Read about the experiences of Alex Seager, as she recently returned from her study abroad program in Brazil this summer. Alex was a recipient of CLACS’ Donald R. Shea Scholarship!… Continue Reading »
Spotlight: FLAS Recipient Tim Lomeli
UWM alum Tim Lomeli talks about his experience receiving a graduate summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) in 2016 to study Haitian Creole. See past Spotlights.… Continue Reading »
Spotlight: LACUSL Alum Eileen Stillwell
Spotlight LACUSL Alum Eileen Stillwell recently skyped with us to tell us about her experiences with the LACUSL program and her post-bachelors work. Thanks, Eileen!… Continue Reading »
Fall 2018 Student Award Recipients
CLACS is proud to announce the student recipients of the Fall 2018 award cycle. Congratulations to Marissa Paulson (BA, Global Communication; Portuguese) and Sugeiry Berroa (BA, Global Studies; Portuguese) for receiving the Donald R. Shea Scholarship! This scholarship may be … Continue Reading »
CLACS 2017-18 Student Awards
With the conclusion of the 2017-2018 academic year, the UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is proud to announce this year’s student award winners. CLACS awarded over $54,000 in Student Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants to support sixteen undergraduate … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Phi Beta Kappas
Monday, April 23, 2018, two students of the Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latin@ Studies major were inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, the highest of honors in the liberal arts. Congratulations to students Lucero Rocha and Eileen … Continue Reading »
Field research grants available from CLACS
CLACS announces availability of two field research funding opportunities for students:
Tinker Pre-Dissertation Field Research Grants and the Ruggiero-Handelman Field Research Award
March 2, 2018… Continue Reading »
CLACS announces FLAS Fellowship competition
Undergraduate FLAS Fellowships for academic year 2018-19 are available (pending funding) to study Portuguese at UW-Milwaukee. Portable graduate FLAS are available for summer 2018 to attend intensive language institutes to study Portuguese, Haitian Creole, or indigenous languages of Latin America and the Caribbean. Application deadline: February 15, 2018… Continue Reading »
Spotlight: LACUSL graduate Kennia Coronado
Kennia Coronado graduated from UWM in May 2017 with a LACUSL major. She is now pursuing graduate studies in Political Science at UW-Madison. In this October 2015 IAMUWM feature, Kennia talks about her undergraduate experience, and the value of LACUSL … Continue Reading »
Spotlight: Interview with Dr. Nicholas Padilla
Dr. Nicholas Padilla is the FLAS Coordinator at CLACS. FLAS (Fellowships for Language and Area Studies) support the study of less commonly taught languages, including Portuguese, Haitian Creole, and indigenous languages of the Americas. Nick talks about the benefits of FLAS for undergraduate and graduate students and about his own experience as a FLAS recipient, studying Quechua in Ecuador.… Continue Reading »