Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Lisa
Freed
561-297-3022,
lfreed@fau.edu
FAU to Celebrate Hispanic Latino Heritage Month
BOCA
RATON, FL (September 1, 2010) –
Florida
Atlantic University will celebrate Hispanic Latino Heritage Month
on FAU’s Boca Raton, Jupiter, Broward and Treasure Coast
campuses. Hispanic Latino Heritage Month highlights the
contributions of Hispanic Americans and provides an opportunity to
learn about the cultures from which they come.
A sample of events taking place in September and October in honor
of Hispanic Latino Heritage Month include:
BOCA RATON CAMPUS
Opening Ceremony
Wednesday,
September 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Traditions Plaza on the Breezeway
Contact: Office of Multicultural Affairs at
561-297-3959
Join the festivities as FAU’s Division of Student
Affairs and the FAU Hispanic and Latino community launch the
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month activities. Be entertained and
educated by live storytelling of tales from Latin America while
feasting on grilled chicken, plantains, black beans and rice, and
freshly cooked paella made on-site. Come learn about the Hispanic
and Latino resources within the local community.
Mirta Ojito, author of the Freshman Reading Program
2010 Selection,
Finding Mañana, Lecture and Book Signing
Thursday, October 7, from 4 to 6 p.m.
University Theater, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts
and Letters
Contact: Diane Aragon at 561-297-0567
Mirta Ojito, Pulitzer-prize winner, FAU alumna and author
of
Finding Mañana, will give a lecture about her
life and book, as well as sign books.
Finding Mañana, a memoir of the Cuban exodus, is
FAU’s freshman reading book for 2010.
BROWARD CAMPUSES
Latin Dance Exhibition
Tuesday, September 21, noon to 1 p.m.
SD 105, Davie campus
Contact: Broward Student Wellness at 954-236-1018
Join the Student Wellness Center for an exhibition of Latin
dances.
Hispanic Heritage Exhibit
Thursday, October 7, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Second Avenue Studio, Fort Lauderdale campus
Contact: Office of Multicultural Affairs at
954-236-1257
The Hispanic Heritage Exhibit offers a tour of the grand
accomplishments of Hispanics/Latinos in America, as well as from
those around the world. This traveling museum has more than 100
artifacts, including rare photos, biographies and video
documentaries.
JUPITER CAMPUS
Hispanic Latino Heritage Month Kickoff
Thursday, September 2, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
The Burrow
Contact: Farley Leirio at 561-799-8585
The Hispanic Latino Heritage Month Kickoff will be an arts
and crafts festival providing an opportunity for attendees to
work on arts and crafts representing different Hispanic/Latino
backgrounds. Free food will be provided to participants.
TREASURE
COAST CAMPUS
Hispanic Latino Heritage Month Kickoff
Thursday, September 2, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
MP Lobby
Contact: Rochelle Popp at 772-873-3441 or Farley Leirio
at 561-799-8585
The Hispanic Latino Heritage Month Kickoff will offer a display of items from Hispanic countries, along with Cuban food.
For a complete list of Hispanic Latino Heritage
Month events, visit
www.fau.edu/explore/heritage.php
.
For more information, contact Ingrid Jones at 561-297-3959 or
ijones@fau.edu.
-FAU-
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu .
