Fostering Community: The Impact of the Carolina Latinx Center (CLC) on UNC’s Latinx Undergraduate Students (2023)
Undergraduate: Brandy Abreu
Faculty Advisor: Yuliana Rodriguez
Department: Human Development and Family Science, School of Education
The current study is based on my capstone internship as a Human Development and Family Science major in the School of Education. This capstone experience involved working with the Carolina Latinx Center (CLC) at UNC Chapel Hill. The goals of the CLC involve supporting UNC-Chapel Hill’s Latinx communities and educating the campus and beyond through engagement, scholarship, cultural awareness, and public service. Current literature highlights that through the establishment of cultural centers, universities create an opportunity to provide an educational environment that fosters Latinx students' academic and professional growth through cultural awareness. As part of my work with the CLC, this project focused on addressing one of their specific needs which involves the collection of data to assess the center’s impact on campus and students’ engagement with the center. The survey intends to provide the CLC with a general understanding of students’ knowledge of the center and recommendations for ways the CLC can continue to support the Latinx student body on campus.
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