The advancement and empowerment of Latinos/as in higher education is an important part of the mission of the NASPA Latino Knowledge Community. Through Blogging La Voz, we provide you resources and updates, in addition to what we provide through the newsletter. From this, we hope you will continue the dialogue that we believe to be important to the continued progress of our community.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

The LKC NEEDS your perspective!

The DEADLINE for the 2011 NASPA program proposals is quickly approaching. September 3rd in fact. The Latin@ Knowledge community (LKC) Sponsored Programs Committee is calling for presentations that bring awareness to current issues in higher education as they affect Latin@s as well as the greater community. Your voice is needed as we think about the future of NASPA & Latin@s in higher education. Many of you have excellent ideas for presentations and we don’t want them to go unheard! If you have the slightest question about submitting a proposal on Latin@ issues contact me (LKC Chair for Sponsored Programs) at aparicia@seattleu.edu. I look forward to seeing your program proposals and for those of you who have yet to present at NASPA I encourage you to take this challenge and next step in your professional career.

Program proposal facts:

  • The LKC can approve three programs for sponsorship, which means your proposal can be evaluated by our community directly and has a very strong chance of being accepted by the overall NASPA program proposal committee.
  • This is a great resume booster! Even if not accepted, writing a program proposal is an excellent point of professional development. Check out the guidelines here: http://www.naspa.org/conf/cfp/default.cfm
  • We need diverse program proposals. We welcome programs that highlight intersections of identity: race, class, sexual orientation, religion, gender, etc. With inclusion comes awareness and change!
  • Program proposals can be: panels, research based, experiential, and etc. (be innovated!)
  • If you have questions about submitting a program proposal or want it to be anonymously reviewed with feedback before you submit it to NASPA, contact Adam-Jon Aparicio at aparicia@seattleu.edu 206.269.6306