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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023
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CSU Pueblo Supports Empowerment of Local Youth Through Community-based Conference
Pueblo— The community-driven Rita J. Martinez Youth Leadership Conference returns to Colorado State University Pueblo on Thursday, Oct. 19. The second annual conference welcomes over 350 high school students from Pueblo, the San Luis Valley, and Fountain to campus. In keeping with the theme of lasting community impact, the Rita J. Martinez Youth Leadership Conference features keynote speakers Daniel Valdez and Dr. Velia Rincon. The conference is sponsored by CSU Pueblo, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Pueblo County, Servicios de la Raza, and El Movimiento Sigue (The Movement Continues) to bring culturally enriching and educational sessions to students with topics ranging from lowrider culture to banned books and Chicano graffiti to knowing your rights.
“The focus of the conference is to empower local youth to embrace their culture as a strength, not as a deficit,” Assistant Director of College Assistance Migrant Program and Inclusive Excellence Dr. Victoria Obregon said. She also serves as the acting president of the grassroots nonprofit, El Movimiento Sigue, where she works to ensure the legacy of its founder and conference namesake lives on.
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Colorado State University Pueblo Lecturer Receives Lifetime Service Award from the Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association
CSU Pueblo is proud to announce Ron Smith, a lecturer in the psychology department, was named as the recipient of the 2023 Dr. Emory G. Cowan, Jr. and Dr. Susan Cooper Lifetime Service Award at the Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association conference held in Colorado Springs on October 20.
“It has been an honor getting to work with Dr. Smith for all these years,” Department Chair and Professor of Psychology Dr. Krista Bridgmon said. “He is always filled with joy, respect for the discipline, and perhaps the hardest working colleague I know. He is always up for any challenge and puts students and team first.”
According to the RMHCPA, the award is given to individuals whose service to humanistic psychology in the Rocky Mountain Region has made a lasting impact in the field. Dr. Smith is a full-time lecturer in the psychology department and has been teaching for over 15 years at CSU Pueblo. His course offerings include theories of personality, behavior modification, childhood and adolescent psychopathology, abnormal psychology, and human diversity.
Dr. Emory Cowan was the first president of the Colorado School of Professional Psychology/University of the Rockies and founded the Doctor of Psychology graduate program with Dr. Susan Cooper. Dr. Cowan presented Dr. Smith with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the awards ceremony held on the first night of the conference. “This is a tremendous honor to be recognized for my academic and professional contributions to humanistic psychology by the RMHCPA Executive Director Dr. Louis Hoffman and the association membership, and I can only express my gratitude and appreciation to all,” Dr. Smith said.
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