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We highly encourage our community to read the article “” written by Suzanne Gamboa. The piece discusses the small percentage of Hispanic and Latinx students enrolled at ��ƷSM����ӰƬ which does not reflect the number of Hispanic and Latinx high school graduates in Colorado. CU’s Fall 2021 first-year profile reported 13.7% of first-year students as Hispanic/Latino. That same year, were Hispanic and Latinx. As discussed in Gamboa’s article, ��ƷSM����ӰƬ needs to do more to engage current and prospective Hispanic and Latinx students and work to provide additional financial aid to bring more of these students to campus.

Members of the UMAS y MEXA, a Chicanx and Latinx student group at ��ƷSM����ӰƬ, created the Aquetza summer program to take recruitment into their own hands. The program, which is a collaboration with the School of Education, empowers youth with connections to Chicanx and Latinx communities and encourages them to consider higher education at ��ƷSM����ӰƬ. CU’s Office of Precollege Outreach and Engagement also works to outreach and provide programming for diverse student populations.

We encourage you to spread awareness on this topic and become more educated on. Please also consider joining a UMAS y MEXA meeting, reaching out to the Precollege Outreach and Engagement Office about how to get involved with their efforts, or donating to the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education.

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