Eighth grade students at Milwaukee’s Wedgewood Park International School got a treat one recent February morning: a visit from bestselling author Reyna Grande, whose memoir they read during their fall semesters. As the clock approached 10:00 AM, students filed into … Continue Reading »
CLACS Faculty Prof. Jon Kahl Leads Study Abroad Experience
Photos of study abroad participants provided by UWM Mexico Study Abroad Course: Air Pollution and Ancient Cultures Facebook page. During UWinteriM 2025, Professor Jon Kahl (UWM, Atmospheric Science) led a study abroad experience to Southern Mexico titled, “Mexico – Air … Continue Reading »
Cuentos de Confianza Support Community Health
Image Designed by UWM student, Ricardo Roderick-Cornejo. Community health promoters (promotores de salud) across Wisconsin have been working with former CLACS faculty fellow Dr. Rachel Bloom-Pojar since 2021 to share their stories about working with sexual and reproductive health. The Cuentos de … Continue Reading »
Summer 2025 Children’s and Young Adult Literature Book Fellows: Applications Open
To support more diverse books in classrooms and libraries and integration of diverse books in the curriculum, CLACS will award $1000 summer stipends to five Milwaukee Public Schools teachers and librarians (any related subject area, any level) to… Continue Reading »
2024-25 CLACS Faculty Fellows
Competition Announcement CLACS Faculty Fellows 2023-24 Academic Year Latin America in Global Perspective Application Deadline: May 31st, 2024 The UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) invites applications for its CLACS Fellows program focused annually on diverse themes. Fellows … Continue Reading »
2024 Children’s and Young Adult Literature Book Fellows
To support more diverse books in classrooms and libraries and integration of diverse books in the curriculum, CLACS will award $1000 summer stipends to five Milwaukee Public Schools teachers and librarians (any related subject area, any level) to… Continue Reading »
2023-24 CLACS Faculty Fellows
CLACS is pleased to announce the recently selected 2023-24 CLACS Faculty Fellows, who will be focusing their projects on the theme, Building Bridges, Pushing Boundaries. Fellows will consider how their research and/or artistic expression challenges conventional approaches, pushes boundaries of inquiry … Continue Reading »
2023-24 CLACS Faculty Fellows
CLACS announces 2023-24 Faculty Fellows theme: Building Bridges, Pushing Boundaries. Fellows’ may explore the theme from any disciplinary, interpretive, creative, or analytic point of view.… Continue Reading »
CLACS 2022-23 Award Recipients
We’re pleased to announce that we supported 41 UWM faculty, UWM students, and regional faculty with over $68,000 in funding this academic year. Funding went to conference presentations, field research, and less-commonly taught language studies. Congratulations to all of our … Continue Reading »
UWM Length of Service Ceremony
UW-Milwaukee will be honoring faculty and staff for their length of service to the university on February 14, 2023. CLACS celebrates the accomplishments of our staff and affiliated faculty: 5 years Aimee Orndorf (CLACS) 10 years Maria Soledad Gillespie Department … Continue Reading »