{"id":273298,"date":"2026-08-27T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273298\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:02:09","slug":"penn-state-berks-celebrates-national-hispanic-heritage-month-with-free-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273298\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State Berks celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month with free events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latino Forum: \u201cThe Evolution of Nosotros\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Friday, Oct. 16, 9:30-1 p.m.; Keynote at 11 a.m., (High school registration at 9:30 a.m. and high school activities from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) Perkins Student Center Auditorium <\/p>\n<p>The 14th\u202fannual Latino Forum will feature keynote speaker Fran Rodr\u00edguez, who will present \u201cThe Evolution of Nosotros: An Intergenerational Conversation.\u201d Many important decision-making tables have something in common: the absence of underrepresented voices. Beyond the benefits of DEI, convening generational groups ignites innovation and creative solutions. This session will disrupt the traditional keynote address and instead, welcome a whimsical community conversation of curiosity. This event is\u202ffor\u202fhigh school students, their teachers, and the community. Pizza will be served\u202ffor\u202fthe attendees in the Perkins Multipurpose Room following the presentation. <a href=\"https:\/\/apply.psu.edu\/register\/?id=8ff7e1d0-e546-4339-86df-27011a11bf91\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced registration is required for the Latino Forum.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More information<\/p>\n<p>Penn State Berks Hispanic Heritage Month is supported by the Humanities Institute, the Berks Campus Student Fee, the Howard O. and Jean Beaver Endowment for Guest Lecturers at Berks Campus, and the Mrs. Harold McI. Grout and Mrs. C. Glenn Kauffman Endowment for the Arts.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on any of the events held on campus, contact Donna Chambers, teaching professor of Spanish, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/berks\/story\/mailto:DMC6004@psu.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DMC6004@psu.edu<\/a> or Bel\u00e9n Rodr\u00edguez-Mourelo, professor of Spanish and head of the humanities, arts and social sciences division at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/berks\/story\/mailto:BRM4@psu.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BRM4@psu.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Berks LaunchBox events, contact Erica Kunkel, director of the Berks LaunchBox, at <a href=\"http:\/\/ELS5014@psu.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ELS5014@psu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latino Forum: \u201cThe Evolution of Nosotros\u201d Friday, Oct. 16, 9:30-1 p.m.; Keynote at 11 a.m., (High school registration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-273298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}