Affirmative Action
January 27, 2016: Castillo-Montoya served as a guest speaker at Trinity College on the topic of affirmative action. Her presentation focused specifically on the educational benefits of diversity.
Afro-Caribbean Student Experience
Abigail Smith '17 presented Beyond Borders: The Afro-Caribbean International Student Experience at the NASPA Region 1 conference on November 14, 2016.
College Union History
Connecting Commuters with Careers
Tia Roy, 2016 graduate of HESA, presented on Connecting Commuters with Careers at the New England Association of Cooperative Education and Field Experience conference on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016.
HESA in Glasgow
HESA students Abigail Smith, Lauren Hennes, and Emily Pearson, who travelled to Glasgow this summer, presented on their international experience on November 17, 2016. The three students travelled to Glasgow to conduct an assessment project which they used to provide the University Senate with recommendations for their assessment and feedback policies. Their presentation was entitled, The Glasgow 3 Experience: Assessment and Feedback Toolkit.
Latin@s in STEM
In April 2016, Rincon attended the annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in Washington, DC, and gave two paper presentations titled Latin@s in STEM at the Intersections and Prior Socialization and Campus Racial Climate for Latin@s in STEM.
Latin@s and Education
Reframing Notions of Rigor
Sociopolitical Capacity
Milagros Castillo-Montoya presented a research paper, Developing Students' Sociopolitical Capacity: An Essential Learning Outcome for Racially Diverse First-Generation College Students at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio in November, 2016.
Teaching and Diversity
January 14, 2016: Castillo-Montoya served as a panelist at UConn's Husky Sport Winter Retreat on the topic of teaching and diversity.
The Use of Assessment in Higher Education
In June 2016, Blanca Rincon gave a presentation, Assessment: What is it Good For?, on the use of assessment in higher education and student affairs for the Student Activities Department at the University of Connecticut.
UConn Reads Intragroup Race Dialogue Session
EDLR 5117: The College Student hosted one of three UConn Reads Intragroup Race Dialogue sessions. First-year HESA students joined facilitators to talk about their comfort with discussing topics of race and racism. Facilitators included Dr. Jennie McGarry, Danielle DeRosa, Dr. Milagros Castillo-Montoya, Dr. Justin Evanovich, Mia Hines, Dominique Battle-Lawson, Angela Rola, Susie Mitton-Shannon, and Elsie Gonzales.
Welcoming Climates for Latinx Students
Erica Fernandez and Blanca Rincon gave a presentation, <Creating a Welcoming Climate for Latinx Students for the Puerto Rican Student Association in October, 2016.