9:30AM          Refreshments

10:00-10:05    Welcome, goals, and Title VIa.  (Bob Blake)

Guiding question: How can we more effectively serve the needs of our students? 

10:05-10:15       Introduction of the retreat facilitators: 
                          Rocío Quispe-Agnoli and Lindon Robison

Rules of engagement (Rocío and Lindy)

10:15-11:00        What Do Our Students Need?  What Do We Offer?

An Overview of What We Do Now: Requirements, objectives, and student clientele

What can we do better to meet the needs of our students?  

• Undergraduate specialization and GLAS major in LAC Studies  
• Courses:  What portfolio?
• Number of credits:  Too many?
• Graduate Certificate
• Chicano Latino Studies (CLS) Program  
• Knowledge and skill set improvement: Opportunities for LAC and CLS
  

11:00-11:45       Identifying the Curricular Gaps?  Which Priority Actions?

• New courses/modules under Title VIa: Supporting the  new GLAS-LA major and strengthening our program in Portuguese instruction
• Overlooked opportunities: General education and integrative studies  
• Serving our graduate students
• Language for the pursuit of scholarly passions
• Spanish and Portuguese  
• Language schools abroad
• Discussion point:  Less Commonly Taught Languages of the Americas  

11:45-12:00         General discussion

12:00-1:00 PM    Lunch (table group discussions)

1:00-1:30             Table group reporting

 1:30-2:30            Experiential Learning: Working Together to Pursue our Passions       

• Current study abroad offerings: summary of learning expectations, preparation, facilitation and outcomes
• Service-learning, independent research/internships
• Service and learning in the diaspora
• Annual Conference

2:30-3:00              Aligning Faculty Incentives to Better Serve Our Students  

• Student mentoring
  

 3:00-3:15             Wrap-up summary & general comments

Note the date:  Retreat II, Research Experience and Outreach, October 22, 2009

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