Objectives:
- Strengthen research collaborations with colleagues from Mexico on issues concerning the politics of inclusion in the Americas.
- To share, learn and discuss histories and strategies to better serve Mexican American and Mexican students and communities at the University of Illinois Springfield and the University of Illinois System.
Adriana Crocker, Ph.D.
Professor
Gender Parity in Argentina, UIS
Claudia M. Prado-Meza, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Women's Activisim: Analysis of Social Participation from a Gender Perspective, University of Colima, Mexico
Nidia Ruedas-Gracia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Keynote: The Power of Belonging, UIUC
Lilia Fernández, Ph.D.
Professor
Mexican/Chicano/Latino/a/e Students and Education in Chicago, UIC
I-MMÁS represents a culture of support, building pipelines for Mexican and Mexican-American students, smoothing the path, and retaining as many talented students as possible. Building a network of collaborators. I-MMÁS is about partnering in collaboration with our colleagues in Mexico. I-MMÁS will enhance ongoing efforts by the System’s three Universities to increase Mexican and Mexican-American recruitment and expand their educational opportunities. The mission of I-MMÁS is to enhance educational, cultural, scientific, technical, and
social collaborations among the University of Illinois System, Mexican academic institutions, and students, by building and sustaining a large-scale presence in education and research with participating institutions.
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Certificate of Attendance from the University of Illinois System will be provided.
