ALMA Lifetime Achievement Award awarded to Raoul Contreras
Photo by June Long
Pictured with Bergland (far right) are (left to right) Contreras, Marilyn Vasquez, vice chancellor for administrative and fiscal affairs, and new IU graduates Victoria Aceves, Nancy Escobedo, Jacqui Guevara, Jesus Martinez, Gabriela Tirado and Jessica Maya.
ALMA, the student organization of IU Northwest's Latino Studies Program, staged its inaugural graduate reception May 10, a celebration that included the presentation of a check to Chancellor Bruce Bergland to establish the student-generated ALMA Endowment Scholarship Fund and presentation of the first ALMA Lifetime Achievement Award to Raoul Contreras, ALMA adviser and chair of the IUN Department of Minority Studies, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
