Michigan blue meeple hold hands creating a bridge. They wear Maize colored graduation caps. The center meeple has an outline of Maize colored latin american countries. Below the bridge, it reads Puentes.
Michigan blue meeple hold hands creating a bridge. They wear Maize colored graduation caps. The center meeple has an outline of Maize colored latin american countries. Below the bridge, it reads Puentes.

Puentes 2023 - 2024

The mission of Puentes is to create an equitable space that centers the intersectional identities of incoming and current Latinx graduate students and allies across schools, departments, and disciplines at U-M. We strive to foster a space of community, healing, and empowerment, where students feel supported and equipped to advocate for their needs and the needs of their community during and beyond their academic tenure at U-M. We hope to see you at our upcoming events.




Puentes hosts social events every semester to facilitate connections between Latinx students and allies across campus with the aim of building a community and establishing strong interdisciplinary networks. Join us to relax, network, and have fun! 

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Michigan Union: Ideahub Movement Studio 2401
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Michigan Union: Ideahub Movement Studio 2425
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Trotter Multipurpose Room
Join Puentes at our annual Spring Baile. We will be celebrating our organization's five year anniversary with dinner, dessert, a dance lesson, DJ, photo booth, and more! We hope to see you there. 
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Vandenberg Room | Michigan League 2nd Floor

Puentes and SHPE-Grad are kicking off the academic year with a large Fall Welcome celebration, bringing together both returning and incoming graduate students to build community and connection during Latinx Heritage Month. Join us for an evening of socializing, music, dancing, and delicious food. 

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Crisler Center 333 E Stadium Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Join Puentes at a University of Michigan Volleyball game versus Ohio State at the iconic Crisler Center. We will provide tickets and snacks to all attendees. Be sure to wear Blue!

You may also bring one guest at no additional cost. Please indicate if you are bringing a guest when you complete your RSVP. 

Students please bring your MCard to gain entry into the event. 

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Trotter Multicultural Center- Multipurpose Room 3

Join Puentes for a beginner Cumbia dance lesson! No partner needed and water is provided. Wear comfortable clothes and join us for an evening of dancing. There will be a guided lesson from 7:00pm-8:00pm and open dancing until 9:00pm. We look forward to seeing you there!


This event is co-sponsored by the Latinx Student Psychological Association (LSPA) 

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The mission of Puentes is to create an equitable space that centers the intersectional identities of incoming and current Latinx graduate students and allies across schools, departments, and disciplines at U-M. We strive to foster a space of community, healing, and empowerment, where students feel supported and equipped to advocate for their needs and the needs of their community during and beyond their academic tenure at U-M. We hope to see you at our upcoming professional development events.


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Pond Room Michigan Union
Viviana Velez & Jessica Flores

Language is part of our culture and facilitates meaningful connections within Latinx communities. Puentes’ Spanish Conversation Circle event aims to provide a space for cross-cultural understanding and awareness of our campus Latinx community through conversation. The Spanish Conversation Circle creates a space for our campus Latinx community and other Spanish-speakers to participate in free conversation and guided activities that promote cultural exchange. 

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Pond Room Michigan Union

Join Puentes as we host our annual writing session in the Michigan Union. We are excited to create a space for us to be in community and make progress on our academic work together. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. We hope to see you there. 

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Pond Room Michigan Union
Join Puentes, SCOR, and BGSA as we host our annual writing session in the Michigan Union. We are excited to create a space for us to be in community and make progress on our academic work together. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. We hope to see you there. 
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Latinx Research Week is an interdisciplinary, conference-style series of events that we host annually on campus to uplift research being conducted by Latinx staff, faculty, and students, as well as research relevant to Latinx populations. This year Latinx Research Week will be held on March 11th - 14th in the Michigan Union.

The theme for Latinx Research Week 2024 is Illuminating Familismo. Familismo is a psychological construct as well as a protective Latinx cultural value that emphasizes the importance of family support, loyalty, and honor. Through our interdisciplinary program, we hope attendees will reflect on, interrogate, and reimagine how the academy can be transformed to acknowledge, welcome, and illuminate both our biological and chosen familial relationships. In past years, we have seen spouses, partners, siblings, parents, children, and members of the larger Latinx community attend Latinx Research Week in support of their presenting family members, thus reimagining what an academic conference could and should look like. Additionally, we have seen other families in attendance: families of co-workers, cohort-mates, best friends, and lab families to name a few. We recognize that many members of the Puentes familia may be far from home but have still chosen to plant roots here and create meaningful communities of chosen family members at UM. We hope that our curated program will illuminate the importance of familismo and encourage attendees to imagine how we can transform academic spaces into more inclusive spaces that honor our families, chosen or otherwise, and the ways they have supported our academic journeys. Latinx Research Week 2024: Illuminating Familiso highlights the many ways our families motivate, inspire, encourage, humanize, and uplift us as we conduct groundbreaking work in our respective fields. 


For specific questions concerning Latinx Research Week, please write to puentes.admin@umich.edu. 


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Michigan Union Pendleton Room Second Floor
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This evening event will be a space of celebration, acknowledging the impact of Latinx scholarship and research relevant to Latinx populations and building anticipation of the upcoming sessions. There will be live music, interactive activities, a buffet, and a photographer offering professional headshots. We are also hosting Dr. Aurora Kamimura, Dr. Mark Kamimura-JimĂ©nez, Marco Kamimura, and Carina Wilson, a family of keynote speakers, to address our convening body regarding our theme Illuminating Familismo. 

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Michigan Union Pendleton Room
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Michigan Union- Rogel Ballroom (2nd Floor)

Puentes is hosting an interdisciplinary poster session where attendees can browse the array of research on display. Heavy appetizers and refreshments are provided.

The poster session will rotate presenters halfway through resulting in one group presenting from 3:45-5:15pm and another group presenting 5:30-7:00pm. We encourage attendees to drop in for both of these sessions to examine the full breadth of research on display. 

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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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Puentes is hosting an interdisciplinary oral presentation session. This session will allow students from across campus to present their scholarship to the campus community. Dinner is provided.

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Michigan Union- Anderson ABC (1st Floor)
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Union- Anderson D (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Anderson ABC (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Anderson D (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Anderson ABC (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Anderson D (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Anderson ABC (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Anderson D (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Anderson ABC (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Anderson D (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Anderson ABC (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Anderson D (1st Floor)
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Michigan Union- Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)
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This event will recognize the outstanding scholarship presented during the LRW conference. Prizes will be raffled off to student presenters, faculty awards will be presented, and sponsors will be recognized. There will be a DJ, photo booth, and dinner will be provided.

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