Centro de Investigación Latino
College of Liberal Arts
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The Latino Research Center has constructed this bilingual resource guide intended to assist the Northern Nevada Latinx community in finding the services and assistance all in one place, including resources on health, education, and financial aid. We update this each semester, feel free to connect us with additional resources to include!
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Border-Lines is an interdisciplinary and intersectional academic journal dedicated to the dissemination of research on Chicana/o-Latina/o cultural, political and social issues. Border-Lines is a refereed journal that seeks to publish scholarly articles drawn from a variety of disciplines such as anthropology, education, geography, human health, literary and cultural studies, political science, social work and sociology.
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News, Opportunities y Más
- Keep up-to-date with all upcoming events happening at the University of Nevada, Reno.
DACA Updates
- Checkout the ways to get involved, and find out upcoming events with Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.
- The IUPLR wants Latino/a/x artists, scholars, and experts to find opportunities and be successful in their careers. As such, our online posting board will host as many jobs, call for papers, conferences, grants, fellowships, etc. that pertain to the Latino/a/e/x community as we can find. You can help IUPLR by submitting your events through our online form. Online Calendar & Event Submissions
- Humanities Heart to Heart is a series of essays and multimedia presentations created by Nevadans that highlight diverse, personal perspectives from all corners of the Silver State, reflecting on life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Join them as they share, watch, and listen to each other's stories. The format of these pieces is flexible, as they've received anything from photographic essays to flash fiction to poetry and artwork, and more.
- These Zoom sessions will be presented entirely in Spanish and are perfect opportunities for any monolingual Spanish-speaking Nevadans who are hoping to learn about dementia and how to support the well-being of community members living with dementia. Presented every third Wednesday of each month at 12:00pm
- News Anchor for KOLO with bilingual (Spanish/English fluency) requirement to be the anchor for Telemundo!
- Part-Time Case Worker Position starting at $17 - $18 / hour
Research Opportunity for Engineering Students
- The student researcher will work with a graduate student. S/he is expected to learn the scientific concepts and research objectives, set up the test specimens, run the experiments, and collect and process the data with supervision. Junior/Senior standing, 4-5 weeks about 10hr/week but schedule is flexible and $15/hr. Please contact Dr. Hamed Ebrahimian (hebrahimian@unr.edu) for further information.
Foot Locker Job Opportunity
- Material handlers are responsible for picking, packing, sorting, and shipping all merchandise that come into the warehouse. Full time position, Monday thru Friday 7:30am-4:30pm. $16.00/hr. For more information email Martha.GonzalezPalomares@footlocker.com
- The position will fulfill requirements of a contract with Nevada Dementia-Capable Community Care Project (NDC3) including the accurate and timely documentation of grant deliverables. Must be fluent in English and Spanish and will deliver the training program via in-person or by videoconference. Travel throughout the assigned territory of Northern Nevada will be required of this position. This is a full-time temporary grant funded position with the possibility of continued employment for 3 years.
- Marketing, Public Relations and Graduates looking to work in a position as an Account Manager for Vitalant.
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This month, our Center’s director, Dr. Jafeth Sanchez, was featured on the University of Nevada, Reno’s podcast, “Sagebrushers,” with host President Brian Sandoval. In the episode, Dr. Sanchez shares how her first nine months at the Center have gone and what goals she has for the coming year. She also talks about recent and upcoming events like Tu Bienvenida on Oct. 6 and her experience as a Washoe County math teacher prior to coming to campus. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or online on the Sagebrushers website.
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We’ve (re)scheduled our event for Oct 6, 3:30-5p! Come celebrate with us for our Latinx/e/a/o/Hispanic student welcoming! There will be aguas frescas, free churros, and entertainment!
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El Grito of the University
- Our first-ever El Grito event was deemed a great success, and we remain grateful to the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts for helping us launch this opportunity in partnership with ASUN’s Center for Student Engagement with Dr. Sandy Rodriguez. Take a look at some of the media coverage on the event:
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This event has been postponed due to the uncertainties with the smoke/air quality. The event will now be held until December 8, 2022 at 7:00pm in Nightingale Concert Hall. Thank you for your understanding.
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