About LHFA

The Latinx and Hispanic Faculty Association is a group open to all faculty, regardless of race, ethnicity, or national origin, who desire to center inclusion and belonging of all self-identified Latinx and Hispanic faculty at UMBC in order to advance full-time academic appointments, retention, and promotion of Latinx and Hispanic faculty, as well as the mentoring and recruitment of outstanding graduate and undergraduate students of Hispanic and Latinx heritage.

Recent News:

Earth Day Hike for UMBC Latinx Community

caminata, earth day, Latinx community

*An invitation by María Celleri: mcelleri@umbc.edu Hello everyone, Latino Outdoors-DMV invites the UMBC Latinx community to a hike on Earth Day, Friday April 22 from 1-2:30 PM at Patapsco...

Posted: April 15, 2022, 10:41 AM

REPOST: Decolonize4Climate

Why We Must Stop Electric Cars from Destroying the World

Cross-promotion from this original event link. Thursday, February 17, 2022 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM The Latin American Feminisms Working Group is proud to present co-founders of the Center for...

Posted: February 10, 2022, 11:07 AM

UMBC International Education Week

Let's bring the world to UMBC

November 12 -19, 2021 is UMBC International Education Week. The Center for Global Engagement has put together a series of guest speakers, lectures, workshops and other activities throughout the...

Posted: November 2, 2021, 1:21 PM

Puerto Ricans at the Fault Lines

Humanities Forum with Yarimar Bonilla

*Save the date for our annual event co-sponsored with the Dresher Center.  Fernando Tormos-Aponte, LHFA member, will be leading the discussion with Yarimar Bonilla.  Wednesday, September 29,...

Posted: August 31, 2021, 11:52 AM

Upcoming NOAA Undergraduate Scholarship Seminar

October 20, 2020 at 4:00PM

Please share with students and other faculty. Some of the opportunities to be discussed in the webinar also apply to graduate students. For UMBC students that apply to the NOAA scholarships, the...

Posted: October 9, 2020, 3:36 PM

HLSU Ice Cream Social

Just HLSU bonding time and having fun doing so!

What's up everybody, just wanted to let you all know that this Thursday, March 6th around 8 PM, HLSU Exec Board wanted to host an event where all members are welcome, we'll be having a sort of ice...

Posted: March 3, 2014, 6:08 PM

Need People Fluent in Spanish to Serve as Interviewers

Need People Fluent in Spanish to Serve as Interviewers or Translators   Drs. Susan Sonnenschein and Claudia Galindo are conducting a study  interviewing Latino parents about their children’s...

Posted: November 14, 2013, 9:12 AM

HLSU Weekly Meetings

weekly meetings start September 11th at 12

Join Hispanic Latino Student Union for our first meeting! Wednesday the 11th during free hour, from 12 - 12:50. Meetings will be in Sondheim 110.  Come hang out and meet new and returning...

Posted: September 4, 2013, 6:01 PM