BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:059e27e0-7174-42aa-96dc-30bdda6e9408.200654@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20190820T190414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T190414Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. 315 SUMMARY:Shattering the Silence: Mentoring Diverse Faculty and Students DESCRIPTION:Luis Fernando Restrepo is a University Professor in the Depart ment of World Languages\, Literatures\, and Cultures at the University of Arkansas\, Fayetteville.  He is the director of the graduate program in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies and the Spanish Section Head.   His teaching and research areas are colonial Latin American literature\ , literature and human rights\, indigenous literatures and Latino educati on.  He chairs the UA committee os Scholars at Risk\, an international or ganization supporting threatened scholars and defending academic freedom.   He is also the vice president of the Northwest Arkansas Hispanic Leader ship council.  Professor Restrepo has served as the assistant Vice Chance llor for Diversity and Community and was the founding director of La Ofic ina Latina\, and the founding president of the Latino Alumni society.  In 2011 he established the Latino Youth Biiteracy Project\, a service learn ing initiative mentoring elementary and middle school Spanish heritage sp eakers.  He has also served in the Arksasas Commission on Closing the Aca demic Achievement Gap\, appointed by Governor Beebe. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Lu is Fernando Restrepo is a University Professor in the Department of World Languages\, Literatures\, and Cultures at the University of Arkansas\, F ayetteville.&nbsp\; He is the director of the graduate program in Compara tive Literature and Cultural Studies and the Spanish Section Head.&nbsp\; His teaching and research areas are colonial Latin American literature\, literature and human rights\, indigenous literatures and Latino educatio n.&nbsp\; He chairs the UA committee os Scholars at Risk\, an internation al organization supporting threatened scholars and defending academic fre edom.&nbsp\; He is also the vice president of the Northwest Arkansas Hisp anic Leadership council.&nbsp\; Professor Restrepo has served as the assi stant Vice <br>Chancellor for Diversity and Community and was the foundin g director of La Oficina Latina\, and the founding president of the Latin o Alumni society.&nbsp\; In 2011 he established the Latino Youth Biiterac y Project\, a service learning initiative mentoring elementary and middle school Spanish heritage speakers.&nbsp\; He has also served in the Arksa sas Commission on Closing the Academic Achievement Gap\, appointed by Gov ernor Beebe.</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190911T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190911T153000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://missouristate.edu/fctl CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR