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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">2012 marks the 40th Anniversary of Chicano Student Programs at UCR! To celebrate this milestone, a very special
<b>Alumni Reunion</b> is planned at <b>Homecoming on March 2, 2012</b>. We would like to personally invite you to the reunion and encourage your participation in all the festivities. Please share with others that may be interested in attending. Gracias and
we look forward to your response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Adelante,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
Estella <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D">*****************<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">¡CUADRAGÉSIMO ANIVERSARIO!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> a milestone of great significance for UC Riverside and Chicano Student Programs. Come join the celebración
as we reflect on the past forty years.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The campus has grown to 20,000 students with Chicano students representing approximately a third (6,104) of the total population. In 1972 there were three hundred forty-five Chicano/Mexican-American
students (6.3%) on campus.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We invite you to come and experience the changes, the growth and re-establish ties with past compañeros and make new connections. Professors and staff members have gone, new ones have arrived
and others still remain. The mural still exists and graces “El Centro” at its new location. Join the fortieth anniversary celebration beginning with a
<b>Reunion Dinner</b> on <b>Friday March 2, 2012 </b>at the UCR Alumni and Visitors Center. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We are looking for your photos and other memorabilia of your time at UCR and CSP to display at the reunion. If you have any that we could include please send these to
<b>Estella Acuña '99</b>, Director of Chicano Student Programs, at <a href="mailto:estella.acuna@ucr.edu">
<span style="color:blue">estella.acuna@ucr.edu</span></a> or call (951) 827-3821.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information or to
<b>RSVP</b> contact Chicano Student Programs at (951) 827-3821 or visit <a href="https://www.alumni.ucr.edu/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.csp.ucr.edu%2f&srcid=7601&srctid=1&erid=7764567">
<span style="color:blue">www.csp.ucr.edu</span></a>. We look forward to seeing you at the Reunion!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">¡Todos Somos Highlanders!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Estella Acuña ‘99</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Director, Chicano Student Programs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Chicano Student Program 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Celebration
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Chicano Alumni Reunion Dinner
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Friday, March 2, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">6:00-9:00pm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Alumni and Visitors Center</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3701 Canyon Crest Dr. Riverside, CA 92507</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">$40 Alumni Association Members/$50 Non Members</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Includes Parking Lot 24</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">RSVP by February 22.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><img border="0" width="177" height="127" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01CCF166.BD8B8F60" alt="Description: Description: https://www.alumni.ucr.edu/view.image?Id=2899"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Chicano Student Programs Open House</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Saturday, March 3, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">11:00am-1:00pm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">145 Costo Hall (CSP)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Join fellow alumni, students, and friends for a casual reception. Light refreshments will be provided.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Back to Class Program - Platica and Book Signing</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We Started Small: The Beginning of the Chicano Experience at UCR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Carlos Cortés, Professor Emeritus, History</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Saturday, March 3, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1:30-3:00pm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bourns B118</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dr. Carlos Cortés, one of the founders of Chicano Studies and Chicano Student Programs at UCR, will read from his just-published autobiography, "Rose Hill: An Intermarriage before Its Time."
In addition, he will elaborate further on the adventure of establishing UCR's Chicano Studies and Chicano Student Programs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="101" height="85" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CCF166.BD8B8F60" alt="Description: cid:image002.jpg@01CCEEFF.F0E4CF20"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Estella Acuña<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chicano Student Programs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">145 Costo Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">900 University Avenue | Riverside, CA 92521<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P: 951.827.3821 | F: 951.827.2189<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:estella.acuna@ucr.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">estella.acuna@ucr.edu</span></a> | Web:
<a href="http://www.csp.ucr.edu/"><span style="color:windowtext">www.csp.ucr.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Papyrus">Si Se Puede!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#0F243E">John Valdez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#0F243E">Budget, Personnel & Program Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#0F243E">Chicano Student Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#0F243E">UC Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#0F243E">145 Costo Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#0F243E">Riverside, CA 92521<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#0F243E">Direct: 951.827.2216<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#0F243E">Main: 951.827.3821<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#0F243E">Fax: 951.827.2189<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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