Biology, Studio Art, and Latin American, Latinx and Carribean Studies triple major; Spanish Minor Senior Capstone: LGBT migrants from Latin America report persecution as a reason for seeking asylum in the USA. While scholars have analyzed this issue, less focus has been placed on the racism and heterosexism within the migration…

  • Continued Support

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    LALACS is a proud sponsor of the Minneapolis Film Festival. Faculty and staff attended both the Latino Film Festival in the fall of 2017 and the International Film Festival in the spring of 2018.

  • Paixão pura / Pura pasión / Pura passion

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    LALACS faculty and staff are passionate about Latin America: whether we have been born or “re-born” there, engaged in research or studied abroad there,  América has ignited and fueled a passion within us –  Latin Americanists.     Come chat with us any time regarding: what LALACS is all about when you should declare which courses you…

  • Why LALACS? Current Students’ Perspective

    Why LALACS? Current Students’ Perspective

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    Nicole Pfalz’19 || (Psychology / LALACS) Electing a LALACS major has created significant connections not only to my Spanish minor, but also to my Psychological Science major. I have been able to work with individuals from cultures that differ from my own in a way that has propelled me to pursue graduate school to become…