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• February 26, 2015

Diana Balgas, Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú’s executive director of student outreach and retention services, and Luz Calvo, a professor of ethnic studies, will give a talk on “Who Are Latinos/as? People, Culture and Communication” from 9-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, in the Biella Room in the University Library.

The presentation, the sixth in the university’s Diversity Development Program series, will focus on the diversity of Latino/a identities and cultures both in the region and, more specifically, on our campus. Balgas and Calvo will also discuss demographic changes in university enrollment and student success outcomes.

Balgas has worked for the university for more than 25 years. She is a two-time CSUEB graduate, and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in counseling. She recently earned a doctorate in educational leadership from San Francisco State.

Her research interests focus on why race and class remain strong predictors of students’ educational attainment, especially in baccalaureate degree completion rates.

Calvo earned a bachelor’s degree in politics from Princeton University, a master’s degree in political science from UCLA, and a doctorate in the history of consciousness from UC Santa Cruz. Calvo has published in the field of Chicana feminist theory and is working on a cookbook, “Decolonize Your Diet: Plant-Based Recipes for Health and Healing.”

The Diversity Development Program features monthly talks by campus experts on topics related to diversity. The presentations are free and open to the public. Those interested in attending can register online at: .

The Diversity Development Program is co-sponsored by the Office of Faculty Development and the Leadership and Employment Enrichment Program.

Two additional presentations are scheduled as part of the 2014-15 Diversity Development Program series. Both will be from 9-10:30 a.m. in the University Library’s Biella Room. Dates, topics and speakers are:

• April 7, “LGBTQ: People, Culture and Communication,” Gretchen Keer, librarian
• May 5, “Asian-Americans: People, Culture and Communication,” Kim Geron, department chair, Political Science; My-Lan Huynh, advisor, Student Life & Leadership, and lecturer, Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism; and Arnab Mukherjea, assistant professor, Health Sciences