Latinx/Chicanx Academic Excellence Initiative

• Latino Medical Student Association Creates Community of Support
• What it means to be a Hispanic-Serving System: A Q&A with UC Vice Provost Yvette Gullatt
• Take 10 With a Triton: Chef Héctor Pérez-Scolari on Finding Happy Places and Honoring a Friend

• VIDEO: Bajacaliforniana e investigadora de la Universidad de San Diego, Olivia Graeve en ZONA CONTEXTO
• UC San Diego Medical Student Wins National Fellowship for Immigrants and Children of Immigrants
• New UC Alliance Aims to Boost Latinx STEM Teaching Professors
• UC San Diego Honors the Life and Legacy of César Chávez
• Undergraduate Research Gives Rise to Doctoral Dreams
• A Nursing Student’s DREAM
• It Starts from Within
• Binational Research Program Kicks Off With Largest Cohort Yet
• 14 New Latinx Studies Faculty to be Hired at UC San Diego
• UC San Diego School of Medicine Receives $1.87M Grant to Expand Pathways to Medical School
• Triton Weeks of Welcome Sparks Student Spirit
• Breaking the Cycle of Health Inequities
• Stronger Together: Celebrating our Latinx Campus Community Members
• Dia de los Muertos: An Evening of Storytelling
• Rady School Dean Lisa Ordóñez Named a San Diego Business Woman of the Year
• Celebran aprobación de la Proposición 28
• Vice Chancellor Becky R. Petitt: Leading Transformational Change
• Diverse Applicants Awaken Their Inner Storyteller
• Q&A with Yvett Merino, Award-Winning Producer Behind Disney’s Encanto
• Jose Santana Sosa: First Recipient of Two Alan Turing Memorial Scholarships

• Celebrating 20 Years of Sally Ride Science
• Becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution
• $5 Million Grant Grows Capacity of UC San Diego's 'Community Stations'
• From Landscaping to the Lab: David Gonzalez’s Academic Journey
• UC San Diego Staff Member Mario Aguilera Earns Prestigious Science Writing Award
• San Diego and Tijuana Selected as 2024 World Design Capital
• Family Comes First in New Latinx/Chicanx College Prep Program
• Activist, Comedian Cheech Marin to Help Kick Off César E. Chávez Celebration
• A Celebration of Latinx Heritage and Hope

• Engineer Transforms Personal Experiences into "Bridges to Education" for Underrepresented Students
• Celebrating Diverse and Inclusive Excellence
• Pushing the Boundaries of Border Research
• Closing the Gap: UC San Diego Recognized as Standout in Expanding Access to Low-Income Students 
• A Bridge to Mexico: UC San Diego Partners with Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox
• Campus Reaches Out to Spanish Language Community
• A Cross Border Approach to Tackling COVID
• ‘Community Station’ Opens at U.S.-Mexico Border
• A Career Cultivated in Watermelon Fields
• UCSD Expands Efforts to Promote Minority Representation in STEM
• Welcoming California’s Fastest Growing Population
• Engineer Earns Presidential Award for Improving Underrepresented Student Access to STEM Experiences
• JoAnn Trejo selected for 2020 ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity
• Endless Gratitude: How Jonathan Rodriguez's Life Changed in One Night

UC San Diego Aidan Cuevas Segment  

Aidan Cuevas, UC San Diego student and member of the men's soccer team, talks with Elias Awad from Despierta San Diego about the conditions for joining the university's sports program and the responsibilities and benefits that come with it. For more information about the UC San Diego Tritons soccer team, visit: ucsdtritons.com.

UC San Diego Wilfrido Terrazas Segment 

Wilfrido Terrazas, flutist, composer and professor at UC San Diego, talks with Elias Awad from Despierta San Diego about his dream of studying at UC San Diego, how the University's Music Department adapted to virtual education and the opportunities UC San Diego provides to the Latino community. For more information about UC San Diego's Department of Music visit: music.ucsd.edu

UC San Diego Luisa Reyes Segment 

Luisa Reyes, executive assistant of the Teaching and Learning Commons at UC San Diego, has a conversation with Elias Awad from Despierta San Diego, discussing the reasons why she chose to study at UC San Diego and the support she received in the process, the benefits provided by the University, and its communication channels. If you are interested in more information visit the website: commons.ucsd.edu

UC San Diego Diana Hernandez Segment  

Diana Hernández, Director of UC San Diego's Education and Outreach Program, spoke with Elias Awad from Despierta San Diego about UC San Diego Extension and all the information about the summer programs. For more information visit the Sally Ride Science Junior Academy website; for more information about Research Scholars Program visit: researchscholars.ucsd.edu.

UC San Diego Analia and Marla Segment 

Analía Méndez, Director of Career Advising Education at UC San Diego, talks with Marla Marquez from Despierta San Diego about the Career Center's responsibilities and opportunities to gain work experience as a senior.

UC San Diego Belinda and Marla Segment 

Belinda Zamacona, Director of the UC San Diego CASP Scholarship Program, talks with Marla Marquez from Despierta San Diego about the opportunities and requirements of the Scholarship Program.

UC San Diego Sebastian Segment

Sebastián Bonilla, Political Science student at UC San Diego, talks with Felipe DeMaría from Despierta San Diego about the opportunities the University offers for the Latino community and his research on immigration policy.

UC San Diego Raza Resource Centro Segment

Gerardo Arellano, PhD, Director of the La Raza Resource Centro at UC San Diego, speaks with Despierta San Diego’s Felipe DeMaria about the Center’s mission and the community, academic, and cultural support they provide to Latinx/Chicanx students.  To learn more about the university, as well as the applications and admissions process, please visit the UC San Diego Admissions website. 

UC San Diego Latino Community Outreach Segment

Blanca Meléndrez, MA, Executive Director for the Center for Community Health at UC San Diego, speaks with Despierta San Diego’s Felipe DeMaria on strengthening ties to the Latinx community through the university’s Latinx/Chicanx Academic Excellence Initiative. 

UC San Diego Raza Resource Centro 2 Segment

Gerardo Arellano, PhD, Director of UC San Diego's Raza Resource Centro, and Claudia Martinez, Assistant Director of UC San Diego's Raza Resource Centro, talk with Mery Lopez-Gallo from Univisión Radio about the opportunities, moral, economic and academic support the University offers to UC San Diego Latino students. For more information visit the website: raza.ucsd.edu

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• UC San Diego’s six Campus Community Centers are as hard-fought as they are heartfelt
• Students Bring Heart to Untold Stories: Raza Resource Centro’s Research and Conference Program prepares students for graduate school and national conferences
• Graeve Selected by Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) as Inaugural Leadership Fellow
• DIVERSE: Emerging HSIs Step Up to Serve Hispanic, Latinx Students

• Welcoming California’s Fastest Growing Population: UC San Diego launches the Latinx/Chicanx Academic Excellence Initiative
• From Borders to Bridges: Work of UC San Diego alumnus highlighted in Department of Music's Reed Family Concert

Our radio campaign consists of ads, radio promotions of admissions events, and radio interviews with UC San Diego staff, faculty, and students.  Below are a few samples of our ads with English translation. Ads run on Radio Amor 102.9, Radio Latina 104.5, Que Buena 106.5.

Radio Ad: Imagine 

Click here to listen.

English Translation:

Imagine a student living in between two worlds.

Where culture and hope unite. 

Where students from diverse cultures are welcome and can pursue many career paths to improve themselves, help their family, their community and have a better future.

Now imagine that student is you .... Think about what you could achieve!

Look Deeper at the number one public University in the United States.

UC San Diego.    Visit UCSD.edu.

Radio Ad:  There is a place here for you

This ad features professor Olivia Graeve’s story.  The ad starts with her as little girl in Tijuana, then as a young adult heading to school at UC San Diego, until we hear professor Graeve.

Click here to hear the ad.

English translation:

CHILD: My mother taught me that if I respected others and studied hard I’d go far. I’m Mexican…

TEEN: and also Mexican American.  When I was accepted into UC San Diego it changed my life because I became part of a community who helped me be successful. 

PRESENT DAY OLIVIA: And, today I have a doctorate in materials engineering. I am Olivia Graeve the first Latina hired as an Engineering professor at UC San Diego.  Look Deeper at UC San Diego and discover, like me, that there is a place here for you.

Visit UCSD.edu.