Student Association for Latin American
Studies
Welcome
to the SALAS homepage! Please be patient as we get this web site started.
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Membership
All Latin American studies majors and minors are already considered members
of SALAS, and other interested students are invited to join. There is
no membership fee. Get involved with SALAS!
Faculty Advisor
Christopher Lund
211 HRCB
(801) 422-1545
Please e-mail
SALAS or any of the council members for information.
| Scott Hannay |
President |
| Taylor Watanabe |
Vice President |
| Taylor Ballantyne |
Executive Secretary |
| Coralee Choules |
Activities Chair |
| Rachel Kiser |
Service Chair/Designer |
| Dayan Bernal |
CHASQUI Newsletter Editor |
| Hannah Fairbrothers |
Major Coordinator |
News and Events
Kennedy Center
calendar
"Cena Buena" (Good Dinner). Food, music, lots
of fun! Thursday, 13 January, 6:00 P.M., WSC Terrace
VERY IMPORTANT: Admission is a Latin American dish labeled with its name
and how it is special to you. No one will be admitted without a dish to
share.
Brown Bag Lunches
We’ll keep you posted on these lunches with LAS professors/faculty.
El Instituto de Estudios Vallejianos (BYU)
Invitados Especiales:
Departamento de Música de BYU (Prof. J. Arden Hopkins (Barítono),
Rachel Robertson Cox (Soprano), Camella Cañete (Soprano), y Juan Pereira
(Tenor), Sarah Astle (Pianista): Himno Nacional y Música Peruana.
Declamadoras: Gissel Ramos y Rocío Torrejón (Poesía de
Vallejo) Grupo de baile "Nuestras Raíces". Directora: Judy
Galleguillos: Huayno, Marinera y Cachimbo.
Grupo de baile "Folklore Latino". Directora: Celia Aguayo: Carnaval
de Cajamarca, Negroide, San Juanito de Ecuador Dora Puertas (Violín),
José Paredes (Guitarra)
Grupo de Música "El Sol Andino": Director, Greg Stallings,
Kriss Cárdenas Puertas, Luis Alonso Cárdenas Puertas (Bailes:
Festejo y Saya).
Los hermanos Alor: Canciones criollas.
Eliana Araujo y pareja: La Marinera.
ENTRADA LIBRE
EL evento es para mayores de 8 años
Careers
There is a really good source for career information
on www.byu.edu/ccc.
Click on "Major to Career Book" on the right side of the screen.
On the left menu under Kennedy Center for International and Area Studies,
click on "Careers in Latin American Studies." This will bring
you to a page that recommends jobs for those with a LAS major/minor. You
can look at possible careers and then look them up on the link "Occupational
Outlook Handbook." This will take you to a web site that will give
a detailed description of the career in which you are interested. There
are printed copies of this information at the CCC (Counseling and Careers
Center in 2500 WSC.
The CCC has Career Files
Listed below are the codes to look these files up. They will help you
use the career files. It appears difficult at first to use, but then it
is very simple to use productively once you get the hang of it.
Bilingual Teachers—ASE 654
Border Patrol (INS)—ERI 408
Customs Officer—CEI 412
Deputy/US Marshall—SEC 676
Exports/Imports—SEC 403
FBI—ERI 207
Foreign Service—ESA 189
Foreign Service Security—ESA 388
Intelligence Officer—AES 626
International Developmentalist—no code file
Interpreters/Translators—ESA28
Lobbyists—ESA 608
Public Relations—ASE 172
Secret Service—no code file
Pamphlets
"Undergraduate Research in the Humanities"
"Latin American Studies Graduate Programs and Career/Employment Resources"
These pamphlets can be found in Kennedy Center office, 237 HRCB, on the
LAS shelf, and by Dr. Lyon's office in HRCB. Also on this shelf are flyers
for events involving Latin American Studies majors and a list of Interpreting
and Translating Organizations.
Service Opportunities
Contact Joan Dixon
to be involved with the Timpanogos Community Network. They meet
weekly on Wednesdays, 10:00–11:30 A.M.
at Centro Hispano, 819 South Freedom Blvd (200 West) in Provo. You
can park on the street (either side) or in the Community Action
parking lot on the north side of the building. Centro Hispano entrance
is on the west side of the building.
Links
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