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Conference
attempts to retain students
By Michelle Siazon
On-line Forty-Niner
Free food, music
by a mariachi band and information will be available at the
Latinos in Higher Education Conference on Wednesday, May 1,
in the Cal State Long Beach multi-purpose rooms on the second
floor of the University Student Union from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.
Refreshments and lunch will be provided along with workshops
that will focus on issues in the Latino community, overcoming
obstacles at the university, developing techniques for handling
stress, acquiring time and money management skills and resources
on and off campus.
There will be two sessions, one at 8:30 a.m. and the other
at 12:30 p.m. The first session will identify major issues
and problems that concern Latino students. The second session
will focus on solutions and resources available to help alleviate
the problems identified in the morning session.
Workshop leaders include Chicano and Latino studies department
professors Victor Rodriguez and Jose Lopez, who has served
on CSULB President's Multicultural task force.
Other leaders include the Chicano and Latino studies department
chair Luis Arroyo and Gladys Garcia, who also teaches composition
courses in the English department as well as a few other speakers.
Rodriguez has an area of expertise in the racialization of
Latino identity and its impact on political behavior. He will
open the conference with a lecture in the first session identifying
the three major issues concerning students; financial problems,
money and time management, and dealing with stress.
Alan Nishio, associate vice president of Student Services,
will present a workshop that will break down statistics at
CSULB, such as its ethnic makeup of retention and drop out,
while focusing on Latinos on campus.
The overall conference will focus specifically on Latino males
because they have the highest drop out rate on campus, according
to assistant professor Juan Benitez.
"I hope we have a big turnout. It's about Latinos, but
these issues affect all students in general," said Benitez.
"Whether it's men or women, every ethnicity should be
able to relate, hopefully we get a diverse turnout of students
as well as faculty."
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