Tejas Foco 2015 News

2015 PREMIO ESTRELLA DE AZTLAN

by Tony Diaz on 11/24/14

2015 PREMIO ESTRELLA DE AZTLAN

A Lifetime Achievement Award

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Sponsored by The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Tejas Foco

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The Texas Foco of NACCS is proud to announce the Call for Nominations for the Premio Estrella de Aztlán Lifetime Achievement Award to honor individuals whose work has contributed towards the betterment of Chicanas/os in Tejas. The 2015 Premio Estrella de Aztlán will be awarded to up to three individuals.  While the nominees may not currently reside in Tejas the contributions or body of work for which they are being honored must have taken place or been about Chicana/os in Tejas.  The deadline for submitting the letters of nomination is December 31, 2014. Nominations will be reviewed by a committee comprised of prior Premio Estrella de Aztlán recipients.

 

The Committee seeks letters of nominations of individuals whom we wish to celebrate and honor with the Premio Estrella de Aztlán at our forthcoming NACCS Tejas Regional Conference. 

 

The Premio will be announced and presented to the recipient(s) at the 2015 NACCS Tejas Foco Regional Conference, “Putting More Community in Community College and Beyond: Scholars, Professors, Writers, Teachers, Students and Families Unite to Open Higher Education to Our Youth,” which will take place at the Lone Star College – North Harris, Houston, Texas, February 26-March 1, 2015. Awardees must be present to receive the Premio Estrella de Aztlán.

 

Please e-mail nomination letters to Arturo Madrid, Chair, Premio Estrella de Aztlán Committee, at amadrid@trinity.edu  

Here is a shortened link for your social media and texting convenience:
http://bit.ly/PremioDeAztlan

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2015 NACCS TEJAS DISSERTATION AWARD

by Tony Diaz on 11/24/14

**2015 NACCS TEJAS DISSERTATION AWARD**

Monday, December 15, 2014

 

Sponsored by The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Tejas Foco

 

NACCS-Tejas Foco invites nominations and submissions for its 2015 NACCS-Tejas Dissertation Award. The 2015 NACCS Tejas Dissertation Award Committee will consider any dissertation defended in 2014 in the following fields: History, Sociology, Anthropology, English, Modern Languages and Literature, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Chican@ Studies/Mexican American or Latin@ Studies, or related fields. We will recognize an outstanding dissertation that best represents a significant topic related to the Mexican American experience in Texas. The award will be presented at the NACCS-Tejas annual conference to be held at Lone Star College-North Harris, February 26-March 1, 2015. There are no restrictions on the number of nominations per university or per department.

 

Self-nominations are allowed. Nominations will be reviewed by a committee of NACCS-Tejas Foco members. These committee members include Juanita Luna-Lawhn, San Antonio College; Patricia Portales, San Antonio College; Christopher Carmona, University of Texas, Brownsville; Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., University of Houston; Roberto R. Calderón, University of North Texas; Monica Martinez, and Jaime Armin Mejía, Texas State University.

 

Nominations should be sent to the committee chair including name, title of dissertation, university, department, committee members, date of defense, and include an abstract of the dissertation as well as a PDF or MS Word document of the dissertation itself and an accompanying bibliography. All nominations must be received by Monday, December 15, 2014. Nominations should include a submission cover letter briefly describing the main argument/s of the dissertation. For additional information, you may contact the committee chair Dr. Jaime Armin Mejía | Department of English | Flowers Hall | 601 University Dr. | Texas State University | San Marcos, Texas 78666 | jm31@txstate.edu. Only electronic submissions will be accepted.

Here is a shortened link to this post for your social media convenience: http://bit.ly/TejasDissertationAward

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NACCS TEJAS FOCO AWARD FOR NON- FICTION

by Tony Diaz on 11/24/14

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NACCS Tejas Foco Fiction Awards

by Tony Diaz on 11/24/14

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Bring the Tejas Foco 2015 to Houston

by Tony Diaz on 02/17/14

I look forward with convening with all our friends, colleagues, and familia at the Tejas Foco 2014 in San Antonio at North West Vista College.

This year I am attending to submit our bid for Lone Star College-North Harris in Houston, Texas to host the Tejas Foco 2015.

My campus and the entire city of Houston has had a huge influx of Latinos. We poised to lead the way in demonstrating how a multicultural, multimedia economy is good for everyone. So of course, Houston and Texas, need Mexican American Studies now more than ever.

As you know, of 5 million student in Texas, 51% are Hispanic. Houston is also home to the largest school district in Texas-the Houston Independent School District, with over 270 schools.

This is our time. I know that we can lead the way, and I believe Houston plays a major role in our Chicano Renaissance.

I hope that you will support me in not only bringing the Tejas Foco 2015 to Houston but in also continuing the exponential growth our group, our field, and our people have seen.

Thank you,

Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante
Director of Intercultural Initiatives
Lone Star College-North Harris.

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