We are pleased to announce the 3nd Annual Encuentro which is a day where we host Hispanic students on the campus for a day of programing. Our date is October 6, 2009 in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage month.

This year our speaker will be Dr. Tey Diana Robelledo, Distinguished Professor, University of New Mexico.

Dr. Rebolledo currently serves as the Head of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico. She is among the leading scholars on Latino/a literature and culture, and is the author of several books on Latina literature. She has been named a Distinguished Professor, a UNM Regents' Professor and a New Mexico Eminent Scholar. She has been the recipient of an NEH Fellowship, a Bogliasco Institute Fellowship, a Rockefeller Fellowship and a Danforth Fellowship. Her current research focuses on Chicana/o literature and contemporary Southwest Hispano/a literature and culture.

Date: October 6, 2009
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Kansas State University Student Union BallRoom
Host: KSU Hispanic American Leadership Organization
Guest Speaker(s): Dr. Tey Diana Rebolledo , University of New Mexico
Registration deadline: September 29, 2009
Attire: Business
Contacts:
Elizabeth Renteria, liz29@k-state.edu, (913) 645-3215
Mirta Chavez, mirta@ksu.edu, (785) 532-6276