CSRC Welcomes New HSI Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows

On October 2, over 75 campus leaders, faculty, staff, and students convened to celebrate a successful recruitment year for the UCLA Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Infrastructure Initiative. CSRC Director Veronica Terriquez introduced a historic 13 new faculty members whose teaching, scholarship and/or mentoring has ties to Latinx experiences, and 9 new and returning HSI Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows, together representing north and south campus. Chancellor Gene Block, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, and the UCLA Hispanic Serving Institution Inaugural Director Elizabeth Gonzalez were among the speakers addressing the importance of diversity, inclusion, and student support as UCLA pursues the federal designation of Hispanic-Serving Institution.