NOTICIAS | March 2023

Spring 2023 Membership Meeting Registration is NOW OPEN!

Join us in person on Friday, March 31st from 8:30 am - 3 pm for our Spring 2023 Membership meeting! The event will be taking place at the Colorado School of Mines.

Guest speakers include Dr. Stepheny Beauchamp and Kayla Tanaid from the Multicultural Engineering Program and a student panel.

Registration will close on Friday, March 17th at 5 pm!

2023 Impact Award Nominees

Help us celebrate the impactful and intentional practices that center and advance the academic and social success of Latina/o/x students and professionals in Colorado's educational spaces. Congratulations to our Impact Practice Award Nominees that were nominated for their work!

Award Categories

Staff:

Stephanie Roberts | Assistant Director, Intercultural Engagement at CU Boulder
Andrea Kossik | Assistant Director of Scholarship at CCD
Angelica Rueda | Interim Dean, Enrollment Administration and Student Success at CCD

Faculty:

Ayelet Zur-Nayberg | Director of Adult Student Success at CCCS /Economics Instructor at FFCC

Student:

Jose Villagomez | President of Associated Students and Faculty and Adams State University Student

Community:

Jessica Lanfranco | Student Success Technology Manager at CCD

J.E.D.I. Impact Practice:

Dr. Judi Diaz Bonacquisti | Senior Diversity Officer at CU system and Co-founder of CoCEAL

Renew the 2022-2023 CoCEAL Membership

Don't miss the next membership meeting, coming Spring 2023, renew your membership today!

We offer several membership categories in order to draw a diverse group of individuals and organizations interested in supporting our mission. Please check with your institutional representative to see if your institution has renewed or will renew your CoCEAL membership for the 2022-2023 year. (Click HERE, to see a list of last year's institutional representatives).

Individual memberships are also available at just $25.

Click below to register!

*Please reach out to Treasure Sherie to learn more about pricing for membership dues.

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Join a CoCEAL Steering Committee!

Want to get more involved with CoCEAL but don't know where to start? Join one of our Steering Committees!

Communications
Impact Awards
Policy and Data
Partnerships & Innovation
Best Practices

Please consider joining a subcommittee today by contacting a committee chair to let them know about your interest.

Learn More!

Join us in honoring and celebrating women's history and ongoing achievments this month and all year!

Happy Women's History month to all the strong and badass mujeres!

"A woman who writes has power, and a woman with power is feared." –Gloria Anzaldúa

DSF Scholarship is now open!

To qualify for the DSF Scholarship you must complete the initial application process within one year of your graduation from high school.

Due to COVID-19, students who graduated high school in 2021 can still apply in 2023.

APPLY HERE!

LAEF GALA 2023

Join LAEF scholarship recipients, alumni, and community partners for a fun evening.

Doors open at 6 pm and dinner/program starts at 7 pm.

What's Happening?

¿Que Onda? What's happening? was created to keep us connected by sharing news of life happenings, stories, events, accomplishments, milestones, birthdays, etc. Please use this platform to share what is happening in our communities. So andale, spill the tea! Can't wait to hear from you all. Submit your story in the link below.

Spill the Tea with CoCEAL!

CoCEAL CHARLAS

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To facilitate a conversation or present on a topic of choice click on sign up button down below!

Content for Noticias!

Noticias is one of the prime communication tools for CoCEAL to reach its members and others interested in the mission of ensuring that LatinX reach their fullest educational potential.

Institutional Members can post to Noticias free of charge.

Reach over 400 diverse higher education professionals

Topics on Events, News & General Information are welcome

Submit your content here!

In the News:

Colleges Fear Cost of Doing Business Will Become Much Costlier

Inflation, enrollment woes, and increasing intolerance of tuition increases have made this budget season especially difficult.

By Lee Gardner | February 24, 2023

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Will Mandated Mental-Health Breaks Do More Harm Than Good?

New policies presume it’s beneficial for anxious students to take days off from class. That assumption has several critical flaws.

By Sarah Rose Cavanagh | February 28, 2023

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CoCEAL is committed to providing our members to the latest job openings in the state of Colorado. Please know we are working hard to have the latest postings updated weekly so that members can have access to job openings in real time. Concurrently, this job board would not be possible without the participation of our member institutions and other organizations that are committed to the diversification of their workforce and the hiring of latinx people. Please feel free to share the google form link below with your Human Resources departments and other organizations that would like to post job announcements on our job board.

TRIO-Community Engagement Specialist |Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Chief Accountant| Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Computer and Digital Technologies Faculty (CDT) | Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO

Executive Director of the Teaching and Learning Transformation Hub | Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO

Advanced Manufacturing Industry Trainer| Front Range Community College, Longmont, CO

Biology Instructor (BIO 2102) | Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO

Provost / Vice President of Academic Affairs |Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Project Manager| Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO

Inclusive Pedagogy Instructional Specialist Title V Grant | Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO

Senior Test Proctor | Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Program Director, Dental Hygiene| Front Range Community College, Fort Collins, CO

Nursing Faculty | Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO