NOTICIAS | April 2023

Thank You for Joining Us!

A message from our CoCEAL President

Dear Colegas,

Gracias a todxs for joining us at the Spring membership meeting at Colorado School of Mines! Spending the day con mi gente and meeting new folks filled mi corazón. I hope those of you who were able to attend also felt the love and joy our community brings out in us. Be sure to send us any fotos you may have snapped or tag #IamCoCEAL in any of your social media posts.

Thank you for your time and commitment to CoCEAL.

Saludos,

Andrea Rascón

President, CoCEAL

2023 Board Elections

We are excited to begin the 2023 CoCEAL election process. This year the positions of CoCEAL Secretary and President-Elect are up for re-election.

We invite each of you to actively engage in this process by running for a CoCEAL Executive Leadership position or nominating a rising colega(s) into one of these roles!

Please feel free to reach out to Andrea if you have any questions!

Nominate Here!

Congratulations to the Impact Award Nominees!

Help us celebrate folx that make impactful and intentional practices that center and advance the academic and social success of Latina/o/x students and professionals in Colorado's educational spaces. Congratulations to our Impact Practice Award Nominees that were nominated for their work!

Award Categories

Staff:

Stephanie Roberts | Assistant Director, Intercultural Engagement at CU Boulder
Andrea Kossik | Assistant Director of Scholarship at CCD
Angelica Rueda | Interim Dean, Enrollment Administration and Student Success at CCD

Faculty:

Ayelet Zur-Nayberg | Director of Adult Student Success at CCCS /Economics Instructor at FFCC

Student:

Jose Villagomez | President of Associated Students and Faculty and Adams State University Student

Community:

Jessica Lanfranco | Student Success Technology Manager at CCD

J.E.D.I. Impact Practice:

Dr. Judi Diaz Bonacquisti | Senior Diversity Officer at CU system and Co-founder of CoCEAL

Renew the 2022-2023 CoCEAL Membership

Don't miss the next membership meeting, coming Summer 2023, renew your membership today!

We offer several membership categories in order to draw a diverse group of individuals and organizations interested in supporting our mission. Please check with your institutional representative to see if your institution has renewed or will renew your CoCEAL membership for the 2022-2023 year. (Click HERE, to see a list of last year's institutional representatives).

Individual memberships are also available at just $25.

Click below to register!

*Please reach out to Treasure Sherie to learn more about pricing for membership dues.

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Join a CoCEAL Steering Committee!

Want to get more involved with CoCEAL but don't know where to start? Join one of our Steering Committees!

Communications
Impact Awards
Policy and Data
Partnerships & Innovation
Best Practices

Please consider joining a subcommittee today by contacting a committee chair to let them know about your interest.

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Felicidades to Doctora Lynda Duran for successfully defending her dissertation!

Highlights from the 2023 Spring Membership Meeting at Mines

*Photo Description: Student Panel

*Photo Description: Keynote Speaker Erika Bañuelos, Senior Construction Manager for CRB

*Photo Description: SHPE Advisor - Dr. Andres Guerra

What's Happening?

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In the News:

The New Accountability

How accreditors are measuring colleges' diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

By Eric Kelderman | April 3, 2023

Learn More!

‘The reckoning is here’: More than a third of community college students have vanished

Among those who do enroll, red tape and a lack of support are crushing their ambitions.

By Jon Marcus | April 3, 2023

Learn More!

CoCEAL is committed to providing our members to the latest job openings in the state of Colorado. Please know we are working hard to have the latest postings updated weekly so that members can have access to job openings in real time. Concurrently, this job board would not be possible without the participation of our member institutions and other organizations that are committed to the diversification of their workforce and the hiring of latinx people. Please feel free to share the google form link below with your Human Resources departments and other organizations that would like to post job announcements on our job board.

Assistant Professor Music and Recording Arts | Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Student Success Specialist (Administrative Coordinator) | Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Psychology Assistant Professor | Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Engineering Assistant Professor| Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Business Assistant Professor| Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Sterile Processing Assistant Professor| Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Nurse Aide Assistant Professor | Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Academic Advisor |Community College of Denver, Denver, CO

Academic Program Support Specialist-General Education | Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO

Assistant Director, Workforce Development | Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO

Advising Enrollment Specialist | Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO

English & Communication Department Chair | Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO