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CLAS is hiring!

CLAS is seeking a full-time Administrative Assistant.

Under the guidance of the Assistant Director, the CLAS Administrative Assistant position contributes to the international dimension of OSU by providing administrative and programming support to CLAS. The position is responsible for drafting communications, maintaining spreadsheet databases, preparing presentations, reports and other materials. Additional duties consist of assisting with the coordination and scheduling of programs such as conferences, lecture series, film series, and more; coordinating travel logistics for visiting speakers and scholars. Marketing and communications duties include assisting with the Center's website, print and electronic newsletters, and other materials, and answering inquiries from the public. The position will also assist other staff with university business travel needs, expense reports, payable and vendor-related requests, procurement card, calendaring, and meeting arrangements.

The preferred candidate will have experience in working with university funds and sponsored projects accounting and processing, including review of financial statements and reporting. In support of the Center's fundraising initiatives, the Administrative Assistant assists with grant proposal and budget development, grant reporting, and grant-funded program implementation.

Proficiency in Spanish strongly desired.

Target wages: $21-$25 per hour.

Learn more and apply here.
OSU-internal applicants should apply here.

Contact CLAS Assistant Director Mark Hoff (hoff.96@osu.edu) with questions.

Practical approaches to language and antiracism in the language classroom

Join OSU's Department of Spanish and Portuguese on Friday, May 13th from 2:20-3:40 p.m. via Zoom for a talk by Dr. José Magró entitled "Practical approaches to language and antiracism in the language classroom".

In this event, co-sponsored by the BuckLER Center in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Dr. Magró will provide concrete examples of antiracist pedagogies in the language classroom and will open a discussion about dealing with institutional, epistemological, and curricular handicaps as well as pushback by students and instructors.

CLAS supports land-based artist residency

With CLAS support, Cadine Navarro has served throughout the spring semester as a land-based artist-in-residence for several Central Ohio colleges, including Ohio State, Otterbein, Denison, and Kenyon.

This collaboration has included: class visits where Navarro has shared her work and insights with students in varied disciplines; immersive student, faculty, and community member visits to Navarro's installation at the Frank Museum of Art; discussions with OSU faculty groups like the K'acha Willaykuna: Andean & Amazonian Indigenous Arts & Humanities Collaboration; and much more.

Learn more about Navarro's residency and the important conversations about climate change, environmentalism, and decolonial approaches it has inspired.

Brazil Gateway Annual Report

OSU's Brazil Gateway has released its 2021 Annual Report, highlighting its many cross-campus collaborations, funding opportunities, and international partnerships.

View the full report here.

Sign up for the Brazil Gateway monthly newsletter here.

Episodes of Ambivalent Empire

Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective has published a review of the 2021 book "Our Hemisphere"? The United States in Latin America, from 1776 to the Twenty-First Century, by Britta H. Crandall and Russell C. Crandall.

The review, entitled "Episodes of Ambivalent Empire", was written by Richard Marsh, OSU alum and Deputy Command Historian of NORAD and United States Northern Command.

Marsh synthesizes the text as follows:
"The book aims to question the interpretation of a monolithic, imperial agenda as the drive of U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America. The authors argue that while sometimes the actions of U.S. policymakers showed they believed Latin America was part of 'our hemisphere' in the possessive sense, at other times officials recognized a shared, collective sense of 'our hemisphere.'"

For more Latin American content by Origins, check out Season 2 of the Prologued podcast and their growing body of reviews, articles, and videos on the region here.

International Partnerships Annual Report

The Office of International Affairs facilitates a wide array of international partnerships to further OSU's mission to create and discover new knowledge to benefit our state, regional, national and global communities.

Forty-two agreements were formalized in 2021, with 11 colleges in 23 countries. Within Latin America, OSU forged a new partnership with Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and established agreements in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Mexico.

Learn more about Ohio State’s collaborations by viewing the 2021 International Partnerships Annual Report, which provides statistics and highlights partnerships that expanded Ohio State’s global reach.

Summer BookBox: Registration Open

Registration is now open for the Summer BookBox program. This summer's options include:

Exploring Latin America in Picture Books & Poetry: for current teachers
Bilingual Latinx/Latin American Children’s Literature: for current teachers
Introduction to Latin America in Picture Books & Poetry: for incoming, first-year teachers

This free program offers K-12 teacher participants CEUs, as well as a $100 stipend for completion of a lesson plan at the end of the program.

Learn more about BookBox and this summer's schedules here.

Contact CLAS Outreach Coordinator Patti Vocal (vocal.4@osu.edu) with questions.

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