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Institute for Latino Studies
By the middle of this century, Latinos are estimated to become the majority population in California and the largest ethnic and racial group in the entire United States. No surprise then that immigration and other Latino issues continue to be hot topics in the news media.
The overwhelming majority of this growing population is Catholic, and in 2005, the Vatican nearly elected a Latino pope. The University of Notre Dame is a natural home for a center of study on Latinos and the issues that are most relevant to them. Enter the Institute for Latino Studies, which was founded in 1999 to promote understanding and appreciation for the social, cultural, and religious life of U.S. Latinos through teaching, research, and outreach.
The Spirit of Notre Dame campaign seeks $15 million to expand these activities and strengthen the University's expertise and programming in a field of growing importance to the nation and the Catholic Church.
Campaign Priorities for the Institute for Latino Studies
Latino Spirituality and Religious Studies
- Collegiate Chair in Theology
- Collegiate Chair in Religious Studies
- Conference on Latino Spirituality
- Young Catholic Scholars Program
- Latino Catholic Roundtable
Student Support
- Undergraduate Internships
- Graduate Student Support
- Hispanic Leadership Internship Program
- Graduate Student International Internships
Research and Academic Programming
- Visiting Fellow in Latino Business and Economics
- Inter–University Program for Latino Research
- State of Latino Chicago
- State of Latino Indiana
- Research Conferences in Latino Studies
- ILS Publication Program
- Library Support
Outreach
- Arts Programming
- Making College Dreams a Reality (Latino Pre–College Program)
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