CU Denver celebrates first Hispanic Heritage Month following Hispanic-Serving Institution designation

DENVER – President Joe Biden recently designated the week of Sept. 12 as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions week.

In 2021, the U.S. Department of Education designated University of Colorado Denver as a Hispanic-Serving Institution after the university’s percentage of enrolled students who identify as Hispanic reached 25%. “It takes a lot of work. And what I really want to say about an HIS designation is that it's only the beginning of a process,” said Antonio Farias, CU Denver’s vice chancellor of diversity, equity and inclusion. “Just being designated an HSI, or an Hispanic-Serving Institution, doesn't mean much other than our numbers are at 25%.

CU Denver is a part of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities. Universities that are part of the alliance have a shared goal of doubling the number of Hispanic doctoral students and increasing the Hispanic professoriate by 20%.“I love that designation,” Hernandez said. “I love that we have a center for identity and inclusion, where not only does that include Hispanic individuals, it also targets and helps other individuals from different cultures and backgrounds.

At a time when federal data shows Hispanic enrollment has fallen 7% at universities across the country, Hernandez and Farias said it’s important to recognize that Hispanic students are not a monolith and embracing their differences as well as similarities is key to creating a higher education environment that everyone feels comfortable learning in.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Ohio Dept. of Education releases 2021-2022 school report cards — here's where to view themThe Ohio Dept. of Education released this year’s school report cards, scoring each district’s achievements, and for the first time this year, our state’s schools are being measured differently.
Source: WEWS - 🏆 323. / 59 Read more »

New CDC data: STD rates shot up in 2021Syphilis rates jumped 26 percent last year — the biggest annual increase since the Truman administration — amid a broader rise in sexually transmitted infections that worsened considerably during the Covid-19 pandemic Y'all be better than this. Because Trump was out of office and had more free time? Just go to the Village's in Florida It's an epidemic!
Source: politico - 🏆 381. / 59 Read more »

Champaign man charged with May 2021 murder of 47-year-old womanA man from Champaign, Ill. was charged with the murder of a 47-year-old woman who was killed in May 2021. “Tyler fatally stabbed a woman who was found dead on May 2nd, inside a home in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood.” Ask the dead woman, her family & her neighbors if Chicago is a hellhole. If they say yes, mock them and show pictures of the lakefront & parks with flowers.
Source: fox32news - 🏆 547. / 51 Read more »

Plano on track to surpass 2021 overdose deathsSo far, 10 people have died because of an overdose this year in the Dallas suburb. That’s the same number of overdose deaths in Plano in all of 2021. Damn the people in Plano love their drugs...
Source: FOX4 - 🏆 289. / 63 Read more »

Woman jailed on murder charge in 2021 death of Blount County 25-year-oldSheriff’s officials on Wednesday announced the arrest of Deanna Jones, of Empire, in the shooting death of 25-year-old Devon Durante. Durante lived in Warrior at that time of his death.
Source: aldotcom - 🏆 82. / 68 Read more »