2nd Annual Bilingual Initiatives Symposium: "Building Capacity for Bilingual, Bicultural and Biliterate Higher Education"

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When

All Day, March 28, 2025

Where

W.A. Franke Honors College

This one-day symposium seeks to foster conversations on bilingualism (English / Spanish) across the University of Arizona within the Hispanic-Serving Institution and Borderlands contexts. The BIS25 organizers would like to invite you to participate by presenting your projects/initiatives and/or work-in-progress, and by attending and connecting with potential collaborators/stakeholders across campus./stakeholders across campus.  

Bilingual Initiatives Symposium aims to:

  1. Explore the significance of bilingualism in education and its role in fostering bi/multi/cultural understanding and inclusivity.

  2. Share successful bilingual initiatives and programs implemented across campus.

  3. Discuss challenges and opportunities in promoting bilingualism and multiculturalism within Higher Education

  4. Foster collaboration and exchange of ideas among faculty, staff, students, and community members interested in bilingual (English-Spanish) education and initiatives.

  5. Advocate for bilingualism and multiculturalism initiatives in HSI by fostering a community of educators and professionals in Higher Education.

This year's edition will feature Dra. Joy Esquierdo, Vice Provost of Bilingual Integration, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, as the keynote speaker presenting on Revolutionizing HSI Institutions: Innovations in Bilingual, Bicultural, and Biliterate (B3) Higher Education. 

Call for proposals - Submit by March 7th, 2025: https://bit.ly/bisproposals 

Registration Form (RSVP): https://shorturl.at/bfNFz