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UCLA students enjoy a paleta/popsicle at the 2024 Latinx Welcome.

Latinx Center

The Latinx Success Center will open, and its inaugural Executive Director will be appointed.

Mar 2025

The Latinx Success Center will open, and its inaugural Executive Director will be appointed.

Three UCLA students at Wilson Plaza

Enrollment

As of Fall 2024, 24.2% of UCLA undergraduates identify as Latino/a, and 36.5% are Pell-eligible.

Nov 2024

As of Fall 2024, 24.2% of UCLA undergraduates identify as Latino/a, and 36.5% are Pell-eligible.

Read this LA Times article about UCLA's fall class.

Athena Jackson (UCLA Dean of Libraries), Deborah Santiago (CEO, Excelencia in Education), and Sylvia Hurtado (UCLA Distinguished Professor) attend UC HSRI Congress.

HSI Strategies

UCLA hosts UCOP Office of the Provost’s UC HSRI Congress and Retreat, to developed a shared HSRI vision for the system and its individual campuses

Oct 2024

UCLA hosts UCOP Office of the Provost’s UC HSRI Congress and Retreat, to developed a shared HSRI vision for the system and its individual campuses

UCLA administrators, faculty, staff, students and alumni convene to plan the future of UCLA's HSI efforts.

HSI Strategies

HSI holds a two-day strategic planning retreat to identity priorities and strategies for advancing HSI efforts in 2024-2026.

Sep 2024

HSI holds a two-day strategic planning retreat to identity priorities and strategies for advancing HSI efforts in 2024-2026.

Over one hundered new student and parents attend UCLA's first spanish orientation.

Retention

UCLA hosts it’s first Spanish New Parent & Family Orientation – a culturally responsive orientation supporting students toward successful start and retention.

Aug 2024

UCLA hosts it’s first Spanish New Parent & Family Orientation – a culturally responsive orientation supporting students toward successful start and retention.

HSI Strategies

UCLA applies for and is approved as an Eligible Institution by the U.S. Department of Education – a requirement for future HSI designation.

Apr 2024

Barbara Carrasco (UCLA ‘78), Chicana artist, activist, painter and muralist, is collaborating with students to create the mural in the Latinx Success Center.

Affordable Access
/Latinx Center

HSI receives $3.0 million gift, establishing Latinx Success Center and Excelencia Scholarship.

Feb 2024

HSI receives $3.0 million gift, establishing Latinx Success Center and Excelencia Scholarship.

Read what students are saying about UCLA's new Latinx Success Center.

Curriculum & Advising
/Retention

HSI Advising Survey of students and advisors is completed, examining Latinx cultural sensitivity and makes recommendations for academic advising.

Jan 2024

Luis Corrales, HSI AAP Academic Counselor, shares updates with students.

Curriculum & Advising

HSI 101: Change Agents in Advising is launched to introduce advisors to HSI guiding principles and cultural responsive frameworks.

Oct 2023

HSI 101: Change Agents in Advising is launched to introduce advisors to HSI guiding principles and cultural responsive frameworks.

Nearly thirty HSI Fellows at UCLA's Luskin Conference stairs.

HSI Strategies

HSI Fellows Program is launched to build institutional capacity to implement HSI plans across campus.

Aug 2023

Learn more about the HSI Fellows program.

Graduate Access

HSI Graduate and Career Pathways Committee author proposal examining Latinx and low-income representation in graduate and professional schools.

Jul 2023

UCLA students, staff and faculty identify DeNeve Plaza as the start-up location for the Latinx Success Center.

Latinx Center

HSI Retention & Belonging Committee authors Latinx Success Center proposal.

Jul 2023

HSI Retention & Belonging Committee authors Latinx Success Center proposal.

Enrollment

The Center for Community College Partnerships receives a $500K gift for transfer outreach efforts in the UCLA DTLA campus.

May 2023

Read about the programs housed at the UCLA DTLA campus.

UCLA students engage at the annual student townhall.

Latinx Center

HSI Student Townhall identifies Latinx Success Center as top need for students.

Apr 2023

HSI Student Townhall identifies Latinx Success Center as top need for students.

UCLA admitted student and his family post with Enrique Campus at yield event in San Diego.

Enrollment

Your Future Starts Here event hosted in San Diego for admitted students and their families.

Apr 2023

Your Future Starts Here event hosted in San Diego for admitted students and their families.

HSI Strategies

Three HSI Implementation Committees are formed to implement HSI Task Force recommendations:

Jan 2023

Access & Affordability

Retention and Belonging

Career and Graduate Pathways

Michele Siqueiros, former president for the Campaign for College Opportunity, addresses the audience at UCLA's 2024 HSI Visioning Forum.

HSI Strategies

Host HSI Visioning Forum to share ongoing initiatives, highlight campus goals, and learn from national experts.

Oct 2022

UCLA students make connections at the Latinx Welcome resource fair.

HSI Strategies

UCLA’s first Latinx Welcome is hosted to send a welcoming message to Latinx students, families, and community.

Oct 2022

UCLA’s first Latinx Welcome is hosted to send a welcoming message to Latinx students, families, and community.

Read the UCLA Newsroom article.

HSI Strategies

HSI Task Force publishes its report Cultivating the Seeds of Change: Becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution.

Jun 2022

Learn about the HSI Task Force recommendations.

Elizabeth Gonzalez, UCLA's first director for Hispanic-Serving Institution.

HSI Strategies

Elizabeth Gonzalez appointed inaugural HSI Director, who will coordinate campus units on strategies for achieving HSI designation.

May 2022

Elizabeth Gonzalez appointed inaugural HSI Director, who will coordinate campus units on strategies for achieving HSI designation.

Read more about Elizabeth Gonzalez appointment.

UCLA announces new investments in academic and support infrastructure to support UCLA’s aim to achieve federal designation as a HSI.

Sep 2021

Learn about UCLA's strides towards becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution.

Chancellor Block attend the 2023 Latinx Welcome in Wilson Plaza.

Chancellor Block announce the goal of having UCLA designated as an HSI by 2025. The HSI Task Force meets regularly to develop its recommendations.

Dec 2020

Chancellor Block announce the goal of having UCLA designated as an HSI by 2025. The HSI Task Force meets regularly to develop its recommendations.

Read more about the ambitious goal here.

UC President Drake with HSI Task Force co-chairs - Vilma Ortiz, Sylvia Hurtado and Alfred Herrera.

Chancellor Block charges HSI Task Force — co-chaired by Professor Vilma Ortiz, Professor Sylvia Hurtado and Assistant Vice Provost Alfred Herrera — to assemble a strategic plan for UCLA to become federally designated as a HSI.

Oct 2019

Chancellor Block charges HSI Task Force — co-chaired by Professor Vilma Ortiz, Professor Sylvia Hurtado and Assistant Vice Provost Alfred Herrera — to assemble a strategic plan for UCLA to become federally designated as a HSI.