ALAS Education across the Americas 8th Annual Conference: Call for Proposals

ALAS Education across the Americas 8th Annual Conference:"Voices in Education: Bridging Learning Communities"

The Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) is pleased to host its 8th Annual Education Across the Americas Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University. We are currently soliciting proposal abstracts for presentations at the conference, scheduled for March 26th and March 27th 2010. Please visit our conferencepage for more information about submitting a proposal.

2009 ALAS Welcome Party!

Come and experience Latin America with music, food, and salsa dancing! The party will be held on Thursday September 24th from 7:30pm to 11:00pm in TC's Private Dining Room. Salsa lessons will be given during the party by our well-known instructor, Cesar Vichido!

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"From Latin America": ALAS' First Annual Art Exhibition

Macy Gallery at Teachers College, Columbia University, in collaboration with the Association of Latin American Students (ALAS), is proud to announce the First Annual Latin American Art exhibition titled "From Latin America" from June 9 through June 19, 2009. For the past 7 years, ALAS aim has been to create an academic, cultural, and social network within the Latin American community at Teachers College. Counting with the sponsorship and support from faculty members, different programs, and schools of Columbia University, this association has become a resource to learn about and address Latin America issues through academic, cultural, and social spheres.

"From Latin America" will feature the work of Marcelo De Stefano (Argentina), Havi Schanz (Argentina), Sofia Molina (Chile), Joel Vicente Flores Quiroz (Mexico), Guadalupe Victorica (Mexico), Olga Hubard (Mexico), Jose Antonio Vargas (Puerto Rico), and Elena Bouza (Spain). In addition to the display of paintings, the gallery will sponsor a screening of the Mexican documentary "De Nadie" and art-mathematics workshops for K-8 students.

The opening reception will take place on Tuesday, June 9 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, at Macy Gallery. All events will be held at the gallery unless otherwise indicated. Macy Gallery is located at 525 West 120th Street (between Broadway Av. & Amsterdam Av.), 4th floor of Macy Building. The gallery hours are Monday through Friday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Teachers College Student Senate, Macy Gallery, and the Association of Latin American Students.

For more information please contact Rita Sanchez at rds2133@columbia.edu or Javier Iturralde at jli2109@columbia.edu.

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2009 Education Across the Americas Conference A Huge Success!

Over 200 graduate students, teachers, researchers, and scholars participated in this year's Education Across the Americas Conference. We would like to thanks all the panelists, guest presenters, keynote speakers, and audience participants for making this year's conference such a huge success!

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