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by Carlos D. Conde with both already eyeing the ultimate political prize while denying such ambitions.

Castro knows how to charm an audience with his political style but other than that he doesn’t have much to show in terms of public achievements.

Castro was the keynote speaker at the 2012 Democratic Convention in Charlotte, N.C., following the path of another still more than two minority member, Barack years before the Obama. next presidential But Obama reached the election but already there’s presidency through the senaJoe Biden at an Iowa torial ranks which provide Democratic fundraiser in greater visibility and stature September cuddling a cute, than a mayor’s post. baby and mugging for the The 2016 presidential photographers in his best race may be some time away pearly-teeth smile. but the national parties and Close by within camera the prospective candidates range, you can also spot San are already fanning out into Antonio Mayor Julian Castro the field to take the voters’ working the crowd like a pulse and build up the suprock star which he does very port and endorsements that well and that is why some can make this happen. political kingmakers view The Latino vote went overhim as the next Latino politi- whelmingly for Obama in cal paladin, albeit a bit young 2008 and 2012 and the and relatively untested at 39. Democrats hope to do just as For now Castro would be well in 2016 again with the happy to be a running mate to decisive support of the Latinos the Democratic presidential and the contributing mishaps nominee which is the best of the Republican Party which prep work if the presidency is has a knack for shooting itself your eventual goal and what in the foot when it comes to someone with Castro’s ambi- courting the ethnic vote. tions would be positioning for.

A Latino seeking the presiAt this juncture, it seems a dential nomination seems bit farfetched considering his utterly ambitious at this point political experience is limited regardless of the minority to being a two-term mayor of group’s vote potential. The San Antonio with a spotty vice presidency, however, is tenure and a political vision another matter and 2016 built mostly around ethnic might just be the year when a issues and metro challenges.

Hispanic reaches that politiThe Republicans have their cal plateau. own Latino aspirants, Sen. Joe Biden already has put Marco Rubio and Sen. Ted this into his political calculus Cruz, a recent newcomer, knowing there is no better

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political stimulus than to have a telegenic Latino as a running mate particularly when it can turn out to be the winning factor in an election where the electorate is split with all kinds of kinetic prejudices.

That the Latinos are beyond political puberty is beyond question. That they can coalesce their vote when pursued has already been shown. That they can produce a viable political performer in the higher echelons is another matter.

There have been various Latino political stars in the past who have evaporated into the stratosphere faster than a burning comet.

Remember Henry Cisneros, also once a San Antonio mayor, and a cabinet member in the Clinton administration who, with his enormous civic affairs talents was seen as a can’t-miss Latino political superstar of that era until an illicit affair waylaid him and poof went his career.

Ex- Clinton cabinet member and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, of bi-cultural parentage, also envisioned the White House but personal problems undermined that ambition.

Currently there are some potential Latino political stars in Congress and in state offices like Govs. Susana Martínez of New Mexico, Brian Sandoval of Nevada or Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who may have super ethnic credentials but realistic assessments tell them they are better off where they are now.

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House, even at the vice presidential level but you can be certain of one thing: Joe Biden and the other presumptive presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, most definitely will need a Latino as a running mate if they want to win.

The Republican Party would do well to heed the same advice.

You won’t find anyone more committed to the public service environment and politics than the Castro brothers. Julian’s twin, Joaquin, is a congressman who is filling the legendary Henry B. Gonzales’ seat.

Their cohabiting parents were political activists in the Raza Unida days of the 1960s when Latino groups were establishing civil rights beachheads throughout the nation.

The Castro twins, literally and figuratively, are a product of that era and they learned from the cradle how to use the system for their just deserts like their Stanford and Harvard University educations supported by affirmative action programs.

Neither Julian nor his twin Joaquin have clearly articulated their political philosophy except to say they are the recipients of a benevolent American society – the American dream – that will work for others just as it did for them.

Carlos D. Conde, awardwinning journalist and commentator, former Washington and foreign news correspondent, was an aide in the Nixon White House and worked on the political campaigns of George Bush Sr. To reply to this column, contact Cdconde@aol.com.

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What Would America Be Like Without Hispanics? by Stephen Balkaran

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DREAMers Could Make or Break Immigration Reform in 2013 by Peggy Sands Orchowski

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The Missions of San Antonio Recount Spanish History by Michelle Adam

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UTPA Professor and Texas Business Woman Discusses Immigration Reform at the White House by Frank DiMaria

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As a result, there is a tendency to diminish the importance of this observance. In the case of Hispanic Heritage Month, that would be a huge mistake – not to mention a terrible injustice. If we have learned anything from the national conversation about everything from race relations to marriage equality, it’s that civility and tolerance is enhanced when people get to know those who are different from themselves or espouse a different point of view. In this issue of HO we showcase the lives of extraordinary Hispanics in history and in contemporary society. Their efforts over the years have helped raise the consciousness of a nation and the world about the contributions of Hispanics and the challenges Hispanics have faced as they have woven themselves into the American tapestry of tradition and values. The more people know about the rich heritage Hispanics share, the greater likelihood we can dispel the notion that Hispanics are just “those other people” as talk of immigration reform heats up this fall – regardless of where you come down on this important topic. That’s why celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month is especially important this year. And thanks to the launch of our full color digital magazine, HO’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage month now looks better than ever. ¡Adelante!

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By Esther Elena López-Mulnix, Mimi Wolverton and Salwa A. Zaki.

Latinas in the Workplace is the third book in the Journeys to Leadership series that features stories about extraordinary women who have found paths to success in male-dominated arenas.

This volume showcases the stories of eight such women. Even though each took a different route to success, these women share an understanding of what they aspired to, including the freedom to choose how to invest time and energy and establish professional and personal balance, 2011. 150 pp. ISBN: 978-1579223533. $17.95. paper. Stylus Publishing. Virginia, (703) 661-1504. www.Styluspub.com.

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By Sharon A. Navarro In late 2003, Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte led 10 other Texas Senate Democrats to New Mexico as part of a protest against a Republican redistricting plan. The walkout of the “Texas Eleven” made national headlines; it also deprived the state senate of a quorum and temporarily froze all legislative action. In her career, Van de Putte has successfully authored legislation that has reformed the state welfare system and provided a healthcare safety net for children in Texas.

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By Judith Ortiz Cofer (Author), Elena Olazagasti-Segovia (Translator) This is a Spanish-language edition of The Latin Deli, Judith Ortiz Cofer's prizewinning collection of short stories, personal essays, and poems, which opens a door into the lives of the Puerto Rican immigrants who live in or near an urban New Jersey tenement known as "El Building." The book was selected by Rita Dove, Ashley Montague, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. to receive the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.

2006. 200 pp. ISBN: 978-0820328409. $19.95. paper.

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by Henry G. Cisneros (Author, Editor) and John Rosales (Editor) 2009. 288 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1558855427 $29.95 cloth. University of Houston, (713) 743-2998. www.latinoteca.com.

social influence of Hispanics in American life is unmistakable. It goes beyond a Latino influence in baseball or using salsa instead of ketchup. The latest elections have shown how impactful Hispanics have become in public life. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by the year 2050, there will be an additional 60 million Hispanics in the United States, realizing a 50 percent growth rate. By then 25 percent of America’s population will be Hispanic. Henry G. Cisneros, the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city and former HUD Secretary, who serves as editor of Latinos and the Nation’s Future says these numbers are not reversible by closing the borders, they ''are the simple demographic trajectory of people already living in the U.S.'' In his chapter that opens this collection of essays about the future of the U.S., Cisneros makes the argument that “the country cannot continue its historic path of growth, progress, and greatness without substantial improvements in the Latino community s economic and educational status. The fate of the nation is inextricably linked to that of the Hispanic community not only because of its size, but also because of its relative youthfulness as other populations grow older and leave the workforce. There is absolutely no doubt that the success and well-being of Latinos or lack thereof will impact the country as a whole, he explains.

Cisneros argues that it is “imperative that Americans accept this fact and work to harness its growth, develop its educational potential, engage its community-building energies, and transform it into the next middle class.”

Latinos and the Nation's Future contains essays by leading scholars, civil rights leaders and other professionals on issues impacting the advancement of Latino citizens. University of Southern California professor and director of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute Harry P. Pachón gives an overview of the emerging Latino middle class; Tamar Jacoby, a former senior writer for Newsweek and deputy editor of The New York Times op-ed page, explores the subject of U.S. government immigration policy reform; Sarita E. Brown, founding president of Excelencia in Education, takes an in-depth look at the issues facing Latinos in higher education; and Elena Rios, M.D., president and CEO of the National Hispanic Medical Association, presents a comprehensive view of Latino health issues.

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celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month would not be complete without a nod to this group of Hispanic artists, educators, statesmen, activists, scientists, soldiers, explorers, businessmen and clergy. Their efforts over the years have helped raise the consciousness of the world about the contributions of Hispanics and the challenges Hispanics have faced and brilliantly overcome. This list is based on information in 100 Hispanics you should know by Iván Castro.

OSCAR ARIAS SÁNCHEZ – Statesman BORN: Sept. 13, 1941 in Heredia, Costa Rica.

• Appointed Costa Rica’s Minister of National Planning and Political Economy in 1972.

• Elected president of Costa Rica in 1986.

• Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987.

Arias prompted a national debate in his country about class divisions and social inequities with his doctoral thesis Quien Gobierna en Costa Rica? (Who Rules Costa Rica?). The reaction to his thesis launched his political career. Arias was known for his efforts to bring peace to the region and foster free democratic elections throughout Central America

JACINTO BENAVENTE – Playwright, Poet BORN: Aug. 12, 1866 in Madrid, Spain.

• Established himself as a writer with the book Cartas de Mujeres (Women’s Letters).

• Published his most famous play, Los intereses creados (The Establishment), in 1907.

• Wrote more than 170 plays, plus numerous books and poems.

• Awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1922.

Benavente is best known for his description of life in Spain, as well as his portrayal of women in rural settings. He supported Francisco Franco’s Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War and was placed under arrest for a few months by the country’s Republicans.

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JOSÉ CAPABLANCA – Chess Player BORN: Nov.19, 1888 in Havana, Cuba.

• Became Cuban chess champion in 1901.

• Beat the U.S. champion in 1909.

• Held the title of world champion from 1921 to 1927.

Capablanca was a talented chess player who authored three books on chess, and introduced ideas to innovate the game, including adding two new pieces to the chess board. One would be a “chancellor,” which could move like both a rook and a knight; the other would be an “archbishop,” which would be designed to move like a bishop and a knight.

MIGUEL de CERVANTES – Writer, Adventurer BORN: Sept. 29, 1547 in Madrid, Spain.

• Joined various military expeditions, including the Spanish Armada.

• Published his first work La Galatea in 1585.

• Published the first part of Don Quixote in 1605 and the second part in 1615.

• Published a tragedy in verse titled Numancia.

Cervantes was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His most famous work, Don Quixote, is arguably the first modern European novel written in a language other than Latin, and is one of the most translated books in the world along with the Bible and The Three Musketeers. He so influenced the Spanish language through his writing, Spanish is sometimes called la lengua de Cervantes (“the language of Cervantes”).

FRANKLIN CHANG-DÍAZ – Astronaut, Physicist BORN: April 5, 1950 in San Jose, Costa Rica.

• Became a NASA astronaut in 1981.

• Helped develop a propulsion system designed to be used in space flights.

• Veteran of seven spaceflights.

• Received three doctorates honoris causa from universities in North, Central, and South America.

A Costa Rican mechanical engineer and physicist, Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz has logged more than 1,600 hours in space, more than any other Hispanic. He was the third Hispanic American to explore space, and is the first naturalized U.S. citizen astronaut, having become a citizen in 1997. He maintains dual citizenship, retaining his Costa Rican roots. He is also a member of the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame.

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HERNÁN CORTÉS – Explorer BORN: Circa 1485 in Medellin, Spain.

• Participated in the conquest of Cuba in 1511.

• Left Cuba for Mexico in 1519.

• Completed conquest of Mexico 1521.

• Explored parts of lower California in 1535.

Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca, was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that brought down the Aztec Empire. He is considered one of the most famous Spanish conquistadores. His expeditions established Spain’s prominence in the New World.

JOSÉ FERRER – Actor BORN: Jan. 8, 1909 in Santurce, Puerto Rico.

• Made his Broadway debut in 1935.

• Won a Tony in 1946 and an Oscar in 1950, for title performance Cyrano de Bergerac.

• Director on Broadway and in Hollywood.

• Received the National Medal of Arts from President Ronald Reagan In 1985 José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón, also known as José Ferrer, was an actor, as well as a theater and film director. He was the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic actor to win an Oscar, which he donated to the University of Puerto Rico. In 1981 he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in José Ferrer's honor in their Distinguished Americans series in 2012.

JULIUS PETER GARESCHÉ – Soldier BORN: April 26, 1821 in Havana, Cuba.

• Commissioned as first lieutenant in 1846.

• Decorated by Pope Pious IX as a knight of St. Sylvester in 1851.

• Promoted to major in 1861.

• Became chief of staff of the Army of the Potomac in 1862.

Julius Peter Garesché was one of a few known Hispanic high–ranking officers who fought on the Union side during the Civil War. He graduated from United States Military Academy at West Point in 1841. Garesché also belonged to a religious group called the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, which was a Catholic organization with a mission to help the poor. He was the society’s president for a time when he was in Washington, D.C.

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ROBERTO GOIZUETA – Businessman BORN: Nov. 18, 1931 in Havana, Cuba.

• Hired by the Coca–Cola Company in 1954.

• Became Coca–Cola’s chairman, director, and chief executive officer in 1981.

• Under his direction, Coca–Cola donated nearly $100 million worldwide to education.

• Introduced new Coca–Cola products.

Along with being a successful businessman who expanded Coca–Cola’s brand and product line, Goizueta was also a noted humanitarian. Under his leadership, Coca–Cola’s stock grew by 7,100 percent. He established the Goizueta Foundation, which awards scholarships to Hispanics and other minority students.

MIGUEL HIDALGO – Revolutionary, Priest BORN: May 8, 1753 in Penjamo, Mexico.

• Ordained a priest in 1778.

• Proclaimed Mexico’s independence from Spain and the abolition of slavery in 1810.

• Established an independent Mexican government in 1811.

Miguel Hidalgo was a Mexican priest who became the inspiration and leader of the Mexican War of Independence. His crusade began when he was serving in a church in Dolores, Mexico and was moved by the poverty he saw there, and disenchanted by the government’s interest in keeping the poor from growing olives and grapes in favor of importing these items for Spain. He rallied the poor to fight back when he delivered his famous speech entitled “The Cry of Dolores.”

AGUSTÍN LARA – Composer BORN: Oct. 30, 1896 in Mexico City, Mexico.

• Penned more than 500 popular songs • Creating movie scores from 1925 to 1950, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

• Composed “Granada,” one of the most popular songs of this era, in 1936.

• Composed the famous waltz, “Maria Bonita” in 1945. Ángel Agustín María Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Lara y Aguirre del Pino, also known as Agustín Lara was a Mexican singer, actor and songwriter. His style fused bolero, jazz, tango and waltz as well as the samba and rumba rhythms. He was also responsible for many notable songs for Mexican movies including Farolito (Small Street Light), Santa (Saint), and Noche de Ronda (Serenade Night).

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GABRIELA MISTRAL – Poet BORN: April 7, 1889 in Vicuna, Chile • First Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945.

• Awarded honorary degrees from the University of Guatemala and the University of Florence, Italy.

• Appointed to the United Nations Subcommittee on the Status of Women in 1946.

• Received Chile’s National Prize for Literature in 1951.

Born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, this Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist used the pseudonym Gabriela Mistral. In 1914 she won a prize in the national literary contest, Juegos Florales (Flower Games) for her Sonetis de la Muerte (Death Sonnets). Her portrait also appears on the 5,000 Chilean peso bank note.

RICARDO MONTALBÁN – Actor BORN: Nov. 25, 1920 in Mexico City, Mexico.

• Founded Nosostros (Us) in 1973 to promote better roles and images for Hispanics in film.

• Won an Emmy Award in 1978 for his role in the miniseries How the West Was Won. • Received the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.

• Awarded title of Knight Commander of Saint Gregory the Great by the Vatican in 1998.

Ricardo Montalbán, born Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, was a Mexican radio, television, theatre, and film actor who found his fame and fortune in Hollywood as a movie and television star. He is best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on the TV series Fantasy Island, and Khan in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

MARIO MORENO (CANTINFLAS) – Actor BORN: Aug.12, 1911 in Mexico City, Mexico.

• Had his first starring role in Hay Esta el Detalle (That’s Where the Detail Is) in 1940.

• Filmed his first American movie in 1955.

• Won Golden Glove for Best Actor in 1956.

• Latin American countries granted him honorary membership in professions he played in movies.

Mario Moreno, was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter known professionally as Cantinflas. Often referred to as the Charlie Chaplin of Mexico, Moreno’s most notable characters were of peasants or campesinos. He made his first American movie in the 1955 version of Around the World in 80 Days. A philanthropist who worked to improve the lives of the needy in Latin American nations, Moreno addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Michigan.

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PABLO PICASSO – Artist BORN: Oct. 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain • Painted his first canvas in 1891.

• Went through his famous Blue Period between 1900 and 1904.

• Went through his Rose Period from 1905 to 1906.

• Unveiled his famous work, “Guernica” in 1937.

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso, was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer. Although born in Spain, he spent most of his life in France. As the artist who co–founded the popular Cubist movement, he was one of most influential artists in the 20th century. Among his most famous works are the proto–Cubist “Les Demoiselles d'Avignon” (1907), and “Guernica” (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. In his lifetime he produced more than 20,000 works.

GILBERT ROLAND – Actor BORN: Dec. 11, 1905 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

• Only Mexican actor to portray the Cisco Kid, which he did in 11 movies.

• Nominated for Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actor in 1952.

• Nominated for Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actor in 1964.

Primarily known for his Latin lover roles, Gilbert Roland began his career in silent films and appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows. Born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, Roland wanted to become a bullfighter like his father, but switched to an acting career when he came to America with his family and was cast as an extra in a movie. He chose his screen name of Gilbert Roland by combining the names of his favorite actors, John Gilbert and Ruth Roland.

CÉSAR ROMERO – Actor BORN: Feb. 15, 1907 in New York City, N.Y. • Cast in his first Broadway role in 1927.

• Made his movie debut in 1933.

• Awarded the 1984 Nosotros Golden Eagle Award for his success as a Hispanic in the entertainment industry.

• Received the Imagen Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991.

César Julio Romero, Jr. had a 60– year career in film, radio, and television. Although his early career was marked with Latin Lover roles, he was as adept in dramas as he was in comedies and achieved pop culture status with his role as the Joker in the Batman TV series. He volunteered for service in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1942, and served in the Pacific Theater of Operations. He was stationed aboard the Coast Guard–manned assault transport USS Cavalier in November, 1943, and was part of the forces invading Tinian and Saipan.

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JUNÍPERO SERRA – Missionary BORN: Nov. 24, 1713 in Petra (Island of Mallorca), Spain.

• Ordained a Franciscan priest in 1738.

• Traveled to New Spain, today’s Mexico, in 1749.

• Founded nine missions in California between 1769 and 1782.

Junípero Serra was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco between the years 1769 and 1782. Serra was able to bring to the European products that eventually became central to California’s agriculture empire: oranges, lemons, olives, figs, grapes, and vegetables, as well as cattle, sheep, goats, and horses.

These nine missions are part of the chain of missions that stretched for 650 miles along California’s El Camino Real (The Royal Road). Fr. Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on Sept. 25, 1988.

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA – Composer, Band Leader BORN: Nov. 6, 1854 in Washington, D.C. • Enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1867.

• Assumed leadership of the U.S. Marine Band in 1880.

• Conducted the band "The President's Own," serving under Presidents Hayes, Garfield, Cleveland, Arthur and Harrison.

• Wrote "Semper Fidelis," which he dedicated to "the officers and men of the Marine Corps."

John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor best known for American military and patriotic marches as well as being dubbed The March King. Among his best–known marches are "The Liberty Bell", "The Thunderer", "The Washington Post", "Semper Fidelis" (Official March of the United States Marine Corps), and "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (National March of the United States of America).

ARNALDO TAMAYO – Cosmonaut BORN: Jan. 29, 1942 in Guantánamo, Cuba.

• Traveled to the Soviet Union for training on the MiG–15 in 1961.

• Promoted to lieutenant in 1963.

• Selected as a cosmonaut in 1978.

Arnaldo Tamayo was the first Latin American, the first person of African descent, and the first Cuban citizen to travel into earth orbit. After the revolution of 1959, Tamayo Méndez joined the Cuban air force as a pilot. He made a one week spaceflight in 1980 that was much heralded by Cuba, and he received the Hero of the Republic of Cuba Award for his groundbreaking achievements.

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What Would America Be Like Without Hispanics?

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amed African-American author Ralph Ellison once posed an intriguing question: What would America be like without blacks? Not only did Ellison show the socioeconomic and cultural contribution of African-Americans, but he also questioned what America would have been if Africans and their descendants did not shape and define America.

Ellison not only showed that America’s historical, political, economic and cultural definition was contributed to by African-Americans, but also reminded us that America has continued to evolve as a country of immigrants.

Recent debates, however, now surround the “Browning of America,” the continuous reshaping of America and its Hispanic influence. Many of us fail to grapple that America has always been Hispanic. In fact, according to the 2011 Census Bureau, one out of every six people in the United States is Hispanic. In 2010, The New York Times reported for the first time in our country’s rich history that we had more brown and black children being born than white, yet despite this astonishing information, many Americans are confused as to who Hispanics really are.

For many of us, Hispanics are envisioned as migrant workers, cheap laborers with leaf blowers, non-Englishspeaking individuals or any number of media driven portrayals (and of course there are Cesar Chávez, Jennifer López and Ricky Martin). The blending of various Hispanics’ identities, cultures, traditions and lifestyles makes America culturally Hispanic without many of us even realizing it.

What mainstream Americans have failed to realize is that Hispanics have played and will continue to play a crucial role in our nation. Hispanics have contributed to every avenue of American

by Stephen Balkaran life since the inception of this country.

Hispanics’ origins have played such a key role in our country’s socio-economic, political and cultural development that many argue: What would America would be like without the presence of Hispanics and their influence?

Hispanic culture can be traced in the United States for over 500 years when California, Mexican states, Florida and the Southwest were discovered by Spanish explorers. Many of us are unaware that Hispanic culture had firm roots in St. Augustine, Fla., and in what is now New Mexico before the English arrived at Jamestown in 1607 or before the Pilgrims dropped anchor in Massachusetts Bay in 1621. Hispanic culture and political development flourished well before the Founding Fathers envisioned the idea of securing their independence from Britain in 1776. Not only did Hispanic culture help shape and define America’s early political development, but it also has played an important role in helping to secure the birth of the new republic: America.

During the American Revolutionary War, Bernardo de Gálvez, governor of the Louisiana Territory, sent gunpowder, rifles, bullets, blankets, medicine and other supplies to the armies of General George Washington in support of America’s cause. Once the war began, Gálvez, along with support and reinforcements from Spain’s Cuba, Mexico and Puerto Rico, fought valiantly to help defeat British troops. Hispanics continued to play a vital role in every military conflict – in every war, in every battle and on every battlefield. Hispanics have put their lives on the line to protect their freedom, liberty and democracy in the Civil War, World Wars I & II, Vietnam and the present-day wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It must be noted that 1 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 1 3

Hispanics have always met the challenge of serving America with great commitment and admiration.

What would our country’s political history be without Hispanics? What would Manifest Destiny and America’s expansion be without the role of Hispanics and the carving of America’s great western frontier? The Hispanic presence in the election of President James Polk in 1844 and his future policy of annexation of Texas, the stolen land, the creation of the artificial border, remember the Alamo, the great Southwest, and the Compromise of 1850 all help define our American history.

What would America be like without the importance of The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican War, where the United States gained not only Texas, New Mexico and Upper California, making way for the vast expansion of

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American land, but also a cultural history like no other? Our Civil War would not be the same without the presence of Hispanics, often removed from our history books. Some 20,000 Hispanics fought in the Civil War, some serving in the 1st Florida Cavalry, others serving in the Union forces in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts. From the first battle in Fort Sumter to the last battle in Palmito Ranch, Texas, their allegiance served in America’s defining war over the issue of slavery. Hispanics have always met the challenge of serving America

president. Without the Hispanic vote, this feat would not have been possible.

As we embrace the 21st century, what would America’s political future be like without the importance of the Hispanic vote? This vote, which can be utilized by both political parties, now defines the structure of America’s political process.

From the time of the nation's founding, immigration has been crucial to the United States' growth, and also the source of political conflict. In recent decades, the country has experienced the second great wave of immigration which many argue is the

pelling way. When we speak to them we can move them our way; they can break the Republican Party.” According to the Republican Party, “given the size, growth rate and the distribution of Hispanics, it is safe to say that if we do not respect their voting power, they can change the future of elections.” America’s future, whether socio-economic or political, is tied to the future of Hispanics.

The division of the nation on this topic has left us with no other choice but to face the fact that we are a nation of immigrants. The current flow of immi-

No other immigrant group in history has the potential to redefine America as Hispanics do; they are quickly becoming the new cornerstone. with commitment and admiration in the midst of the great American split.

The Spanish-American war not only changed America, but announced America as a world power. Our influence in Latin America and our political games with the region not only created an illusion of a fake and misleading democracy, but also created more enemies.

“Imperialism” became the new name for “colonialism.” Our political foreign policy during pre and post Cuba’s Fidel Castro helped define our Cold War foreign policy with Latin America and the rest of the world. It also played an important role in defining what it meant to be an “American.” The Viva Kennedy Movement helped elect one of America’s promising leaders, John F. Kennedy, as well as the election and recent re-election of America’s first African- American 16

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The growth of the Hispanic electorate is an important factor in the increasing number of congressional races across the country.

Both our political parties have redefined their agenda to cater to the Hispanics ever growing presence. Politically their votes remain hugely important for both Democratic and Republican campaigns.

The New York Times called the 2004 Bush and Kerry appeals to Hispanic voters in the 2004 campaign a “virtual love-fest,” commenting further, “Well, politicians can count. The Hispanic vote cannot be taken for granted.”

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grants is overwhelmingly Hispanic. Many argue these immigrants are a drain on the system while others argue it is the browning of America. Whatever the arguments might be, many Americans seem to suffer from amnesia. They have forgotten their commitment to the watch words of this great nation: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” The recent immigration debate questioned our country’s rich tradition of welcoming immigrants with open arms.

At no other time in our history has a debate on immigration divided the nation on its true values and rich tradition of freely welcoming immigrants.

The recent immigration laws in Arizona, Alabama and other states have raised several important questions regarding the role of the federal government’s

policies, policy decision-making processes and more so, the role of race in many of the policy making processes.

The 2013 comprehensive immigration reform policies are geared to the future of both political parties as they try to court America’s greatest asset: the Hispanic vote. The immigration debate has generated so many divisions in society that it has become the “civil rights debate of 21st century.” Never in American history has immigration become such a divisive issue where policymaking and the electoral process go hand-in-hand. Moreover, how both parties handle the issue of comprehensive immigration reform will have a serious impact on Hispanic political behavior and future presidential elections.

The growing presence of the Hispanic community will have profound political consequences and future immigration policy agendas will play an important part in the political process.

What would our history be without the struggle for civil rights, equality and guaranteed rights under the constitution of the United States? Very few understand the importance of Mendez v. Westminster in 1947, which the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that segregation of MexicanAmerican children from the public schools system in California was unconstitutional and violated the 14th Amendment, it paved the way for the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954.

The achievements of Dr. Hector P. García, leader of the Hispanic movement, remain silent but of great importance as he fought peacefully for the dismantling of segregation signs, racism and discrimination in many MexicanAmerican communities in the great Southwest in the 1940s and 50s. He created the Mexican-American GI Forum in 1948, was appointed as United States Ambassador to the United Nations and was the first Mexican- American to given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. His ideology and commitment toward justice for all later became the cornerstone for Dr. Martin L. King and the AfricanAmerican struggle for civil rights in the 1960s.

What would our first African-American presidential campaign slogan “Yes We Can” be like without the Cesar Chávez and Dolores Huerta who coined the term

“Sí, se puede” in the 1972 during the farmworkers strike? Without the Hispanic struggle for economic equality, the term might not have had any importance.

What would America’s economic prosperity be like without defining the buying power of Hispanics? The U.S. economic prosperity has and will solely rest on the buying power of Hispanics. With this buying power, the next 18-year period is expected to be greater than that of the white, African-American, and AsianAmerican populations, according to the Selig Center for Economic Growth 2102 report. Our economy has been redefined by the largest minority group. CEO of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Michael Barrera said, “the Hispanic consumer market here in the U.S. is actually as big or bigger than the GDP of Mexico or Canada. We're the second largest economy in North America.”

The Selig Center report also indicated that Hispanics’ combined expenditures on everything from staple goods and services to health care, housing and transportation, total a staggering $1.5 trillion annually.

Nationally, Hispanic purchasing power is up by nearly 30 percent in the last three years, to $653 billion. According to the center study, the purchasing power is expected to grow by 8.8 percent, to more than $1.5 trillion by 2015. The business community has discovered the economic clout of the Hispanic population, which is clearly depicted by the prevalence of Spanish-language signage, sports, advertisements and media.

What differentiates Hispanics from other previous immigrant groups is their economic, social and political power. No other immigrant group in history has the potential to redefine America as Hispanics do; they are quickly becoming the new cornerstone. With the explosion of the Hispanic population, not only have they impacted the demographics of the U.S. population, but also the country’s economics. According to Linda Jacobson, director of the Population Reference Bureau, “with growth will come increased economic clout; already Hispanics are an economic force and because they are growing in numbers that won’t change, corporate America is taking notice.”

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other cultural influences in New York City and Boston to the Mexican culture found in the great Southwest, Texas and California, America’s cultural history would not be the same. Without Hispanic physicist Luis Álvarez’s theory on the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, that frequently asked question would still be unanswered. What would America’s pastime, baseball, be without the Hispanic influence helping change and define the game? From Roberto Clemente to the greatest hitter of all time, Ted Williams and his Hispanic background. Yes, his mother was Mexican, and though he shied away from the fact of his Hispanic heritage, many argue that it would affect his status and playing career.

Our Goya food brand has now become an integral part of American food culture, from its humble beginnings in lower Manhattan to every major city in the world. It announced the Hispanic presence in our homes and communities despite our ethnic background. What would the ever changing American music be without the influence of Hispanics? From José Feliciano reminding us of “Feliz Navidad” to Celia Cruz, Carlos Santana defining much of the 60s and 70s, to ever present Hispanic musical trend that embraces the great Southwest, West Coast, Midwest to the East Coast and continues to define who we are as Americans.

America must make the first move to acknowledge and respect the contributions of Hispanics in every aspect of our society. At the same time we must also come to terms that we are a nation of immigrants. The economic, political and social-cultural influence of current immigrants is far more beneficial to the nation than our media critics make them out to be. Hispanics are fast becoming the new foundation of our country’s economic, political and social-cultural power and based on their promise; no other immigrant group in the history of our great nation has this potential to redefine America. Remember “we did not cross the border: the border crossed us.”

Stephen Balkaran is an instructor in the department of philosophy & political science at Quinnipiac University.

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Dreamers Could Make or Break Immigration Reform in 2013

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by Peggy Sands Orchowski July and August of 2013, immigration reform suddenly became all about giving legal status to DREAMers – generally defined as “unauthorized immigrants who came in as children.” Polls show that an increasing number of Americans consider it to be “the right American thing to do.”

Democrats have made legalizing DREAMers a top priority since 2010, when a stand-alone DREAMer bill died in the Senate, and Democrats lost the House majority. This June, the concept was included without question in the bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill that passed the Senate. In July, the question became, what would happen to the DREAMers when the now-Republican-dominated House took up immigration reform?

Republicans leaders were adamant that they would not consider the Senate comprehensive bill. Instead they planned to discuss a number of stand-alone immigration proposals, many focusing on increasing border and internal immigration enforcement. They said they might wrap those together in a kinda-sorta comprehensive immigration reform proposal this fall or next year. Presumably, that package would not include any proposal to legalize illegal immigrants currently in the country.

But in a surprise move in mid-July, GOP House leaders suddenly changed their minds. On July 23 in a hearing packed with journalists, advocates and members of both political parties, the Congressional immigration committee met to consider ideas to legalize “immigrants brought in as children” – the DREAMers, or “kids”, as Republicans might call them.

“They had no input into their parents’ decision to bring the family to the U.S. illegally,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. “Many of them know no other home than the U.S. having grown up as Americans since they were toddlers.”

Hearing witnesses were all outspoken advocates for DREAMers: religious leaders, immigrant rights groups, study groups, two high-achiever DREAMers and – surprise – the committee’s most passionate Democratic spokesman for the DREAM Act, Illinois Congressman Luis Gutiérrez. As usual, he argued vigorously for the legalization of all DREAMers.

But then in a head-jerking finale and in no uncertain terms, Gutiérrez said he adamantly opposed any Republican proposal to legalize just the kids. He said their proposals were “unAmerican” if they did not include giving a pathway to citizenship not only to all DREAMers, but also to their parents, sib18

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lings, relatives, in-laws, friends (including those who had been deported already), mentors, sympathizers – in fact, to “all of the 11 million or so undocumented immigrants in the country.” Gutiérrez’s position was supported unanimously by all the Democrats on the panel – even the DREAMers.

The Democrats suddenly seemed to be going for all or nothing – a bait and switch?

“Republican proposals are completely unacceptable,” said the Brookings Institute’s immigration expert Audrey Singer at an Aug. 15 panel at the liberal think tank the Center for American Progress (CAP). “They even are suggesting giving DREAMers only a permanent work and residency permit that would not lead to a pathway to citizenship.”

But Singer admitted reluctantly that the Republicans’ compromise proposal might be placing Democrats in an “awkward” position. Would Democrats really kill the chance for hundreds of thousands of DREAMers to gain legalization because they wouldn’t compromise on the larger issue of blanket legalization for all illegal immigrants?

It is estimated that 1.8 million unauthorized immigrants would qualify generally as DREAMers, according to the Migration Policy Institute and the Center of Immigration Studies.

Some 800,000 might gain legalization under the current legislative requirements, according to The Pew Research Center.

Extreme opponents of the DREAM Act say it is unfair to the millions of foreign nationals wanting, applying for and waiting years in their homelands for a green card, to give these coveted permanent work and residency visas to anyone who came into the country illegally, no matter what age. In July of 2013, Congressman Steven King, R-Iowa, countered the hype that “DREAMers were top students and valedictorians”, by hype of his own: “For every DREAMer who is a valedictorian, 10 have calves the size of melons from carrying in drugs over the (Mexican) border as drug mules.”

His impolitic remarks might create more sympathy for DREAMer advocates. But King seems not to be mindful of any slight. “What? You didn’t like the fruit I chose to compare their calves?” he asked one reporter.

In the end, the fight might be over how comprehensive a comprehensive immigration bill will be. “We need to pass immigration reform to be relevant,” say many Republican Party strategists. Most pundits and Democrats seem to think they are talking about the 2016 presidential race.

But most Republican pols are focusing on first winning back the Senate for Republicans in 2014. Even though none of the current six Senate battleground states (Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Dakota, Montana) have any significant Hispanic electorate, the perception of being inclusive to immigrants via legalizing DREAMers, the most sympathetic illegal immigrant community, could be a positive, some Republican leaders believe.

In the meantime, the number of DREAMers applying for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) has stabilized at around 465,500, of which about 265,000 have been approved according to a recent report from the University of San Diego. DACA, President Obama’s executive order of June 2012 (said to have won him the Latino vote), grants a twoyear job permit and a waiver of deportation to unauthorized immigrants who meet the requirements of DREAMers. To date, 40 percent of the applicants are between the ages of 19 and 23; 24 percent are older; and 36 percent are15 to 18-year-old pre-applicants (must have a high school degree to qualify).

Incomplete data show that 69 percent of DACA applicants were younger than 10 when they arrived. About 11 percent of all applicants entered legally and overstayed their visas, but the number of monthly DACA applications has declined significantly from the first six-month rush. Not because of discrimination against Mexicans, however, as had been feared.

On the contrary. Almost 75 percent of DACA applicants are Mexican nationals. “In fact, the outreach to Mexican DREAMers and the cooperation they are getting from the Mexican government is exemplary,” said Tom Wong, assistant professor of political science at University of California, San Diego. “Mexican consulates have been expanded and the government is expediting birth documentation access online.”

But the easy-to-reach, DACA potential applicants might have maxed out. DACA advocates now are eager to get the word out to other groups – especially Africans and those who have been here illegally for 10 years or more. “Documentation is the big problem for the older DREAMers, and the extreme language diversity is really going to be a problem for outreach materials to Africans [Americans] and Asians [Americans],” said Wong.

But legalization for DREAMers’ parents, relatives, and friends including those already deported, is a stretch legislatively. ”While small children brought into the country illegally as toddlers do not share the same culpability of their parents,” said Goodlatte. “I do not believe that parents, who made the decision to illegally enter the U.S. while forcing their children to join them, should be afforded the same treatment as the kids.”

“We will have to depend on President Obama to issue an executive order to legalize our parents and relatives just as he did for us,” said Erika Andiola, a DACA recipient who was on the CAP panel. Some immigration reform advocates believe that the president should do so for all illegal immigrants, if Congress fails to pass comprehensive immigration reform in the fall.

It would seem that many Democratic advocates are just as stubborn about legalizing all illegal immigrants or nothing, as many Republicans are about legalizing none. Is there room for compromise? Can both parties step over their “red lines”?

Could legalizing only a few DREAMers lead to the passage of a “kindasorta comprehensive” immigration bill in 2013 that

would be a step in the right direction?

Passing immigration reform in 2013 could be a big win for Democratic congressional representatives in the House. Some say it would be President Obama’s primary legacy.

But passage of any kind of immigration bill in the Republican House, especially for DREAMers, also could enable Republicans to look good on immigration. It could take “anti-immigrant” off the list of accusations leveled at them by Democrats.

So maybe, politically, neither party really wants to see immigration reform passed for a while.

It could be that Republicans decide that immigration reform and the Latino vote is about as important to them to get their big immediate goal – winning back the Senate in 2014 – as an apology is to Steven King for his “melon” remark. They have nothing immediate to win from it.

It also could be that Democrats decide they gain much more from bashing Republicans for being “anti-immigrant” before the 2014 elections (as they so successfully did in 2012), than they get from compromising with some Republicans to legalize only a few hundred thousand qualified DREAMers – who can stay legally in the U.S. anyway via prosecutorial discretion (DACA).

Bashing Republicans over the failure of comprehensive immigration reform might even help Democrats keep the Senate in 2014 and position themselves for an all-or-nothing immigration reform battle in 2016 from defeated and deflated Republicans.

In which case, immigration reform will die in the 113th Congress, done in some could say, by the success of the DREAMers.

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The Missions of San Antonio Recount Spanish History

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bells of the Mission San José in San Antonio, Texas, rang far before the Liberty Bell was ever cast. Yet this reality had been obscured – or at least until recently – by historical accounts that concentrated mostly on the English settlement of the United States.

Standing along the San Antonio River, with four other Catholic missions, the Mission San José on reminds visitors that the Spanish played a significant and central role in the creation of our country. The mission was established in 1720 – prior to the Liberty Bell’s ringing to mark the first reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1776 – and now is a part of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.

Today, this park of 10-mile links throughout San Antonio attracts 35,000 students and almost two million visitors a year. They come to see five separate missions—the Alamo, San José, San Juan, Concepción, and Espada – that contain magnificent stone churches, buildings, and fortresses dating back to the 18th century.

“These were all built in the 18th century and Spain’s reason for doing this was to make this [part of] Spain,” said Tom Castaños, education and youth initiative coordinator of the park. “It is easy to come here and see these magnificent churches that are about religion. But these were built by Spain to make a bigger kingdom— about creating communities so they could convert the native people to Catholicism and become Spanish. This gave the king an opportunity to tap into a willing workforce, in terms of Franciscan friars, who wanted to be out here to spread the gospel, but they also worked as administrators and teachers.”

Mission San José became a center for native people by 1760, forty years after its establishment. The natives were traditionally seasonal hunters who moved up and down the river to find food, but the Spanish provided them with another option: farming, Catholicism, and living a sedentary life. The Spanish taught the natives culture, religion, and vocations within the San José walled community made up of apartment 20

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cells that were protected from raiding tribes.

Mission San José was home to the first grist mill, which grinds flour from wheat that was first brought to the Americas by the Spaniard. And this mission became one of the largest Spanish mission communities until 1824, when it was secularized and turned over to the people.

The Alamo, probably the most famous mission, was originally called San Antonio de Valero, but was then later named The Alamo after it became the focal point of the Battle of the Alamo, fought between Mexico and Texas in the Texas Revolution. This was the first mission established along the San Antonio River valley, founded two years before San José.

The other three missions within San Antonio Missions Concepción

Historical Park—San Juan, Concepción, and Espada – were originally founded in East Texas, but were largely unsuccessful there. East Texas Indians were magnificent farmers and they had plenty without relying on Spanish assistance. These missions were therefore moved to the San Antonio river area in the early 1730s, and they brought with them statues, farming tools, and other equipment and movable items. By 1731, five

missions were running successfully on the river valley.

“Elements of the mission process were highly successful as far as the natives learning the technology and being a part of the culture,” said Castaños. “The least successful part was the government part of it. Spain was in a military free fall for a hundred years, and these places did not produce a lot in trade or gold, so they were not profitable. It was only a matter of time before Spain needed to pull away.”

According to Castaños, the missions fell into severe ruin by the 1840s. San José’s structure collapsed in 1878 as San Antonio became a burgeoning town with new infrastructure, and with little concern for this failing structure or that of other missions.

It was only later that local citizens felt something should be done to preserve these buildings, and the groups like the Conservation Society, the Catholic Church and the U.S. government’s Works Progress Administration got involved.

In 1936, the missions became a part of a larger park and later became more visible nationwide when San Antonio held the World’s Fair there. In 1978, President Carter then signed into legislation what today is officially known as San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.

“For the first time you get the history of the missions and Spain as part of a collective, as part of a much bigger process,” said Castaños. “The National Park System has done a better job of telling the history of the native peoples. While there are beautiful stone buildings here, this is ultimately a story about people.”

To this day, people still celebrate Mass at the churches, which are partially owned and maintained by the Archdiocese of San Antonio, and the park is open to the public every day of the year except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.

They offer curriculum-based guided tours for K-12 students that focus on Texas community and its people.

“I think kids particularly see the very beginning of their city,” said Castaños. “If they are listening carefully, they are going to learn why they do some things they do even to this day. This is a culture that began here and carried through into the 21st century with El Día de Los Muertos, Las Posadas, and other events.”

Castaño, who grew up in the same community as the missions, has heard many locals talk about how they would drive Mission San Juan Capistrano

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by the churches, but only when they finally stopped to visit did they learn the larger story behind these churches and this community. “They tell me they had no idea how old these churches were and what they meant. The legacy of these churches has a greatly enhanced position in history because they are still active today,” he said.

Beyond the local area, this missions park has received visitors from throughout the U.S. – numbers that dramatically increased after Sept. 11, according to Castaños. “People were choosing not to go oversees during the Sept. 11 time and were concerned about the high profile places like New York and Washington, D.C. Visitation took an upswing at that time. It has been a steady increase in the last 11 years since then,” he said. “The average visitor here from anywhere in the U.S. leaves with an understanding that there were colonies beside England that were settling what would become the U.S. It becomes a real shock to New Englanders that someone else was doing this concurrently. I had a young man argue with me vehemently that there was nothing west of the Mississippi before Lewis and Clark.”

Beyond magnificent churches and a beautiful park, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park has clearly played a significant role in bringing Spanish history to the forefront of the U.S. public eye. “We are honoring the role that the mission process played in the making of America,” said Castaño. “It is showing that Spain was a driving element in the making of a more European Southwest.”

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UTPA Professor and Texas Business Woman Discusses Immigration Reform at the White House

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by Frank DiMaria was a typical Friday evening in the Lozano home. Dr. Karen Lozano, the Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas-Pan American(UTPA), was relaxing when her cell phone rang. “I got an unknown number on my cell phone. I usually never get those,” she says.

She accepted the call. The person on the other end told her President Barack Obama wanted her in Washington, D.C., on Monday afternoon. “It was completely out of the blue,” says Lozano, who is also the chief technology officer at FibeRio in Texas. Fewer than 72 hours later she found herself participating in a roundtable discussion on immigration reform at the White House.

“At the beginning, I thought that they called 1000 people and everybody said, ‘no’ and that’s why they’re calling me just a few hours before the roundtable,” says Lozano. In reality President Obama had chosen her because she had been featured in a 2011 report titled Patent Pending: How Immigrants Are Reinventing The American Economy, which highlighted the value foreign-born graduates bring to the U.S. economy.

President Obama gathered Lozano and eight other Hispanic business leaders so they could share their life stories and discuss their contributions to the American economy. As they did, Lozano, who was the last to share her story, noticed a theme: hard work.

When it was her turn, she told the president what brought her to America from Mexico, what she studied and what she values. Then she offered a summary of what she’d heard from the others. “Everybody worked really, really, really hard. The United States is a beautiful country where hard work is rewarded. If you work hard, you are going to achieve the American dream,” says Lozano.

But the picture she painted for President Obama wasn’t all rose-colored. She also shared the negatives of being an immigrant. “We all worked hard, and we’ve all been immigrants who have paid taxes since coming to America. We file a 1040 NR, for non-residents. You’re not entitled to many of the deductions, so you pay higher taxes,” she told him.

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President Obama started on the bottom rung of the American workforce ladder, says Lozano. And they’ve all climbed to the highest rungs of their professions because America offers immigrants the opportunity to work and succeed. “It’s a blessing that we were not given anything for free because when you get stuff for free, it cuts your wings to fly. It removes the desire and purpose to get there,” says Lozano. The nine individuals who met with President Obama on June 24 were shining examples of proof that hard work results in financial success.

Lozano earned her PhD from Rice and was hired as a faculty member at UTPA in 2000. She was the first woman, and for several years afterward, the only female faculty member in the mechanical engineering program. Through her research at UTPA she and fellow mechanical engineering faculty member, Dr. Kamalaksha Sarkar, invented a faster, more efficient way to produce nanofibers.

Their invention led to the creation of UTPA's first startup company, FibeRio, whose mission is to transform the materials market through the unlimited availability of nanofibers.

“There’s been some very prominent research on how nanofibers can help in many areas like filtration, skin regeneration and batteries,” says Lozano. The company earned UTPA two grants from the UT System's Texas Ignition Fund and a $1.5 million Commercialization Award from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund.

FibeRio sprang from Lozano’s and Kamalaksha’s ForceSpinning® technology in 2009. Before ForceSpinning® there were two main methods used to create nanofibers: the wet chemistry method and electrospinning. Both methods produced only small quantities. For example, the electrospinning method produces only .1 grams of material per hour. “It’s good for a lab, for curiosity so you know the technology is working. But for the industrial scale it’s not producing enough material,” says Lozano.

Electrospinning uses a high electrical charge to draw very fine fibers from a polymer solution. “You’re talking about 20 to 40 thousand volts. The current is low, but there is very high voltage,” says Lozano who adds that with such high voltage, “installation is a challenge and many things have to be

President Obama gathered Dr. Lozano and eight other Hispanic business leaders so they could share their life stories and discuss their contributions to the American economy. As they did, Dr. Lozano, who was the last to share her story, noticed a theme: hard work.

taken care of.”

The ForceSpinning® method doesn’t need electrical fields.

Rather it uses centrifugal forces, like a cotton candy machine at a carnival, says Lozano. The only current required is from the outlet that the machine is plugged into. But the biggest advantage of ForceSpinning® is that it produces more than one gram of nanofibers per minute in a laboratory. In the field, that number increases considerably.

In addition to the quantities ForceSpinning® can produce this technology has resulted in the creation of several hightech jobs in the Rio Grande Valley, a region devoid of hightech jobs. For years now well-trained natives of the Valley have been forced to seek job opportunities elsewhere in Texas.

“They like to stay in Texas, close to their families. But they go to Dallas or Houston and leave the Valley,” says Lozano.

The road that Lozano traveled from her upbringing in Mexico to a meeting with President Obama was surely a rocky one, winding its way through lean financial times. After earning a mechanical engineering degree from the Universidad de Monterrey in Mexico she had a hard time finding a well-paying job, earning only about 3000 pesos per month, the equivalent of $300. And she was giving all of it to the people who taught her the value of an education, her parents.

“My parents always devoted more than 60 percent of their earnings to education. We didn’t go out that much," says Lozano. “My house was built, but never painted. I painted it when I was 20 years old. I bought the paint and painted my whole house inside and outside. There were a lot of things my parents sacrificed for education for my brother and myself.”

Knowing she had to earn more to help her aging parents financially, she applied to Rice University as a graduate student. She was accepted. It was a hard decision, but she came to the U.S. Later she married a chemical engineer from Mexico. He joined her in Houston. “He started looking for a job everywhere. But his degree was from Mexico so he wasn’t getting any jobs,” says Lozano.

Eventually he took a minimum wage job at Blockbuster. He was clearing about $400 a week and Lozano, also working on her graduate degree, was taking home about $850. There was very little left over after she would send money home to her parents in Mexico. “We were living in an apartment with a refrigerator, stove and microwave,” she says. No bed, just blankets on the floor.

To put a further strain on their finances, Lozano became pregnant. “When we learned we were pregnant, it was very hard, but a blessing at the same time,” she says. After her son was born, Lozano set up a nursery in her lab at Rice. “My advisor was very nice, and there were not a lot of people at that time in the department. I was given a lab completely to myself, so I brought the playpen and the swing. Until he started crawling, he was there in the lab with me.”

Looking back on the lean years, Lozano says, “It helps you value everything else...I don’t regret anything. Probably I aged a lot working so hard, though.”

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Hispanic Heritage and the Promise of Latino Youth

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by Yvette Donado Hispanic Heritage Month – a time to focus not on deficits in the Latino community but on assets.

Recently, I have met with interns and spoken at Latino scholarship awards and fellowship graduation ceremonies. And contrary to the deficit news, I am very optimistic about our Hispanic youth.

Although the scholars and fellows are the exception, let’s not forget that they competed with many others of merit who by dint of intelligence, hard work, perseverance and ambition might have been among them. The ones I have met are impressive.

A few are from comfortable backgrounds. Most, as did I, come from working-class families, many of them immigrants.

Regardless of background, they bond readily with their fellow awardees of highly diverse backgrounds, seemingly recognizing that their individual fate is linked to that of the Latino community.

Risky generalizations, perhaps, but these young Latinos and millions more are: • Bright, world-wise and self-aware • Overwhelmingly bilingual and bicultural • Proud of their Hispanic heritage and Spanishlanguage competence • Aware that academic assessments are opportunities • Studious, hardworking and committed to serve others • Ambitious, with clearly-defined individual goals • Taking charge of their future and primed for leadership What does this mean for our country? In New Jersey, where I live, Hispanics will be one-third of the population in a generation. Nationally, one in four Americans will be of Latino descent by about 2025. So, a “demographic imperative” increasingly will thrust Latinos into leadership positions. It is inevitable.

All is not rosy, however. For every bright, ambitious and welleducated young Hispanic, many others lag. They lag not for lack of hard work, desire, sacrifice or ambition, but because life has dealt them a hand that hinders advancement. We must give them a better hand. They will discover how to make the most of it.

The good news? Emerging leaders have an enviable trait – they remember where they came from. What do I mean? They have served others and will continue to help the less fortunate among them. This deeply-rooted attribute will endure throughout their careers.

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hope leaders of our Latino organizations and others in our society share my view of the promise of our youth. Such organizations do a fine job – every day – to create opportunities and develop leaders.

Some I know are the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute, Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement (HISPA), the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), Parents Step Ahead in Dallas, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, 100 Hispanic Women, the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. These are just of few among many.

As we reflect on our heritage and consider the challenges ahead, let us recall those who are destined to succeed. Let us remember that the path forward will be more easily transited because of them.

Our Hispanic youth hold great promise for tomorrow.

Yvette Donado is the chief administrative officer and senior vice president, people, process and communications, of Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J.

Assistant Professor in Plant Sciences Crop Ecology/Agroecology Department of Plant Sciences University of California, Davis TITLE: Assistant Professor in Crop Ecology/Agroecology LOCATION: University of California, Davis, CA RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate’s research will focus on crop production in agricultural systems.

Possible research topics include improving resource use efficiency in diverse cropping systems, alternative approaches to attain sustainable production of annual and perennial crops, and utilizing ecologically-based approaches to reduce external inputs while maintaining crop yields. Interest in California agriculture is necessary and in international agriculture is desirable. Teaching responsibilities will involve a major role in the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems undergraduate major and include courses in sustainable agriculture systems, agroecosystem management, and crop ecology. Graduate courses will be part of the Horticulture and Agronomy and/or Ecology Graduate Groups. Advising and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students is expected. The position is an academic year (9 month) tenuretrack position. This Assistant Professor position will include an appointment in the Agricultural Experiment Station.

Faculty members who hold an Agricultural Experiment Station appointment have a responsibility to conduct research and outreach relevant to the mission of the California Agricultural Experiment Station. It is anticipated that the candidate will collaborate with other scientists at UC Davis including staff and faculty affiliates of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute, Cooperative Extension specialists, farm advisors, and researchers from other universities and agencies to address the mission of the Department, College, and Agricultural Experiment Station. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in departmental, college, and campus committees, and with state, regional and national organizations, as appropriate.

QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must have a strong and well-documented background in agroecology, crop ecology, agroecosystem management, agronomy, or related fields and a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in an appropriate discipline. Candidates must have the ability to conduct independent and cooperative research, and a willingness to address research areas relevant to the mission of the Agricultural Experiment Station.

SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

TO APPLY: Candidates should begin the application process by registering online at http://recruitments.plant sciences.ucdavis.edu Please include statements of research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, publication list, copies of 3 of your most important research publications, copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts (if within 5 years of either degree), and the names, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of at least five professional references.

For technical or administrative questions regarding the application process, please email mjgreenleaf@ucdavis.edu.

Review of the applications will begin November 1, 2013.

The position will remain open until filled.

Dr. Arnold Bloom, Chair, Search Committee Department of Plant Sciences University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616-8515 Telephone: (530) 752-1743 / FAX: (530) 752-9659 E-mail: ajbloom@ucdavis.edu The University of California, Davis, and the Department of Plant Sciences are interested in candidates who are committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities, and to the development of a campus climate that supports equality and diversity. The University of California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

Faculty Positions in Electrical and Computer Engineering The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA) seeks to fill multiple open faculty positions at the rank of assistant professor in Computer Engineering and related emerging areas, beginning August 2014. Exceptional candidates at the rank of Associate Professor will also be considered.

Please read the entire advertisement on the Department website at http://ece.utsa.edu/about/faculty-openings.html.

The search committee will begin review of applications immediately and will continue until the positions are filled, but the preference will be given to those applications received by Friday, January 17, 2014.

The University of Texas at San Antonio is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to diversity in its faculty and its educational programs. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS Conferences The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics will host the following conferences in 2014: • Quantum Fields Beyond Perturbation Theory† Henrietta Elvang, Zohar Komargodski, Joe Polchinski* Scientific Advisors: Ken Intriligator, Anton Kapustin, Slava Rychkov January 27, 2014 - January 31, 2014 • Active Processes in Living and Nonliving Matter† Iain Couzin, M. Cristina Marchetti, Sriram Ramaswamy, Christoph Schmidt* February 10, 2014 - February 14, 2014 • Eddy - Mean-Flow Interactions in Fluids† Brad Marston, Steve Tobias* Scientific Advisors: Oliver Bühler, James Cho, Patrick Diamond, David Dritschel, Rick Salmon March 24, 2014 - March 27, 2014 • Fire Down Below: The Impact of Feedback on Star and Galaxy Formation† Norman Murray, Eve Ostriker, Romain Teyssier* Scientific Advisors: Crystal Martin, Jim Stone April 14, 2014 - April 18, 2014 • Strong Correlations and Unconventional Superconductivity: Towards a Conceptual Framework† Piers Coleman, J.C. Séamus Davis, Peter Hirschfeld, Srinivas Raghu, Qimiao Si* September 22, 2014 - September 26, 2014

• Complexity in Mechanics: Intermittency and Collective Phenomena in Disordered Solids† Corey O’Hern and Laurent Ponson* Scientific Advisors: Robert Behringer, J.P. Bouchaud, Karin Dahmen, Pierre Le Doussal, Craig Maloney, Kay Wiese, Stefano Zapperi October 20, 2014 - October 24, 2014 • Neutrinos: Recent Developments and Future Challenges† Graciela Gelmini, Danny Marfatia, Sandip Pakvasa* November 3, 2014 - November 7, 2014 The Institute has a small number of openings, for a duration of less than one year, for general visitors not associated with the above. Physicists wishing to participate in any of the Institute’s activities should apply through our web page at http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu or write to: Professor Lars Bildsten, Director Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4030 †Attendance limited

*Coordinators

The University of California, Santa Barbara, is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

School of Media and Communication The School of Media and Communication at Temple University invites applications for multiple positions: Department of Advertising

Department of Media Studies and Production

Department of Journalism

Department of Media Studies and Production

Chair and Senior Faculty Member (Administrative experience and research interests that complement department needs)

Associate or Full Tenured Professor (Specialization in Development Media/ Communication and Social Change)

Assistant Professor of Journalism (Specialization in Ethnic News Media or International News Media)

Assistant Professor (Specialization in Media Economics, Media Institutions, or Media Audiences, and Quantitative Research Methods)

Assistant Professor of Journalism (Specialization in Emerging Journalism Technologies)

Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership (Specialization in Organizational Communication and Organizational Change)

Department of Journalism Department of Journalism

Open Rank Professor Position (Specialization in New Journalism Business Models)

Department of Strategic Communication

Department of Strategic Communication Assistant Professor of Public Relations (Specialization in International Public Relations and Social Media)

Temple University is a comprehensive public research institution in Philadelphia, PA with more than 35,000 students. The School of Media and Communication, which has been recently renamed with a new strategic vision and a plan for expansion, enrolls more than 3,000 undergraduate and 100 graduate students. It offers five undergraduate majors, three master’s degrees, and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Media and Communication. For more information about the positions advertised, and for background on the School and Temple University, please visit http://smc.temple.edu/faculty/available-positions/.

Temple University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and educator where diversity is an essential source of vitality and strength.

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The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is seeking to appoint outstanding scholars to tenure-track positions in Econometrics and Statistics.

Applications are invited from individuals who have earned a PhD (or equivalent) or expect to receive a doctorate in the near future. Members of our faculty are expected to conduct original research of exceptionally high quality, to teach effectively, and to participate in and contribute to the academic environment. Junior candidates will be judged on potential, and we will rely heavily on the advice of established scholars.

Each candidate should submit a curriculum vitae, a sample of written work, and the names of at least two scholars qualified and willing to evaluate the candidate’s ability, training, and potential for research and teaching. Applications will be accepted online at: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/openings. We will start formally reviewing applications on December 1, 2013 and strongly encourage you to complete your application by then. We will continue to accept applications until March 15, 2014.

The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Assistant or Associate Professor Educational Measurement and Assessment The School of Education at the University at Albany, State University of New York, seeks to fill a tenure-track, assistant or associate faculty position in Educational Measurement and Assessment. The ideal candidate will be able to: teach undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in psychometrics and measurement, including item response theory, generalizability theory, psychometric models, measurement theories, and scaling and equating procedures; work with students and faculty on the development of valid research instruments and grant proposals; and, have a research agenda that relates measurement and assessment issues to issues of teaching, learning, and research.

Detailed information, required qualifications, and an online application are available at: http://albany.interviewexchange.com/ jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=43165 Review of applications will begin November 15, 2013.

The University at Albany is an EO/AA/IRCA/ADA Employer.

Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering

Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Position

The Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for tenured and tenure-track faculty positions at all levels.

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related area. The department seeks individuals with exceptional promise for, or proven record of, research achievement, who will take a position of international leadership in defining their field of study, and excel in undergraduate and graduate education. Leadership in cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary collaborations is of particular interest. We are interested in candidates in all areas that enhance our research strengths in

1. Nanodevices and nanosystems (nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, integrated devices and systems at nanoscale), 2. Circuits and computer engineering (analog and digital circuits, emerging circuit design, computer engineering, embedded systems), and 3. Information and decision systems (communications, control, signal processing, network science, markets and social systems).

Prospective candidates in all areas are strongly encouraged to address large scale societal problems in energy, transportation, health, economic and financial networks, critical infrastructure, and national security. Diversity candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Interested persons should submit an online application at http://facultysearches.provost.upenn.edu/postings/40 including curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests, and the names of at least four references. Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2013.

The University of Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Veterans are encouraged to apply.

ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, SPORT STUDIES & EDUCATIONAL/COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT Washington State University Vancouver Title: Associate/Assistant Professor (dependent upon qualifications) Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience Position: Permanent full-time, tenure-track, faculty, nine-month term Effective Date: August 15, 2014 The Position: This Educational Leadership position is located at the WSU Vancouver campus in Vancouver, WA. The Educational Leadership Program seeks candidates with the potential to make a significant contribution to scholarship in the field of educational leadership. Duties include contributing to graduate programs in education by teaching appropriate courses, conducting relevant research, assuming service responsibilities, advising students, and chairing doctoral students’ committees. Candidates should have scholarship and teaching in two or more of the following areas: culture, diversity and social justice, leadership and organizational theory, instructional leadership, policy and politics, community and communications, and law and/or finance.

In addition, candidates are expected to teach qualitative and/or quantitative research methods. Responsibilities include maintaining an active research and scholarly agenda; advising Master’s and Doctoral students; providing service to the university and to the profession at the local, state, and national levels; and engaging in collaborative work with Educational Leadership faculty on the other three WSU campuses. Candidates must be willing to teach with distance learning technologies and at off-campus sites.

Required Qualifications: Earned doctorate in educational leadership or closely related field, evidence of appropriate contribution to scholarship in the field of educational leadership, evidence of ability to contribute to advancing diversity consistent with the campus strategic plan (see http://admin.vancouver.wsu.edu/officechancellor/wsu-vancouver-strategic-plan), appropriate knowledge mentoring doctoral students, evidence of ability to work collaboratively with other faculty, expertise to teach core educational leadership coursework, and commitment to field-based leadership preparation programs.

TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITIONS Join a vibrant campus community whose excellence is reflected in its diversity and student success. West Chester University of Pennsylvania is seeking applicants for tenure-track faculty positions for Fall, 2014.

Unless indicated in the job description, a terminal degree in the field or related field is required. For all positions, excellence in teaching and the potential to develop an active program of research or scholarly activity in the discipline are essential. Effective communication and teaching must be demonstrated by presenting a seminar or lecture during an on-campus interview. Successful candidates will also have the opportunity to participate in teaching and research within interdisciplinary programs. Assignments may include distance education/online courses and/or teaching off-site. Rank and salary are commensurate with experience.

For a complete listing of our position announcements, including position requirements, as well as application instructions, visit our Web Page at http://agency.governmentjobs.com /wcupa/default.cfm.

West Chester University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, is actively building a culturally diverse academic community that fosters an inclusive environment and encourages a broad spectrum of candidates including people of color, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply for positions. West Chester, located 25 miles west of Philadelphia, is convenient to major cultural & commercial institutions, recreational activities, and is within driving distance of Wilmington, DE, NYC, and Washington, DC. All offers of employment are subject to and contingent upon satisfactory completion of all preemployment criminal background and consumer reporting checks. The filling of these positions is contingent upon available funding.

Preferred Qualifications: Research expertise in educational leadership related to diversity issues, culturally competent leadership and/or leadership for social justice; expertise to teach qualitative and/or quantitative research methods; and ability to work with colleagues in a multi-campus system Application Process: The Search Committee will accept confidential applications until the position is filled. For best consideration, applications should be provided

by January 10, 2014. To apply, go to www.wsujobs.com/applicants/ Central?quickFind=59032. An application should include a letter of interest that addresses the required and preferred qualifications and interest in the position, a resume/CV, 1-2 publications, three letters of reference and the names of at least two additional references with titles, addresses, business telephone numbers and email addresses.

For more information, contact Dr. Gay Selby, Search Committee Chair, at gselby@vancouver.wsu.edu or Roxanne Doenecke, Search Committee Clerical Manager at rdoenecke@vancouver.wsu.edu.

Visit WSUV online at http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu.

WSU is an EEO/AA Employer.

Protected and underrepresented group members are encouraged to apply.

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Full-Time Faculty Positions - Fall 2014 Palm Beach State College is committed to academic excellence and invites qualified applicants who are devoted to innovative teaching and a dynamic learning environment to apply for full-time teaching positions in the following disciplines: Anatomy & Physiology Bachelor’s Degree Program, Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree Program, Information Management Business Entrepreneurship Computer Science (3positions) Criminal Justice English (4 positions)

Fire Science Health Mathematics (2 positions) Ophthalmic Medical Technology Paralegal Physics Psychology Strategies for College Success (2 positions)

Requirements: Applicants must be able to demonstrate the use of technology in the classroom and must be able to use technology required for the assigned course. Coursework within the degree must reflect competencies in the courses to be taught.

All applications must be submitted by December 1, 2013.

In addition to the full-time faculty positions, we have immediate vacancies for twelve-month PostSecondary Adult Vocational Instructor positions in the following disciplines: PSAV Practical Nurse Instructor

PSAV Welding Instructor

A complete application package must be submitted, which must include an electronic application, resume, and letter of intent, documentation of any required license or certification, and official or college-stamped student copy of transcripts. Transcripts produced through web-based student systems will not be accepted. Applications without attached official or collegestamped student copies of transcripts will not be considered. Palm Beach State College offers a highly attractive benefits package and encourages qualified candidates to apply. For more information and to apply online please visit:

www.palmbeachstate.edu/employment

Palm Beach State College, 4200 Congress Avenue, Lake Worth, FL 33461 An EOE/VP/ADA Employer.

MCC, a dynamic institution with state-of-the-art facilities, outstanding educational programs, and a strong commitment to diversity, is seeking candidates to fill anticipated openings for:

Chief Academic Officer/Provost Assistant Professor/Program Coordinator (Health & Exercise Science) For a copy of the vacancy announcements, including minimum qualifications and application deadline, please visit our Web site at www.mcc.commnet.edu. Please send letter of intent, resume, transcripts, email address and the names of three references to: Holly Foetsch, Interim Director of Human Resources; Manchester Community College; Great Path, MS #2; P.O. Box 1046, Manchester, CT 06045-1046 Or e-mail the required application information noted above to the Department of Human Resources: c/o GenInfoHumanResources@mcc.commnet.edu EOE/AA/M/F

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Wayne State University Advertisement for the Accounting Faculty Position (Starting Fa112014)

Department of Accounting at School of Business Administration, Wayne State University invites applications for full-time tenure-track either assistant or associate professor positions, effective fall semester 2014. Preference will be given to applicants having teaching interest and experience in the areas of Accounting Information Systems and Auditing but applicants from other accounting disciplines (such as financial accounting and tax) would also be given due consideration. Candidates for the Assistant Professor position must hold or be near completion of an earned doctorate in accounting (or in business administration with a major in accounting) from an AACSB-accredited business school, show promise for effective teaching and interactions with students, and demonstrate an ability to publish high quality research. Candidates for the Associate Professor position must hold doctorate in accounting and have an established record of high quality teaching and research, including publications in major accounting journals. Professional certification in accounting (e.g., CPA, CMA, or CIA) is desirable.

Wayne State University offers competitive salaries and excellent benefit packages to its employees.

Successful applicants must fulfill teaching, research and, service responsibilities to the department, school, university, and community.

They must maintain continued scholarly activity, including research publications in high-quality accounting journals.

Wayne State University is a nationally recognized urban center of excellence in research, and one of the three major state-related research universities that comprise Michigan’s University Research Corridor. We are located in the heart of Midtown, Detroit’s cultural center, with easy access to the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony, Comerica Park, Ford Field, and the world famous Fox Theatre. The university offers more than 350 academic programs to approximately 30,000 students. The School of Business Administration is among one of 13 schools and colleges at Wayne State University and is accredited by AACSB International. The School grants degrees in Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BS) with majors in Accounting, Finance, Global Supply Chain Management, Information Systems Management, Management and Marketing; Master of Business Administration (MBA); Master of Science in Accounting (MSA); Master of Science in Taxation (MST); and Ph.D. in Business Administration with tracks in Finance, Marketing, and Management. The School enrolls more than 1,500 upper division undergraduate and nearly 1,000 graduate students.

How to apply: Applications must submit a letter of interest, current vita and a list of three references electronically at the Wayne State University Employment Website at http:// jobs.wayne.edu with the job posting number 039799. Applications will be considered until the positions are filled; however, applications received by December 31, 2013 will be given priority consideration.

Questions about the positions may be addressed to the Interim Chair, Department of Accounting, Dr. Santanu Mitra at smitra@wayne.edu or 313-577-9908.

KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS Future Programs

University of Utah Tenure-Track Faculty Position Openings The University of Utah’s School of Computing is seeking to hire four tenure-track faculty members at the assistant professor level. Applications will be considered at more advanced ranks in exceptional cases. The School is a demonstrated leader in research that spans multiple areas within computer science and also crosses disciplinary boundaries.

Our priority areas are: • Computer Security • Operating Systems and Distributed Systems • Big Data Analytics and Scalable Computation: principled approaches to big data analytics with a focus on the development of scalable techniques that are efficient for large scale storage and computing infrastructures.

• 3D Computer Vision: 3D analysis of objects and scenes from active and passive sensor data, such as multi-view 2D images, video, range data, structured light, fusion of multiple sensors, etc.

Applicants must have earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a closely related field and have a strong research presence and publication record in top tier venues in the applicable area.

The University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, the hub of a large metropolitan area with excellent cultural facilities and unsurpassed outdoor recreation opportunities just a few minutes away from campus. Additional information about the school and our current faculty can be found at http://www.cs.utah.edu. Please send curriculum vitae, a research goals statement, a teaching goals statement, and names and addresses of at least four references. Please go to the following link to apply: Computer Security position http://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/27142 Operating Systems and Distributed Systems position http://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/27491 3D Computer Vision position http://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/27493 Big Data Analytics and Scalable Computation position http://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/27494 Review of applications will begin after December 1st and will continue until the positions are filled The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer and educator.

Minorities, women, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Veterans preference. Reasonable accommodations provided. For additional information: http://www.regulations.utah.edu/humanResources/ 5-106.html.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.

During the years 2014/2015, the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics will conduct research programs in the following areas: • Frontiers of Intense Laser Physics Andre Bandrauk, Katarzyna Krajewska, Anthony Starace* July 21, 2014 - September 19, 2014

• Quantum Gravity Foundations: UV to IR Ben Freivogel, Steve Giddings, Ted Jacobson, Juan Maldacena* March 30, 2015 - June 19, 2015

• Evolution of Drug Resistance Richard Neher, Ville Mustonen, Daniel Weinreich* July 21, 2014 - September 19, 2014

• Entanglement in Strongly-Correlated Quantum Matter Tarun Grover, Matthew Headrick, Roger Melko* April 6, 2015 - July 3, 2015

• Magnetism, Bad Metals and Superconductivity: Iron Pnictides and Beyond Piers Coleman, Peter Hirschfeld, Srinivas Raghu, Qimiao Si* September 2, 2014 - November 21, 2014

• Deconstructing the Sense of Smell Maxim Bazhenov, Alex Koulakov, Venkatesh Murthy, Anne-Marie Oswald* June 8, 2015 - July 31, 2015

• Avalanches, Intermittency, and Nonlinear Response in Far-From-Equilibrium Solids Karin Dahmen, Pierre Le Doussal, Corey O’Hern* September 22, 2014 - December 12, 2014

The Institute has a small number of openings, for a duration of less than one year, for general visitors not attached to the above-listed programs.

• Present and Future Neutrino Physics Graciela Gelmini, Danny Marfatia, Thomas Weiler, Walter Winter* September 29, 2014 - December 19, 2014

Physicists wishing to participate in any of the Institute’s activities should apply through our web page at http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu or write to: Professor Lars Bildsten, Director Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4030

• Galactic Archaeology and Precision Stellar Astrophysics Jo Bovy, Charlie Conroy, Juna Kollmeier, Marc Pinsonneault* January 12, 2015 - April 3, 2015 • Dynamics and Evolution of Earth-Like Planets Eric Ford, Louise Kellogg, Geoff Marcy, Burkhard Militzer* January 20, 2015 - March 26, 2015

The Institute invites suggestions either for short programs (3 months) or long programs (5-6 months) for the years 2015-2016 and later. *Coordinators

The University of California, Santa Barbara, is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Assistant/Associate/ Full Professor Learning and Technology The School of Education at the University at Albany, State University of New York, seeks an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (open rank, tenure/track) in the field of Learning and Technology, starting Fall 2014.

Responsibilities include: conducting research on innovative design and application of technology to support STEM learning, teaching, and assessment and obtaining external funding to support such research; teaching courses at the doctoral and master’s levels in areas related to one or more of: video/educational game design, learning analytics in immersive and interactive learning environments, technologyenhanced STEM instruction, research methods, and technology supported assessment; mentoring graduate students; providing service to the Department, School, University, and professional field as appropriate for the candidate’s level of experience.

Detailed information, required qualifications, and an online application are available at: http://albany.interviewexchange.com/ jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=43213 Review of applications will begin December 1, 2013.

The University at Albany is an EO/AA/IRCA/ADA Employer.

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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT VICE PROVOST FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT http://www.baylor.edu/provost/VPGE Baylor University invites applications and nominations for the newly-created position of Vice Provost for Global Engagement.

Baylor conceives its global engagement efforts as extending from the community immediately surrounding the campus in Waco to the far reaches of the globe. The Vice Provost will have the opportunity and primary responsibility for cultivating and implementing these efforts in a strategic way to develop cultural competence in our students and to extend the university’s teaching, scholarship, and service to promote human flourishing. Additionally, the Vice Provost will lead the recently approved Center for Global Engagement (an expansion of the former Center for International Education), grow study abroad programs, cultivate mutually beneficial institutional partnerships, enhance international student support, promote the internationalization of the university’s curriculum, and foster discipline-specific and other mission-related activities. As a member of Baylor’s senior academic administrative team, the Vice Provost will report to the Executive Vice President & Provost and work closely with the academic deans and executive officers on behalf of the university as a whole.

The ideal candidate will possess the following: • Creative and facilitative leadership and administrative experience in the field of international education, with proven results that have been informed by evidenced-based assessment and decision making; • Experience setting and advocating sound strategic priorities that respect the past, understand the present, and envision the future; • Demonstrated capacity to advance the university’s global engagement mission and interests within and beyond the institution while marshaling and distributing the resources necessary to strategically focus these efforts; • Substantive international travel experience in developed and developing countries, along with a willingness and ability to travel internationally several times a year; • Evidence of multicultural experiences and awareness, including a working knowledge of at least one language in addition to English; • Proven capacity to foster partnerships among multiple constituencies, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as leaders in the business, political, social, and governmental sectors locally, nationally, and internationally; • A commitment and ability to contribute actively to substantial development and fundraising efforts to enhance Baylor’s global engagement; • Intellectual curiosity and a terminal degree in a relevant field; • Excellent management, communication, problem-solving, and negotiation skills; and • Commitment to diversity among faculty, staff, and students.

Baylor University is the oldest continually operating university in Texas and the largest Christian university with a Baptist heritage in the world. Baylor’s mission is “to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community.” With a student body of over 15,000, representing all 50 states and more than 80 foreign countries, the university offers 144 undergraduate degrees, 74 master’s programs, and 34 doctoral programs across 11 academic divisions. As described in the university’s strategic vision, Pro Futuris, Baylor is actively recruiting individuals with a commitment to transformational education, compelling scholarship, informed engagement, committed constituents, and judicious stewardship as means to propel Baylor’s aspiration to become a top-tier research university while reaffirming and strengthening its distinctive Christian mission.

Applications should include a statement of interest and a curriculum vitae. Applications and nominations will be kept strictly confidential. The review of materials will begin immediately and continue until the new Vice Provost is selected.

Send materials or nominations to: Vice Provost for Global Engagement Search Manager, One Bear Place #97014, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7014 or electronically to VPGEsearch@baylor.edu.

Baylor University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity educator and employer and encourages minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities to apply. www.baylor.edu

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Assistant Professor in Plant Sciences Computational and Statistical Plant Biology Department of Plant Sciences University of California, Davis TITLE: Assistant Professor in Computational and Statistical Plant Biology The Department of Plant Sciences in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California Davis invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor level in Computational and Statistical Plant Biology. We seek candidates with a strong background in statistics and/or computational biology working in areas such as bioinformatics, quantitative genetics and genomic selection, systems biology, or ecological, evolutionary, functional, or comparative genomics. In particular we are interested in candidates whose research seeks to develop and apply quantitative methods to interrogate large data sets to improve our understanding of the connection between genotype, phenotype, and the environment. The successful candidate will have a PhD in a related discipline, preferably with postdoctoral experience. She or he will be expected to teach upper division undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of bioinformatics, statistical analysis, and experimental design; to establish an extramurally funded research program; to mentor and train students and postdoctoral scholars; and to interact with a diverse faculty including plant geneticists, breeders, physiologists, and ecologists. This position will include an appointment in the Agricultural Experiment Station, which includes the responsibility to conduct research and outreach relevant to the mission of the California Agricultural Experiment Station.

QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent level of experience in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Statistics, Quantitative or Populations Genetics or related fields.

SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

TO APPLY:Candidates should begin the application process by registering online at http://recruitments. plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/. Please include statements of research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, publication list, copies of 3 of your most important research publications, copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts (if within 5 years of either degree), and the names, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of at least 4 professional references. For technical or administrative questions regarding the application process, please email bknijjar@ucdavis.edu. Review of the applications will begin December 15, 2013. The position will remain open until filled. Please direct inquiries to: Dr. Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Chair, Search Committee Department of Plant Sciences University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616-8515 Telephone: (530) 752-1152 E-mail: rossibarra@ucdavis.edu The University of California, Davis, and the Department of Plant Sciences are interested in candidates who are committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities, and to the development of a campus climate that supports equality and diversity.

The University of California, Davis is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty and staff. UC Davis is an NSF ADVANCE institution committed to equality and inclusion.

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Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Idaho seeks a tenure track assistant professor of Spanish/Latin American Specialist to begin August 2014.

Required qualifications: Ph.D. in Spanish or comparable field; bilingual; eligible to work in U.S. by August 2014. Department can consider doctoral candidates who have completed all requirements and will defend their dissertation by date of hire.

Desired qualifications: Potential for teaching excellence; strong interest in interdisciplinary research and collaboration; strong potential for research productivity; demonstrated skill to interact effectively with students and faculty; interest and ability to work on interdisciplinary collaborations.

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Northeastern University Department of Mathematics Assistant/Associate Professor- Applied Mathematics Tenure-Track Position

DEAN, GOIZUETA BUSINESS SCHOOL

Emory University, one of the world’s leading research universities, is seeking talented candidates for the role of Dean of the Goizueta Business School. The University’s academic divisions include Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Oxford College, the School of Medicine, the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, the Candler School of Theology, the School of Law, the Goizueta Business School, the Laney Graduate School and the Rollins School of Public Health. Founded in 1836, the University is recognized internationally for its outstanding liberal arts colleges, graduate and professional schools and strong healthcare system. Located on a beautiful wooded campus that is close to downtown Atlanta, Emory enrolls approximately 12,000 students. Emory is embracing changes underway in higher education and its 2012 Annual Report calls for “disruptive innovation.” (http://www.emory.edu/president/annual-report/ar2012/)

Consistently ranked among the world’s top business schools, the Goizueta Business School provides a world-class business education that combines functional specialization with a broad business perspective to create principle-based leaders.

Goizueta Business School is honored to take its name from Roberto C. Goizueta, the innovative and influential business leader who served as chairman and chief executive officer of The Coca-Cola Company from 1981 until his death in 1997. Central to Goizueta’s vision and to Goizueta Business School’s mission are excellence and principled leadership, which set the School apart from others and greatly impacts the student experience and curriculum. Goizueta prioritizes having an accessible, worldclass faculty who foster a personalized learning experience for its students, and Goizueta’s legacy also continues through an enriched culture that encourages creativity and innovation from its faculty, staff and students.

The Department of Mathematics at Northeastern University invites applicants for one or more tenure-track positions at the Assistant/Associate Professor level, Associate Professor level is preferred, in Applied Mathematics to start as early as September of 2014.

Appointments are based on exceptional research contributions in Mathematics combined with strong commitment and demonstrated success in teaching. Applications from those with an interest and ability to connect across units in the university to the advantage of research at the interface of mathematics and other disciplines are a top priority and the expectation is this would result in building an applied cluster. Outstanding candidates with research in discrete and computational mathematics, fluid dynamics, and probability/statistics are encouraged to apply.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Mathematics or a related field by the start date, strong record of research, and demonstrated evidence of excellent teaching ability.

Responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, mentoring students and conducting an independent research program.

Review of applications will begin immediately. Complete applications received by October 31, 2013 will be guaranteed full consideration.

Please be sure to include 3 references, a teaching statement, and a research statement.

To apply, visit “Careers at Northeastern” at https://neu.peopleadmin.com. Click on “Fulltime Faculty Positions” and search for the current position under the College of Science.

You can also apply by visiting the College of Science website http://www.northeastern.edu/cos and clicking on the “Faculty Positions” button.

Northeastern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Educational Institution and Employer, Title IX University. Northeastern University particularly welcomes applications from minorities, women and persons with disabilities.

Northeastern University is an E-Verify Employer.

Goizueta enrolls 1,500 students and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees including a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, a one year and a two year full-time MBA program, an evening MBA program, an executive MBA program and a PhD in Business. The MBA program is #1 in job placement according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s annual rankings and four of the degree programs are ranked in the top 25. The BBA program is consistently ranked among the top ten undergraduate programs

by Bloomberg BusinessWeek. In partnership with several of Emory’s other outstanding schools and programs, Goizueta offers joint master’s degree programs with law, medicine, divinity, public health, physical therapy and theology. With sixteen Fortune 500 companies located in Georgia and nearly 150,000 businesses in the metro Atlanta area, Goizueta Business School is able to capitalize on engaging in corporate partnerships, entrepreneurial activities and the access to talent afforded by its location.

The new Dean will have overall responsibility for defining the Business School’s strategic priorities during a time of great change and opportunity in business education as well as in higher education in general. Additionally, the Dean will lead efforts to recruit and retain excellent faculty, create and support educational programs of the highest quality, attract outstanding students and create additional collaborative initiatives across Emory.

Building on the strong foundation at Goizueta, the Dean will further advance the Business School to its own unique and cutting edge place in business education.

The Dean of the Goizueta Business School should demonstrate a commitment to academic excellence, ethics, openness and diversity. The Dean will be a passionate and skilled leader who is able to provide vision and strategic guidance for the School. This individual will have strong administrative leadership experience and will possess an engaged and effective presence that will further facilitate productive external relationships for Goizueta in the business community and beyond. An aptitude for fundraising and an ability to build institutional resources will be essential. The Dean should have significant academic credentials and a stellar scholarly record or achievement of the highest level of distinction in business.

Initial screening of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Goizueta Business School will be assisted by Ellen Brown Landers, Matrice Ellis-Kirk and Tracie Smith of Heidrick & Struggles, Inc. Nominations and applications should be directed to: Goizueta Business School Dean Search Committee Heidrick & Struggles, Inc. 303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 4300 Atlanta, GA 30308 Email: goizueta@heidrick.com

Emory University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action University

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Learning Sciences and STEM - Tenure Track/Tenured Open Rank Special Education - Tenure Track/Assistant Professor

Details on the positions and information on how to apply can be found at http://gse.rutgers.edu/employment-opportunities.

Applicants are expected to have earned a doctoral degree from a major research university. In screening applicants, we will be looking for evidence of scholarly promise or accomplishment; commitment to a strong, productive, and externally funded research program; and appropriate experience and commitment to excellence in teaching. Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Our School and University are especially interested in applications from individuals who are members of groups that have been and still are underrepresented in university faculty positions.

Responsibilities include: teaching and academic advising of both undergraduate and graduate students; chairing Ed.D. and/or Ph.D. dissertations; an active program of research; contributing to the effective operation of the profession, the School, and the University. Pursuit of external funding for one’s research program is also expected.

Review of applications will start immediately and will continue until the positions are filled. Subject to the availability of funding the positions begin September 2014.

Rutgers University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and a NSF ADVANCE Institution.

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President, Health Sciences Center at El Paso and Dean, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine

The Chancellor invites applications and nominations for the Inaugural President of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso (TTUHSC-EP) and Dean, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. On May 18, 2013, Governor Rick Perry signed Senate Bill 120, which established TTUHSC at El Paso as a freestanding, fourth component institution in the TTU System. TTUHSC-EP’s goal is to become the premier health sciences center between Houston and Los Angeles. In addition, it wants to be known as an institution that advances knowledge for students and practicing health care professionals through educational opportunities and research while providing quality patient care and service, while fostering a culture that supports translational research and innovation commercialization to benefit providers and patients as well as TTUHSC-EP. The dynamic and creative individual chosen for this professional position will serve as the chief executive officer for the Health Sciences Center at El Paso and is responsible for the executive management of its operations. The President provides overall leadership in the planning and management of the academic, research, international, service, fiscal, administrative, operational and auxiliary enterprise mission of the Health Sciences Center at El Paso. Reporting to the Chancellor, the President will oversee the activities of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

The programs at the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offer students the opportunity to expand their knowledge through an innovative curriculum that is proving to be immensely successful. Students receive a comprehensive, practical education spanning a broad range of health issues-preparing them for a health care career through hands-on training in clinical and research settings to understand and meet the challenges facing the El Paso community and beyond. They offer a professional growth experience like no other, turning out some of the best doctors and health professionals, evident by the number of physicians selected for the Best Docs in America list year after year. TTUHSC-EP has close to 1,400 faculty and staff members. It is a flourishing health sciences and medical center with offices located in east, central and northeast El Paso. Many of the health care providers in the El Paso community in private and group practices received their training on the campus. At TTUHSC-EP excellent opportunities for medical education, research and delivery of patient care are created. Through strong local partnerships, TTUHSC-EP has worked to establish a forward-looking culture aimed at bringing innovations to market to positively impact health in the region, nation and world.

The position requires an M.D. with a notable record in teaching, research and service sufficient to merit the rank of full professor. Additionally, the successful applicant is expected to have a distinguished academic and clinical career, with a national reputation as a leading scholar and demonstrated commitment to research excellence and competitive funded research success. A record of successful senior executive and academic leadership experience in a complex organization; success in philanthropy and securing private, corporate, or governmental support to advance the mission of an organization; and commitment to and success in valuing and actively promoting equity and diversity are essential.

Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc. is assisting TTUHSC-EP in the search. Initial screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until an appointment is made. For best consideration, materials should be provided by January 1, 2014.

Nominations should include the name, position, email address and telephone number of the nominee. Application materials should include a letter addressing how the candidate’s experiences match the position requirements, a resume and contact information for at least five references. Submission of materials as PDF attachments is strongly encouraged.

Confidential inquiries, nominations, and application materials should be directed to: Jan Greenwood, Betty Turner Asher, Partners David Chan, Director - Global Search Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc. 42 Business Center Drive, Suite 206 Miramar Beach, FL 32550 Phone: 850.650.2277 • Fax: 850.650.2272 E-mail: jangreenwood@greenwoodsearch.com bettyasher@greenwoodsearch.com davidchan@greenwoodsearch.com

For more information about the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Campus please visit: https://www.ttuhsc.edu/elpaso/ TTUHSC-EP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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The School is ideally seeking experienced scholars who have an established research record and a proven track of external funding acquisition.

Applicants will be expected to have teaching experience, preferably in both graduate and undergraduate academic programs. Applicants will be asked to submit copies of recent publications and formal teaching evaluations.

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INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences West Chester University of Pennsylvania’s College of Arts and Sciences invites applicants for an Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences. This position reports to the Dean with the primary responsibility of assisting with the day-to-day internal operations of the college and University, as well as overseeing assessment and interfacing with external contracting and granting entities. For additional details and qualifications, visit our web site at www.wcupa.edu/vacancies.

AA/EOE Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

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Montclair State University is seeking an Instructional Designer who will report to the Director of Technology Training & Integration. The Instructional Designer is responsible for providing faculty support and professional development opportunities, working with faculty to design, implement and maintain online courses, and conducting workshops, seminars and 1-on-1 training sessions designed to facilitate the integration of pedagogies and technologies into curriculum. For job details and application, please visit the MSU website at: www.montclair.edu/jobs.

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Temple University is a large urban university located approximately 2 miles north of Center City Philadelphia, the heart of the local tourism industry. Philadelphia’s extensive tourism, hospitality, sport, and recreation venues make the city ideal for teaching and learning experiences for Temple University faculty and students. The School of Tourism and Hospitality Management was established on July 1, 1998. The School offers four degree programs: a bachelor’s degree in Sport and Recreation Management, a master’s in Sport Business, and a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management. The School is a self-standing school, affiliated with Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management, where an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) with a concentration in Hospitality Asset Management is offered, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Business Administration with a Tourism and Sport emphasis.

Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, the names of three references, sample publications, teaching evaluations, and other supporting materials electronically to Dr. Aubrey Kent, Search Chair (215-204-3810, aubkent@temple.edu). Review of applications will commence October 18, and will continue until the position is filled.

Temple University is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity employer.

Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

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Northeastern University Department of Mathematics Assistant/Associate Professor- Pure Mathematics Tenure-Track Position The Department of Mathematics at Northeastern University invites applicants for one or more tenure-track positions at the Assistant/Associate Professor level, Associate Professor level is preferred, in Pure Mathematics to start as early as September of 2014.

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Appointments are based on exceptional research contributions in Mathematics combined with strong commitment and demonstrated success in teaching. Applications from those with an interest and ability to connect across units in the university to the advantage of research at the interface of mathematics and other disciplines are a top priority.

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Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Mathematics or a related field by the start date, strong record of research, and demonstrated evidence of excellent teaching ability.

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Review of applications will begin immediately. Complete applications received by October 31, 2013 will be guaranteed full consideration.

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Please be sure to include 3 references, a teaching statement, and a research statement.

To apply, visit “Careers at Northeastern” at https://neu.peopleadmin.com. Click on “Fulltime Faculty Positions” and search for the current position under the College of Science.

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Northeastern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Educational Institution and Employer, Title IX University. Northeastern University particularly welcomes applications from minorities, women and persons with disabilities.

Northeastern University is an E-Verify Employer.

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Miquela Rivera, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist with years of clinical, early childhood and consultative experience. She lives in Albuquerque, N.M.

“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important might not receive from others keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and cre- might come from within – and ative intellectual activity.” -- John F. Kennedy exercise helps develop it.

One of the understated beneyond the typical physical fitness components of car- efits of exercise is enhanced sleep. Teens require more diovascular endurance, muscle strength, muscle sleep than others (they are not always just being lazy or endurance, flexibility and body composition to stave off avoiding responsibility by sleeping long hours), but ironicalhealth, psychological and behavioral problems that interfere ly, they typically get less than they did in their younger with learning, exercise promotes the clear, creative thinking school years. Latino families, if possible, would be wise to that Hispanic students need. With school budget cuts and let the teen sleep longer (within reason, of course) and curriculum changes, though, physical fitness is no longer encourage them to exercise. If a Latino parent wants his emphasized as before. It is up to the family, teachers and adolescent to get things done, set the tangible outcome or the student to keep fitness an intentional, important part of product, not the process, as the goal. A teen will often exerthe Latino student’s life. cise if he can do so conveniently with friends. Exercising A growing trend among college students is the illegal use too late might be over-stimulating and negatively impact of medication typically prescribed for attention deficit disor- sleep. Exercise early in the day works better for getting der. This attempt to improve focus and enhance perfor- things done and for sleeping well at night. mance has many risks. Instead, the exhilaration and natural Latino students can make exercise part of their daily roulift that comes from exercise is the healthy, natural way of tine and structure. If they are accustomed to exercising reggearing up the mind. Endorphins clear the mind and sharp- ularly, they will more likely continue the practice throughout en the focus, eliminating the need for synthetic medication, life. Since adolescents often have spare time that gets dedicaffeine or monster drinks. cated to videogames, music or other diversions, exercise People of all ages, including Latino teens, might claim can easily fill one of the slots, if it is modeled and encourthey do not have enough energy to exercise, but lack of aged by adults. Latino students who work long hours outexercise is why they are sluggish. Physical activity raises the side of school might claim they have no time to exercise, but level in which the whole system – mind, body and spirit – many will find a re-energizing relief if they fit it in, regardmoves. Exercise need not be torturous or boring time on a less of school and work schedules. And Hispanic parents treadmill. The Zumba craze and soccer are some of the can advance the health of the entire family if exercise favorites among Latino students, but the best exercise for becomes a social event in which the entire clan participates. any Hispanic student is simply the one they will do.

Finally, one of the greatest benefits of exercise is the The endurance that comes from exercise can carry over sense of self-empowerment that exercise begets. A young to academic stamina. The ability to keep going is a self-moti- Latino student can talk confidently about what they are doing vator that carries into the classroom and beyond for or planning when they have achieved success in fitness.

Hispanic students. While endurance provides the physical Exercise can give them the insight, energy, determination ability to keep going, perseverance is the psychological fac- and self-commitment to achieve a long range goal such as tor that provides the additional mental push. Latino students completing college. And it can start with just taking a walk need both, especially if they do not have a strong support around the block. system encouraging them to prevail in school. What they

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