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Posts tagged with 'Omar Granados':

Sculptor Wilay Méndez Páez at work welding a sculpture during a workshop on campus. He brought a week of creative energy to UW-La Crosse this spring as a visiting artist. Art across disciplines Posted 11:20 a.m. Thursday, April 9, 2026 Internationally recognized sculptor connects with students while creating sustainable work on campus Read more about Art across disciplines UWL students in the Chinese Studies program engage kids in an after-school Chinese Clubs at a local elementary school. Students learned about Chinese food, among other topics. Beyond grammar Posted 3:46 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2026 Language programs connect students with culture and community Read more about Beyond grammar Refugees walk along a fence at Fort McCoy resettlement center. Nearly 15,000 Cuban refugees settled at Fort McCoy as part of the Mariel Exodus, a mass emigration of Cubans from Cuba's Mariel Harbor to the U.S. in 1980. Photo credit: Murphy Library Special Collections/ARC. Wisconsin’s unseen chapter Posted 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 New grant funding will illuminate more Cuban-Wisconsin history with interactive, online exhibit Read more about Wisconsin’s unseen chapter LASO members pose for a photo during the 2021-22 academic year. ‘A community I could connect and relate to’ Posted 2:36 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022 UWL’s Latin American Student Organization provides clarity, community and cultural awareness  Read more about ‘A community I could connect and relate to’ An altar created for El Día de Los Muertos celebration on campus in fall 2021. The event was organized by Latin American Student Organization (LASO). LASO is planning another Día de Los Muertos celebration this fall. Hispanic Heritage Month events Posted 11:06 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022 Celebrate this year's Hispanic Heritage Month with UW-La Crosse activities Read more about Hispanic Heritage Month events A new podcast from UWL Associate Professor Omar Granados and WPR host Maureen McCollum explores the arrival of nearly 15,000 Cuban refugees at Fort McCoy in 1980. In the four decades since, many have made La Crosse or greater Wisconsin their permanent home. Photo courtesy Murphy Library Special Collections/ARC and the La Crosse Tribune ‘Uprooted’ Posted 5:04 a.m. Friday, July 29, 2022 Podcast explores Wisconsin’s complicated history with Cuban refugees Read more about ‘Uprooted’ A third community event organized by UW-La Crosse, Viterbo University and Western Technical College will explore the history of refugees in the United States and the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan.  Understanding our history with refugees Posted 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 Nov. 9 panel to shed light on past refugee resettlements, Afghanistan conflict Read more about Understanding our history with refugees UWL Associate Professor of Music Jonathan Borja performs in 2016 at UW-La Crosse. During this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, Borja will join guest pianist Lindsay Garritson in a recital of flute music from Mexico. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Posted 3:40 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 Events, free and open to the public, run through Oct. 15 Read more about Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

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