What is the Latino/Hispanic Faculty & Staff Association?
LHFSA is dedicated to proportionally increasing the presence and improving opportunities for Latino/Hispanic individuals at Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
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What is LHFSA?
Mission and Purpose
The Association is an organization established in 2003 to proportionally increase the presence and improve the opportunities for Latinos/Hispanics at Texas Tech University. The Association has chosen to work toward this mission through various goals and complementary approaches.
Goals
- Increase the involvement of Latinos/Hispanics in all levels of university structure.
- Promote professional relationships between Latino/Hispanic faculty, staff, and administrators of Texas Tech University.
- Advocate accountability from those involved in the formation of policies that impact upon Latinos/Hispanics in the Texas Tech University community.
- Promote awareness and understanding of the goals and objectives of the Equal Employment Opportunity Office at Texas Tech University.
- Undertake a continuous plan to identify areas of need in program development and the recruitment of Latino/Hispanic faculty, administrators and staff.
- Encourage the development of academic excellence of Latinos/Hispanics.
- Enhance the educational experience of Latinos/Hispanics on campus.
- Enhance the educational experience of the Latino/Hispanic community at large.
- Promote and maintain positive relationships and develop partnerships between TTU and the Latino/Hispanic community in Lubbock and surrounding areas.
Approaches
We propose to achieve our goals by:
- Maintaining open channels of communication with Texas Tech University's higher administration.
- Providing outreach to prospective and incoming faculty and staff.
- Providing mentorship, guidance, and encouragement to Latino/Hispanic students at Texas Tech University as well as in Lubbock and the surrounding area.
- Educating students about scholarships, financial aid and grant opportunities.
- Introducing Latino/Hispanic faculty, staff, and students to Hispanic service organizations at the community and university level.
Committees
New Committees for 2010-2011 are forming now. Please check back for committee updates!
Current LHFSA Members
(as of 11/2011, listed in alphabetical order)
- Minerva Alaniz
- Bianca Corona
- Leticia De Larrosa
- Esther De Leon
- Yolanda Gaytan
- Elma Moreno
- Lori Ortiz-Guerrero
- Neale Pearson
- Beatrice Perez
- Jerry Perez
- Janie Ramirez
- John Rivera
- Debbie Rivera
- Jose Valenciano
- Alice White
Upcoming Events
Las Posadas 2011
TTU SUB Escondido Theater
5:30-8:00 Thursday December 8th
Past Events
Meeting Minutes
All minutes are pdf files.
- April 1, 2011
- March 23, 2011
- March 8, 2011
- February 28, 2011
- February 8, 2011
- January 20, 2011
- December 16, 2010
- December 14, 2010
- December 9, 2010
- November 30, 2010
- October 21, 2010
- October 12, 2010
- September 16, 2010
- September 14, 2010
- August 19, 2010
- July 22, 2010
- June 11, 2010
Contact LHFSA
Contact us by email or phone, 24 hours / 7 days a week.
Jerry Perez, President
jerry.perez@ttu.edu
(806) 885-0344
If you would like to request funding from LHFSA for your organization, please fill out the Funding Request Form (pdf).
