HSI Funding Boosts Resources Available to All Students
By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 2/16/2024 - 2 minute read
In September, the U.S. Department of Education announced that Concordia would receive a third Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) grant, in the amount of $3 million over five years, beginning in October. The grant funds Concordia’s Valerosos y Curiosos (Courageous and Curious) project which will provide academic support and supplemental instruction for undergraduate Hispanic and low-income students, and all undergraduate students, in mathematics, engineering, and the natural sciences. The third grant brings total federal funding for HSI-related projects at Concordia to $1.8 million for the 2023-24 academic year, and a total of $9 million from 2022 to 2028.
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Director of Second HSI Grant Named
By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 2/16/2024 - 1 minute read
In related news, a project director for Concordia’s second, graduate-level HSI grant has been chosen: Timothy Young, who attended Concordia and is the son of a longtime Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod pastor in Southern California churches. He will oversee staff and programs related to the Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
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$3 Million Grant Helps Concordia Serve Hispanic Students
Posted on 3/27/2023 - 5 minute read
Concordia University Irvine received the largest federal grant in its history: $3 million from the U.S. Department of Education for its Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program.
Karen’s version: The U.S. Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program awarded Concordia a $3 million grant, the largest federal grant in the university’s history.
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Running Into the Future
By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 6/21/2021 - 4 minute read
Brothers Angel and Fernando Aguirre from Whittier excel on Concordia University Irvine's cross-country team. Both have overcome a lot to attend Concordia University Irvine, including the fact that Fernando is autistic.
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Consejos from the Heart
By Blanca Quiroz, Ed.D.
Posted on 3/14/2019 - 4 minute read
Conversations strengthen the bond of your loving relationship and this is the best way to help them develop roots and wings to succeed in the new society. As immigrants, sometimes we lose our history, our traditions, our culture, even our language and extended families, but we can’t afford to lose our relationship with our children. Talk with them!
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Diego Del Risco Orbegoso: Seizing Opportunities
By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2018 - 3 minute read
Student Diego Del Risco Orbegoso had the opportunity to grow up in the U.S. at a young age when his parents emigrated from Peru. Today, he is excelling at everything from business plan competitions to swim meets as he makes the most of his Concordia University Irvine education.
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First-Gen Performance
By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 7/1/2017 - 6 minute read
At this year’s National Speech tournament, senior Diego Perez advanced beyond preliminary rounds in four events and finished ranked #10 nationally. He is one reason Concordia University Irvine's speech team is edging closer to the kind of national stature and dominance that the debate team has enjoyed as #1 or #2 in the nation for the past five years.
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Restarting a Dream by Putting Learning Into Practice
By Ann Ashmon
Posted on 3/1/2017 - 7 minute read
Henry Alonzo, MBA '09, founder of Adarga Entertainment Group, grew up near Mariachi Plaza in East Los Angeles. There, he listened to the mariachi bands play and offer their services to passers-by. Today, Alonzo promotes some of the biggest bands in Latin music, and with his help, his clients have earned seven Latin Grammy awards.
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CUI Hispanic Leadership Advisory Council Student Seat Openings
April 15, 2021 - 1 minute read
CUI students, are you interested in advocating for your fellow CUI students? Are you one of the first in your family to go to college (first-generation)? What if you could pay it forward to future first-gen college graduates, and network with community leaders at the same time?
CUI faculty and staff, do you know first-generation students who would make great advocates on behalf of their fellow first-gen classmates, and are willing to help others through their first-gen college journey?
CUI’s Hispanic Leadership Advisory Council (HLAC) is looking for two students to join the Council. Since 2017, high-profile community leaders have been volunteering their time on the HLAC with one goal in mind: to help CUI become a thriving designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Having reached the required threshold of at least 25 percent of undergraduate students identifying as Hispanic or Latino, CUI’s HSI Task Force realizes it’s time to broaden membership on this Council and have student voices. Two (2) new seats, to be filled by CUI undergraduate students, have been added. Requirements and expectations include:
Must be a currently enrolled freshman, sophomore or junior
Have the ability to attend four meetings per calendar year (virtual for now; once things open up, we’ll return to breakfast and lunch meetings on campus but you can continue virtually if you prefer)
Can bring forth concerns of CUI students, primarily first-generation students from different backgrounds
Can serve as a bridge between the HSI Task Force and the HLAC with CUI leadership from student body and student clubs
Desired, not required: a first-generation student (meaning neither parent earned a BA college degree in the U.S.) of primarily Hispanic background
Can serve a two-year term (over two academic years)
Can begin the term May 2021.
If this describes you, send your name, year, major/minor, and the reason for wanting to volunteer (5-9 sentences to both [email protected] and [email protected]. If this describes students you know, send the same information above, and the reason for nominating them to the same emails. Feel free to send questions to the same emails.