from Hispanically Speaking News

A recent report has pointed out that while the need for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) college students has risen, the number of Latino students in the fields are far lower than the national average, and that number will only worsen unless more pre-college age Latinos take an early interest in STEM education/careers.

Continuing Education Diana Bandak teaches in the Adult Basic Education program at West City Campus. Bandak recently visited the White House on the occasion of the United States signing the treaty for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

In the wake of two college suicides Tyler Clementi of Rutgers University& Raymond Chase of Johnson & Wales, Campus Pride reissues findings and recommendations from the "2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People" released last week at a U.S. congressional briefing on Capitol Hill.

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores") was the battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence also known as El Grito de la Independencia ("Cry of Independence"), uttered on September 16, 1810 by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato.

by Gail Conrad

by Josh Greenberg