Two events have been rescheduled for later this month:

Monday, October 24, 5:30 p.m.
Sugar Palm Room, Student Union
Walk in My Shoes Forum
Contact: Marcelle Aquino, 954-592-2238
Come and listen to Dr. Felix Padilla speak about issues concerning Latino students on campuses such as FAU. This will be a great opportunity to have your eyes opened and get insight on what it is like to walk in my shoes.

Tuesday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.
Grand Palm Room, Student Union
Ritmo Latino
Contact: Marcelle Aquino, 954-592-2238
This is a celebration to end Hispanic Heritage Month with Latin music, food, and fun!

Wednesday, September 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Traditions Plaza (in front of bookstore)
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month Celebration Kick Off
Contact: Office of Multicultural Affairs, 561-297-3959
Come and enjoy the kick-off celebration with Latin music and Hispanic food catered by Chartwell’s Dining Services.

Thursday, September 15, 8 p.m.
BBQ Pits
Familia - New Member Presentation
Contact: Elieth Carrillo, 561-674-7672
Familia is one of the foundations that Alpha Psi Lambda was founded on. This fall, come and see the unveiling of our Theta Line, spring 2011, and see the newest additions to our Noble FAMILIA.

Friday, September 16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Traditions Plaza (in front of bookstore)
Mexican Independence Day
Contact: Dorothy Daniel, 561-297-4037
Come and join Multicultural Programming to celebrate Mexico’s Independence by ringing the bell and listening to music of a traditional mariachi band while enjoying authentic Mexican cuisine. Also, decorate your own maracas and sombreros.

Thursday, September 15, 8:30 p.m.
Senate Chambers, Student Union
Movie Night: Pan’s Labyrinth
Contact: Jeanie Dumas, 561-297-4037
Experience a world interwoven with a fantasy world centered around an overgrown abandoned labyrinth and a mystery faun creature. This film has been described as “a fairy tale of such potency and awesome beauty, that it reconnects the adult imagination to the primal thrill and horror of the stories that held us spellbound as children.”

JUST ADDED: Monday, September 19, 12 to 1 p.m.
Student Union
Legacy of the Latino/a Greek Movement
Contact: Naria Martinez, martineznaria@yahoo.com
On college campuses across the country, Latino/a Greek-lettered organizations have expanded and established themselves as reputable organizations, diversifying Greek life. Come and learn more about the history and impact of the Latino/a based fraternities and sororities with their Latino/a cultural influences. Hosted by the Multicultural Greek Council at FAU.

Monday September 19, 7 to 9 p.m.
Majestic Palm Room A. Student Union
Spitfires, Latin Lovers and Banditos
Contact: Carlton O’Neal, (561) 297-4037
A discussion of how Latinos and Latinas are portrayed in film and within the mainstream media.

Wednesday, September 21, 7 p.m.
Live Oak Pavilion C & D
Hispanic Heritage Month Scholarship Banquet
Contact: Elieth Carrillo, 561-674-7672
Alpha Psi Lambda is committed to the advancement of Latinos/as in education. Join the launch of the first-ever Alpha Psi Lambda – Upsilon Chapter Hispanics Heritage Month Scholarship Fund with this scholarship, awarded to one incoming Hispanic freshman. Email contact listed above for information.

Thursday, September 22, 7:15 p.m.
Coyote Jack’s, Student Union
Salsa and Bachata Lessons
Contact: Mary-Elizabeth McNamara, 954-732-6634
This is an opportunity for students to come and learn different styles of Caribbean Spanish dances. Learn the basic steps, how to recognize the different styles of music,and the history of these dance styles.

Thursday, September 22, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Recreation and Fitness Center Primetime Courts
Campus Recreation: Latin Zumba Night
Contact: Erin Stevens, 561-297-3034
Latin Zumba night is an hour-long dance class that is easy and fun for everyone. This class uses a combination of high energy, motivating music and unique moves that will help you dance away your worries. Students only.

Friday, September 23, 6 to 9 p.m.
Coyote Jack's, Student Union
Oye Mi Canto
Contact: Jeanie Dumas, 561-297-4037
Join Multicultural Programming for a night of Spanish music.

Monday, September 26, 7 to 9 p.m.
Majestic Palm Room A, Student Union
Influential Latinos and Latinas
Contact: Carlton O’neal, 561-297-4037
The stories of influential persons of Latin descent and how they have impacted the Latin image throughout the world.

Wednesday, September 28, 7 p.m.
Live Oak Pavilion C& D
Zumba Fitness Event
Contact: Elieth Carrillo, 561-674-7672
Zumba, the Latin-inspired, easy-to-follow, calorie-burning dance fitness party. Feel the music and let loose! Open to everyone.

Wednesday, September 28, 5 p.m.
Queen Palm Room, Student Union
Not this Time? – Latinos and President Obama in 2012
Contact: Boris Bastidas, 954-529-3182
A presentation on the Obama Administration’s immigration policy such as new deportation rules, pushback against the Arizona Law, failing to pass the DREAM Act and more. Should Latino voters abandon President Obama in 2012?

Monday, October 3, 5:30 p.m.
Sugar Palm Room, Student Union
Walk in My Shoes Forum
Contact: Marcelle Aquino, 954-592-2238
Come and listen to Dr. Felix Padilla speak about issues concerning Latino students on campuses such as FAU. This will be a great opportunity to have your eyes opened and get insight on what it is like to walk in my shoes.

Tuesday, October 4, 7:30 p.m.
Coyote Jack's, Student Union
Hispanic Poetry Night
Contact: Marcelle Aquino, 954-592-2238
This will be a relaxing environment strictly dedicated to poems and spoken word of Latin flavor and descent. Local poets will be coming out to share.

Wednesday, October 5, 7 p.m.
Coyote Jack's, Student Union
Latin Comedy Night
Contact: Elieth Carrillo, 561-674-7672
Join us to watch comedians perform stand up. The crowd chooses a winner who will receive a grand prize.

Friday, October 5, 7 p.m.
Live Oak Pavilion A-D, Student Union
2011 Miss Latina Pagent 
Contact: Marcelle Aquino, 954-592-2238
ALAS will be hosting our annual Miss Latina Pageant to select the ideal woman of what it means to be Latina at FAU.

Sunday, October 9, 7 p.m.
University Theater
Spanish Spectacular! Opening Concert of the FAU Symphony Orchestra's 2011-12 Season
Contact: Laura Joella, 561-297-2262, joella@fau.edu
Join us at the symphony's first concert of the season, which opens with the crowd-pleaser Pinata (1991) by American composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez and continues with music by Argentine composer Julian Aguirre, Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Maurice Ravel.

Wednesday, October 12, 7:30 p.m.
Live Oak Pavilion A & B, Student Union
Ritmo Latino
Contact: Marcelle Aquino, 954-592-2238
This is a celebration to end Hispanic Heritage Month with Latin music, food, and fun!

Thursday, October 13, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, BC-71, Room 126
Childhood Obesity in the Hispanic Population
Contact: Mario Jacomino, 561-297-0723
Come and hear Dr. Mario Jacomino present general information regarding childhood obesity and how that medical problem is affecting the Hispanic population in Palm Beach County .

FAU Broward Campuses

Tuesday, September 27, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Fort Lauderdale Campus Plaza
Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Contact: Student Involvement and Leadership, 954-236-1219  
Join us in kicking off the celebration for Hispanic Heritage on the Downtown Fort Lauderdale Campus.

Wednesday, September 28, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Davie Campus, College Plaza
Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Contact: Student Involvement and Leadership, 954-236-1219
Join us in kicking off the celebration for Hispanic Heritage on the Davie Campus Plaza.

Thursday, September 29, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Dania Beach Campus
Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Contact: Student Involvement and Leadership, 954-236-1219  
Join us in kicking off the celebration for Hispanic Heritage on the Sea Tech Campus.

Friday, October 14, 5 to 8:30 p.m.
Davie Campus, College Plaza
Family Carnival – Celebracion Hispano
Contact: Broward Program Board, 954-236-1251
Join us in celebrating Hispanic Heritage with an interactive day of family fun including entertainment, games, free food, face painting, snow cones and lots more.

FAU Jupiter

Through Friday, October 14 (Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
John D. Macarthur Campus Library
Campus Art Exhibition: “Detour” by Josafat Miranda
Contact: Diane Arrieta, 561-799-8530
Miami artist Josafat Miranda creates art on canvas, wood, aluminum, cardboard or paper with excellent precision. His collection displayed inside the John D. MacArthur Campus Library employs encaustic, ancient technique that involves adding pigments to heated wax and applying the resulting paste to a surface.

Thursday, September 15, 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Dining Hall
Hispanic/Latino-Themed Dinner
Contact: Farley Leiriao, 561-799-8010
Enjoy a Caribbean themed dinner in the Jupiter Campus dining hall along with music, decorations and entertainment that will take you away from your normal life.

Friday, September 16, 7:30 p.m.
AD 119
Movie Night: Pan’s Labyrinth
Contact: Stephanie Lopez, slopez46@fau.edu, Farley Leiriao, 561-799-8010
In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie-but-captivating fantasy world. Pan’s Labyrinth won three Academy Awards in 2007 including Best Cinematography.

Tuesday, September 27, 7:30 to 9 pm.
Housing – RH1
Ven Comingo: Learning Latin Dancing
Contact: Stephanie Lopez, slopez46@fau.edu, or Sarah Sax, ssax@fau.edu
No matter your dancing proficiency this is the opportunity to learn new dances from a variety of Latin backgrounds from FAU students who know the moves. Students only.

Tuesday, October 4, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
SR 108
Ven Comingo: Learning Latin Dancing
Contact: Stephanie Lopez, slopez46@fau.edu, or Sarah Sax, ssax@fau.edu
This program is another opportunity to learn new dances from a variety of Latin backgrounds from FAU students who know the moves. This session is open to dancers of all levels.

NEW EVENT ADDED: Friday, October 14th, 7 p.m.
Dining Hall
Fiesta Latina
Contact: Stephanie Lopez, slopez46@fau.edu, or Farley Leiriao, 561-799-8010
Dancing and celebrating throughout the night to different types of Latin and Hispanic music to end the celebration on a high note.

FAU Treasure Coast

Thursday, September 29, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
MP Lobby
Hispanic Heritage Day
Contact:  Program Board, 772-873-3441
Students will experience different types of food, along with fun activities and information regarding Hispanic and Latino cultures.

Tuesday, Oct. 11, 4 to 6 p.m.
MP 101
Movie Night: 90 Miles
Contact: Farley Leiriao, 772-873-3382
In 1980, Juan Carlos Zaldivar was a 13-year-old loyalist of the Cuban Revolution jeering in the streets at the thousands of “Marielitos” leaving the island by boat for the United States.  Within weeks, he was a Marielito himself, headed with the rest of his family to Miami. Now a U.S-.based filmmaker (Girlfight, Sense and Sensibility, On the Ropes) Zaldivar recounts the strange twist of fate that took him across one of the world’s most treacherous stretches of water in 90 Miles.

Event dates and times are subject to change.
Updated 9/28/2011