UNC’s 拉丁传统车尾门和足球比赛 is A Great Way to Celebrate our Commun密度

UNC strives to build an inclusive campus which fosters and nurtures a diverse, inclusive 公平的环境. That includes celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month. 

9月开始.北科罗拉多大学的csamar Chávez文化中心 是hosting numerous events during the month-long celebration for students, alumni and the 格里利社区. 

On campus, the celebration is called Latinx Heritage Month to encompass the Hispanic and Latino 社区 who identify across the spectrum of gender identities. 我们的目标 and intention is to highlight Latinx culture and the contributions students, alumni, faculty and staff who identify as Hispanic or Latinx have made to improve the 社区. 

One event hosted is the Latinx Heritage Tailgate and football game on 9月. 30. 

校友, campus 和格里利公社密度 members are invited to come together, eat Latinx-style foods like tacos, tortas, churros and more, listen to culturally reflective music from an alumna-owned Spanish-language radio station and learn more about how Hispanic and Latinx-identifying individuals have made an impact on campus and in the Greeley 社区. 

Evan Partida, a UNC student who is helping coordinate the event for the second year, considers working on this event an honor and a privilege. 

“This event is very important and valuable,” reflects Partida on last year’s tailgate. “A lot of people who live around Greeley are Hispanic or拉丁裔. 皇冠app官方版下载的庆祝方式令人惊叹.”

With more than 25% of UNC’s undergraduate student population and 40% of Greeley’s population identifying as Hispanic or Latinx, there is a lot to celebrate. 

This year, Partida is excited to see the tailgate brought to the next level. 他希望 to bring in even more top-notch food vendors than last year, and Tigre radio will 在活动期间播放音乐. 

林赛·萨拉查，老虎电台的老板, is excited to provide Spanish-language music for the event. 

“Music will always be the one universal language,” Salazar says. “在所有文化中， music unites, and listening to music from other cultures opens us up to understand 一个另一个.” 

To Salazar, culturally reflective events allow students to understand each other's culture and are a great way to forge deeper friendships. 她指出格里利的 社区 is ever-changing and more culturally diverse than many might realize, citing a visit to an elementary school recently where students were speaking 15 or so different 一间教室的语言. 

The divers密度 that is present and growing in the 社区 speaks to the growing divers密度 在皇冠app官方版下载校园里. 

Cristóbal Garcia ’08, associate director of 校友关系 and staff fellow for Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) initiatives, emphasizes how important the events hosted throughout the month can be for students and alumni. 

“With culturally reflective events and programs like these, we get to have fun while building a sense of belonging for current and prospective students, their families, our alumni and 社区 partners and our local Greeley/Evans 社区 — which is nearly 40% Hispanic and Latinx-identifying,” Garcia said. 

As UNC continues to pursue the federal HSI designation, finding opportunities to serve, celebrate and find success for our Hispanic and Latinx-identifying students is and 会继续成为焦点吗. 

The Latinx Heritage Tailgate is not an isolated event, there are other upcoming univers密度-led and 社区-based programs and events for everyone to learn from. 来自历史展览 to the kickoff of the new Latinx Music Bachelor of 艺术 program, there’s bound to 成为每个人都喜欢的东西.