CTN ADDS NEW ACC CAMPUS TO ASCENDER PROGRAM
Austin Community College will be expanding its Ascender program to the ACC Northridge this fall.
CTN CEO, CHAVEZ, JOINS WHITE HOUSE CALL ON HISPANIC INITIATIVE
CTN CEO, Dr. Maria Chavez was invited to participate in a call with President Trump and others, including Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration on May 9th
JAIMES AND REINHART TO OVERSEE ASCENDER CAMPUS PROGRAM
CTN welcomes two new campus directors for the Ascender program, Dr. Joan Jaimes at San Antonio College and Dr. Ruth Reinhart at Austin Community College.
TRONCOSO'S BOOK RECEIVES AWARD
CTN author mentor Sergio Troncoso’s book, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son, was named a 2019 Foreward Indies Book of the Year winner.
SAENZ PUBLISHES OP-ED AND RESEARCH BRIEF
CTN peer mentor, Rogelio Saenz, published an op-ed on the SCOTUS ruling on DACA which appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and was reprinted by Latino Rebels.
LATINOS HIT HARDEST BY CORONAVIRUS-RELATED ECONOMIC CRISIS
Unemployment numbers in the Latino community have been historically low in recent years; however, the Coronavirus pandemic has reversed this positive trend.
DR. REINHART JOINS CTN BOARD
Dr. Ruth Rodriguez Reinhart, Associate Vice President of Student Support Services at Austin Community College, recently joined CTN’s Board of Directors.
CTN OFFERS TTT ZOOM SESSION
CTN’s Transformative Teaching Track zoom session will be offered on July 15th from 10:30 to noon.
CTN PROVIDES FOUNDATIONAL SEMINAR THROUGH ON-LINE SESSIONS
The third in a series of webinars for the Ascender Foundational Seminar took place on June 18 with approximately 30 in attendance.
INSTRUCTOR LORESTANI REFLECTS ON SPRING SEMESTER & CTN SEMINAR
Initially, I was overwhelmed in the transition of going 100% online, despite the fact that I have taught online classes in the past and currently teach a few online classes.
