{"id":6834,"date":"2017-05-10T16:09:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T23:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/?p=6834"},"modified":"2017-05-17T15:40:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T22:40:59","slug":"mi-familia-weekend-celebrating-diversity-community-oregon-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/2017\/05\/mi-familia-weekend-celebrating-diversity-community-oregon-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Mi Familia Weekend: Celebrating Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The sixth annual Mi Familia Weekend welcomed Hispanic students and their families to experience the campus and enjoy special events during May 12-13. The events during the weekend, free and open to all, featured inspirational guest speakers, multicultural food, dances, musical and a fashion show, entertaining carnival games, workshop sessions, campus tours and more.<\/p>\n

Watch the special College of Science welcome video<\/a><\/em>!<\/p>\n

Get a complete list of 2017 Mi Familia events here<\/a>.\u00a0Mi Familia events are bilingual, offering Spanish and English translation throughout the entire program.<\/p>\n

Mi Familia events are bilingual, offering Spanish and English translation throughout the entire program.<\/p>\n

The Mi Familia Weekend theme for this year is “Exploring Communities, Expanding Knowledge\/\/”Explorando Comunidades, Ampliando el Conocimiento.” The program will kick-off with a Polynesian dinner and a welcome address by Biff Traber, Corvallis Mayor.<\/p>\n

Other guest speakers throughout the program include Julie Greenwood, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Susie Brusker-Cole, Vice Provost of Student Affairs, and Octaviano Merecinas-Cuevas, Associate Director for the Center for Latin Studies and Engagement in the College of Liberal Arts.<\/p>\n

Mi Familia Weekend was started in 2011 by Arlyn Moreno Luna, an undergraduate at Oregon State University. It was created to foster a sense of belonging on campus among Hispanic\/Latino students by welcoming their families to OSU.<\/p>\n

The weekend is designed to connect families of diverse and underrepresented students with the Oregon State community. Mi Familia celebrates and promotes inclusivity and diversity on campus.<\/p>\n

Last year as many as 500 students and families participated in Mi Familia events. According to a Mi Familia coordinator, the family weekend is driven by the belief that “by providing the opportunity for the Hispanic\/Latino families to experience life as a student at OSU, there will be greater support from those families to encourage their children to remain in college.”<\/p>\n

Mi Familia Weekend 2017 is sponsored by Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences<\/a> (MANRRS) and Society for Advancing Chicanos\/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science<\/a> (SACNAS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mi Familia Weekend theme for 2017 is “Exploring Communities, Expanding Knowledge\/\/”Explorando Comunidades, Ampliando el Conocimiento.” 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