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Miami University: A Journey Through Project Dragonfly’s Latin America

Project Dragonfly’s Earth Expeditions immerses graduate students in Latin American ecosystems through community-based conservation field courses in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, and Paraguay, blending ecological research, cultural exchange, and local partnerships to transform participants into globally connected environmental leaders committed to collaborative, people-centered sustainability.

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Did you know? Mysteries in Stone: Ancient Sites in Latin America

Ancient stone sites across Latin America reveal the ingenuity, spirituality, and enduring mysteries of past civilizations. From monumental cities in the Andes to remote jungle settlements and enigmatic cave systems, these places connect landscape, legend, and archaeology, inviting us to rethink history, culture, and humanity’s relationship with stone.

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Hispanic Community July 2015

Havidán Rodríguez Honored for Leadership and Lasting Impact on Higher Education

That quote comes from a colleague of Dr. Havidán Rodríguez, president ad interim of The University of Texas-Pan American and founding provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, who recently received the prestigious Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr. Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education Award at the annual American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) conference.

Hispanic Community July 2015

From the Scholars' Corner

I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. I just never realized that my true passion would lie in serving my Latino community. As I sit on the brink of a new career, PhD in hand, constantly looking for ways to make education more equitable for Latinos, I find it necessary to reflect on how I’ve come to be here today. As an undergraduate student in teacher education, I soon discovered that I not only wanted to be an educator, but I wanted to serve a specific population of students – Latino students – that I felt were being mistreated by an education system that did not value our unique needs and contributions. I became that idealistic teacher who would make a difference for Latino students everywhere!

Hispanic Community July 2015

New College Guide Offers Roadmap for First-Generation Students

Horatio Alger peppered his novels with characters that pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and succeeded despite being born into poverty. Alger’s characters embody the American Dream, yet few ascend to the highest rungs of the social later without some help from others. Like characters in an Alger novel, high school students need help, especially when choosing a college. Some students, however, just don’t have the support networks that others take for granted.

Technology July 2015

Michigan Tech Partnership Sparks Minority Students’ Interest in Research

The four-year Michigan Technological University, located in Houghton, Michigan, wanted to appeal to more minority students. It knew that several more urban community colleges including Wayne County Community College District, Delta College and Grand Rapids Community College, attracted higher percentages of Latino and African-Ameri can students than it did.

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