LAGSA

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Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:24:00 -0500

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LAGSA's Noche Latina at Valhalla

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:21:39 -0500

Nothing better than a good old Friday at Valhalla with a twist. Come over Valhalla this Friday for Noche Latina. Latin music will be playing through the night, people will be speaking in Spanish, there will be dancing, and if you want to wear a mustache no one will complain. Fun is guaranteed!

What: Latin Night

When: Friday, October 26 at 9 PM

Where: Valhalla

For more info, check out the Facebook event.

Latin American Leadership Seminar Series (LALSS) 2012 The LALSS...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:09:00 -0500

Latin American Leadership Seminar Series (LALSS) 2012

The LALSS is an event created by the Latin American Graduate Student Association. It is a seminar panel where highly influential leaders of the Latin American community in Houston (Company CEOs, Principal Investigators, and re-known Leaders in general) will come to give a 40 minute presentation once a month to the Graduate Student community on one or several of the following topics:

The American Dream. How it was achieved by them, what obstacles they met on their way and tips to succeed in the US.
Discussion of social, cultural or political issues from their country of origin. A way to spread Latin American culture by addressing current issues relevant to all Latin Americans that are not highly known by the American audience in general.
Profile of the employee their company/organization are looking for. As a means of a recruiting effort and networking.

After the main talk a group of 10 Spanish speaking students, selected by sign up priority, will have a coffee break with the speaker in a more personal basis (in Spanish). Here they will have the chance to further interact with the speaker and comment on the lecture.

The event benefits the Rice community in a “Lead by Example” way that comes from knowing the story of the speakers. It will enlighten us on how to succeed after Grad School, what things to do, what to avoid. It will provide us with Role models for us to follow. It expands our general knowledge of Latin America, by addressing novel topics and opinions on them which are not found in news broadcasts or papers. More importantly, it will generate contacts and networking skills that will come in handy for job applications in the future.

Come practice/learn Spanish with us!Join the Spanish...

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:11:57 -0500

Come practice/learn Spanish with us!
Join the Spanish Corner!

Every Friday from 12:15-1:15PM

Graduate Student Association Lounge (RMC Basement)

LAGSA invites you to Spanish Movie Corner.This semester, every...

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:12:00 -0500

LAGSA invites you to Spanish Movie Corner.
This semester, every Friday afternoon, we will present a Latin-American or European film in its original Spanish version

Are you not sure about your Spanish? Don’t worry, we will include English subtitles too. So be sure to come over and bring a friend or three!

Where: GSA Lounge (located in the basement of the Rice Memorial Center, RMC)
When: Friday, September 7th, at 7.00 PM.
Who: The sessions are open to any film-lover in campus.

For more information or questions contact Santiago Alles at: santiago.alles@rice.edu.

Another Exciting Year Starting for LAGSA

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:05:00 -0500

Recently we had our Los Viejos y Los Nuevos 2012. Thank you to everyone who came,and please, check our Facebook page for pictures. I am proud to see that this event is getting stronger every year, for I believe this represents the strengthening of our organization and our community.

This event is here for us to welcome the new members entering our community, but also for the LAGSA community and the Hispanic community at rice to come together. This evening we were joined by people from HACER, SHPE, Brazil@Rice and the HBSA. And, we were honored by the presence of Staff and Faculty that have been of great help to LAGSA. We had Andy Meretoja and Cory Owen from the OISS, Prof. Seiichi Matsuda, chair of the Chemistry Dept., and Mr. DavidMedina, director of Multicultural Community Relations at Rice. The visitors we had represent not only the connections and collaborations we are starting, but more fundamentally our integration into the larger community, and our growing involvement in its activity.

LAGSA is an organization that has grown a lot in the last year, always striving to do better, and always doing more. During the last year, LAGSA took an important role in the Graduate International Cultural Night by helping in the organization and performing with its band (thank you to Victor Del Carpio and all our band members). We also started the Spanish Club, of which the Spanish Corner has become one of our most popular programs (thanks to Emilian Nica.) The popularity of our Tango Club increased (thanks to Mauricio Rinaldi’s organization and our instructors.) We started our yearly Latin-American Coffee Break, “Merienda Latina”, and improved over the existing Parranda Latina to make it even better, bigger and more fun. (Thank you to all the officers and volunteers that made all these achievements possible. You guys are great.) And what is even better is that there is still more to come.

This year already, it was the first time in history that LAGSA had such an active role in orientation and helping incoming international students. We picked up incoming students from the airport, Matías Kinzuric (Soc Chair) and Mauro Rinaldi (VP) puttogether and taught their own section of the International Student orientation (pictures in Facebook), and we are still offering grocery runs to those students who are just getting adjusted to living in Houston. In the future, there will be a variety of new events and programs starting. Particularly important are the Latin-American Leadership Series, the Soccer Club courtesy of Matías, and the collaborations we are beginning with HACER and the HBSA.

All of these great things couldn’t happen if it weren’t for you, for the collaboration, help and sacrifice of the members of our community that are the driving force behind everything we do. I am proud of being part of LAGSA and of the Hispanic community on campus. Every time I see more and more proof, in what we do, that we are truly great. Thank you all, for all that you do, and lets keep making our Hispanic community strong and stronger.

Gabriel Ceriotti

LAGSA President

Come join us at the Graduate Lounge for a chance to meet the...

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:51:00 -0500

Come join us at the Graduate Lounge for a chance to meet the new Latin American graduates and have an enjoyable get together. We will announce our LAGSA events for the year, have free food, and lots of socializing. What more can you ask for?

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The semester is coming to a close and we want to celebrate the...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:45:00 -0500

The semester is coming to a close and we want to celebrate the end of a great year with all of you!!

We have accomplished many things, and had a great time doing it too! And nothing could have been possible without the help of our awesome LAGSA community. So whether you are in Spanish Corner, Tango, Spanish 101, or if you enjoyed the Parranda Latina or even if you played soccer with us sometime, please come and enjoy one last great evening with us before the summer!

We will be having a Fundraising dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings in the Village on May 2nd at 6pm, where we will also be discussing next week’s voting for next year’s LAGSA Officers!

20 % of everything consumed this night will be returned to LAGSA as fundraising for more awesome events yet to come in the following year.

Please print this coupon before you come!

Again, thank you all for the great times!

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Dear LAGSA members,

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:38:17 -0500

With great joy we announce that we (Victor Del Carpio, LAGSA’s Vice President and Gabriel Ceriotti, LAGSA’s President) have been selected, and will soon be receiving, the Robert Lowry Patten Award for service and achievements on behalf of graduate students at Rice. This award is a great honor for us. But most importantly it is an honor for LAGSA. That two of our officers are among this year’s recipients says much about the increasing strength of our Latin community and our impact in the Rice community at large. Anything we might have done to deserve these awards, we did not do alone. If we succeeded in our endeavors, it was thanks to the help and efforts of everyone in LAGSA, and for that we are thankful.
Lets keep being strong together.

Yours truly,

Victor Del Carpio Neyra
LAGSA Vice President

Gabriel Ceriotti
LAGSA President

Congratulations to our LAGSA members!

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:27:15 -0500

The Rice GSA (Graduate Student Association) annually confers awards in recognition of exemplary service to graduate students at Rice University to encourage and recognize outstanding service to graduate student life and education. The Robert Lowry Patten award, is intended to honor graduate students who might not have been honored for their service and achievements on behalf of graduate students.

This year LAGSA President Gabriel Ceriotti, and Vice-president Victor del Carpio Neyra were honored with this award to recognize all the work they have done with GSA, OISS (Office of international Students and Scholars), LAGSA, and within their own departments (Chemistry and Economics) during their time at Rice.

Congratulations to both of you!! Thanks to officers like you, LAGSA is growing fast and getting recognition from the Rice community.

LAGSA.

Arroz Frito Cumbianchero playing “Corazón-Los Autenticos...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Arroz Frito Cumbianchero playing “Corazón-Los Autenticos Decadentes”

Interested in learning Spanish and exploring Latin American...

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:05:00 -0500

Interested in learning Spanish and exploring Latin American culture?

Did you enjoyed the “Chivitos” at the Parranda...

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:33:49 -0500

Did you enjoyed the “Chivitos” at the Parranda Latina?? :P

Parranda Latina 2012!! Don’t miss this!

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Parranda Latina 2012!! Don’t miss this!

Have you ever wanted to learn tango??Well, now you can, and for...

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:53:00 -0600

Have you ever wanted to learn tango??
Well, now you can, and for FREE!
Wednesday 6:30-8:00pm at RMC, Rice University

Spanish Corner Meetings (Jan 25th)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:57:51 -0600

Hey all,

We will be having our Spanish Corner meetings this Wednesday Jan 25th from 12:15-1:15 in the GSA lounge. As usual, we will provide free lunch and the chance to enjoy some fine conversation in Spanish.
We would also like to extend our invitation to native Spanish speakers. No Spanish Corner meeting could ever be successful without your presence. If you think you have the time to attend please send us a quick email at riceunivlagsa@gmail.com telling us which weekly Wednesday meetings you would prefer. We would really appreciate your support.

Thank you,
Emillian Nica
Spanish Corner Officer
LAGSA

LAGSA Calendar of Activities

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:13:25 -0600

Join us in any or all of the activities prepared by LAGSA. Check our Calendar of Activities.

Graduate International Cultural Night 2012

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:07:33 -0600

The Graduate International Cultural Night (GICN) is coming up in February.

For those who don’t know the GICN is an event where international graduate students show their talents by performing on stage while the attendees (us) enjoy treats of delicious international cuisine. At the beginning of this event there is usually a flag precession ceremony where Rice students from around the world carry their country’s flag so we can all see who we are and where we come from. This year, in order to ensure everyone who wants to participate in the flag precession can do so, we are starting to recruit flag bearers early. If you would like to represent your country and would be willing to volunteer 15 min of your time on the evening of (Fri) Feb 17th to carry your flag, please fill this form. Flags will be provided by the OISS and the GICN committee.

Spanish Corner Volunteers

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:02:00 -0600

Hey all,

Welcome back to school !

My name is Emil Nica, I am in charge of the Spanish Corner and I am writing in regard to some volunteering.

As you might already know, we’re planning on providing three outreach programs on behalf of LAGSA for this semester. Spanish Corner is essentially a place for non-natives to practice speaking Spanish. For the other two programs, Spanish 101 and Spanish Circle, we need some volunteers.

For Spanish 101 we want to match our volunteers with small groups of people who have little knowledge of Spanish. This entails weekly one-hour (at maximum) meetings where our volunteers informally teach some very basic notions ( how to greet people, simple general things etc.). Victor and Gabriel have already volunteered for this.

For the Spanish Circle, we were planning several events. We would like to get some cooked food for one of our meetings ( we would provide you with the ingredients you request). If you have some knowledge of Latin American literature and you wouldn’t mind selecting a small piece of poetry or prose and discussing it in one of our meetings we would love to talk to you. Finally, if you feel you can show some folks how to dance some specific dances let us know.

We realize that everybody’s time is valuable and that volunteering necessarily involves some sacrifices. We hope that as our programs grow in the future we can provide some more substantial incentives. For now, we would cordially ask you to give us some assistance since the Spanish Corner is an important part of LAGSA outreach.

Please let us know if you can volunteer by sending us a message at riceunivlagsa@gmail.com.

Thanks,
Emil Nica
Spanish Corner Officer
LAGSA

Happy New Year!

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:59:00 -0600

Señoras y Señores,

On behalf of LAGSA I wish you a belated Feliz Año Nuevo!

I would like to remind all of you Spanish aficionados out there that we will be having our first Spanish Corner meeting next Wednesday, January 18 in the GSA Lounge from 12:15 to 1:15.

As promised, we will provide free lunch for anyone interested in getting together and sharpening their Spanish speaking skills. That day we’ll look for your feedback about location, schedule, and type of food you prefer as well.

For those of you who want to participate in the Spanish 101 program ( small tutoring groups ) please let us know what weekly times would be best. Our volunteers can then match their schedule with yours. Send us a message at riceunivlagsa@gmail.com.

If you have any questions let us know.

We hope you’re having a good semester start and look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

Thank you,
Emilian Nica
Spanish Corner Officer
LAGSA