CLS Director Dr. Linda Halgunseth will be teaching CLS 896 (HDFS 843) Latinx Families course next semester. Learn about Latinx youth and families from social and developmental perspectives. Topics will include parenting, siblings, youth development and adjustment, and more!

Please join us for a special lunch with the Cristo Rey Senior Citizens at the Raices de Comunidad this Wednesday Oct. 28 from 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Multicultural Center (MCC). Food and Wisdom provided!

Dia De Los Muertos community mixer will be held at 5 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Broad Art Museum. CLS is sponsoring! Join us!

Reminder: CLS Graduate Student Meeting will be held today at 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. in CLS Office, 200 S. Kedzie. This lunch meeting includes CLS Director Linda Halgunseth discussing upcoming important dates and events. Former CLS Director Isabel Ayala is the guest speaker.

Apply now for a Julian Samora Research Institute scholarship! Applications are now being accepted for MSU graduate and undergraduate students. Visit jsri.msu.edu/ for more information.

Congratulations to CLS Librarian Andrea Salazar McMillan who was presented with the Brown Pride 2026 Orguilo Latino Award at Brown Pride 2026; La Lucha, Libre. Breaking Barriers, Changing The Narrative hosted by Culturas de las Razas Unidas. We are so proud of you!

Please join the Chicanx Latinx Association in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month on Tuesday Oct. 20 with food, music and mingling. Please fill out this form to RSVP: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/se4d…

A reminder of our upcoming Grad Student meeting, which will take place at 2:30pm on October 23. Former CLS Director, Dr. Isabel Ayala will be a guest speaker at the meeting. Please RSVP for the meeting by this Friday, October 16 with the QR code or docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

CLS Graduate Certificate student Gene Garcia has been invited by El Ballet Folklorico Estudiantil to put on a pre-concert performance for the Lupita Infante show at University of Michigan. ums.org/performance/lupita/ Congratulations Gene!

CLS core faculty Dr. Aldo Barrita (Psychology) is presenting "From Oppression to Resistance: Immigration Related Oppression and Critical Consciousness among Latine Adults During Heightened Anti-Immigrant Enforcement" at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 21, Room 230 Psychology building.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Today we celebrate Jennifer Mojica Santana, CLS graduate certificate student in the Department of English.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Today we celebrate Rachelle Rosario, Dual Major Doctoral Student in CLS and Social Work.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Today we celebrate Sofia Rosales, CLS Graduate Certificate Student and PhD student in Political Science. Her research interests focus on the Supreme Court, particularly on how the Courts affects the Latino population in the U.S.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Today we celebrate Delaney Rood, CLS graduate certificate student in Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Today we celebrate Angie Valbuena Rojas, CLS Dual Major Doctoral Student with Curriculum, Instruction and Teacher Education.

Please mark your calendars for Oct. 15 when Culturas de las Razas Unidas is hosting Brown Pride 2026. The event features CLS Core Faculty Delia Fernández-Jones as keynote speaker and will honor CLS Librarian Andrea Salazar McMillan with the Orgullo Latino Award.

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Today we celebrate Salomón Rodezno, PhD student in Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education and CLS graduate certificate student.

Go Green and go to the 2026 Latino Spartans community tailgate on Saturday Oct. 10 at the Benefactors Plaza Field (Public Lot 7) 9 a.m. through the end of the game. Food by Maria's Tacos catering!

Please join us at the Global Learning Expo from 1 until 5 p.m. Thursday Oct. 8 at the Breslin Center to learn more about all the international learning opportunities!

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Today we celebrate Teresa Rivera, Dual Doctoral Major Student in CLS and Sociology.