Student Engagement

• Coalition of Black Male Students
• Dreamers
• Lazos
• QTPoC: Queer and Trans People of Color
• Unidas

Coalition of Black Male Students 

About

The purpose of the Coalition of Black Male Students is to provide the Black male student population at Iowa State with peer support; to build relationships with each other and build relationships with Black faculty and staff on campus. The program consists of monthly meetings where undergraduate and graduate students are all welcome.

Getting Involved

The best way to stay connected is to contact Arnold Woods (aawoods@iastate.edu) or KB Gwebu (kgwebu@iastate.edu). 

Dreamers

About

Dreamers will focus on finding ways to build community, foster friendships, and creating a support system for undocumented immigrants and allies at ISU. If you are an undocumented immigrant, DACA recipient, DACA eligible, or ally, you are welcome to join. We will have monthly meetings where undergraduate and graduate students are all welcome.

Getting Involved

The best way to stay connected is to contact Sandra Marcu (marcu@iastate.edu). 

Fall 2021 Meeting Dates
When: TBD
Where: TBD

Lazos 

About

Lazos is a community formed by a group of Hispanic and Latino professors at ISU, in 2016, who identified a gap in their own college experience and decided to do something different for our students.  We want to get to know you, the students of ISU. Lazos creates a safe and welcoming space where we can discuss the issues that face Hispanic/Latino men on the ISU campus. By taking part in casual conversations, we want to form bonds between students and faculty, as well as form a network of peers among students that lead to and last far beyond graduation.

Getting Involved

Being new on a university campus can be exciting – and a little scary. There are many new things to do, people to meet, and life details to manage. And so many questions: Can I really talk to professors? Are there other students like me on campus? Does anybody here really care?

That last question is very important – and what Lazos tries to address. We do it by getting to know one another, and developing friendships. To help make that happen, we organize monthly socials. The best way to stay connected is to join the Lazos mailing list.  

Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 Meeting Dates
Where:  Pat Thiel Atrium, Hach Hall

When: 5:30 - 7pm

Hispanic Professors on Campus

• Joe Charbonnet, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, jcharbo@iastate.edu
• Reinaldo Correa Díaz, Assistant Teaching Professor of Architecture and Industrial Design, rcorrea@iastate.edu
• J. Eliseo De León, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, jedeleon@iastate.edu
• Pol Herrmann, Professor and Chair of Management, pol@iastate.edu
• Sergio Lence, Professor of Economics, shlence@iastate.edu
• Gustavo Macintosh, Professor of Biochemistry/Biophysics & Molc Biology, gustavo@iastate.edu
• Loreto Prieto, Professor of Psychology, lprieto@iastate.edu
• Luis Rico Gutiérrez, Dean of the College of Design, lrico@iastate.edu
• Pablo Raúl Stinga, Associate Professor of Mathematics, stinga@iastate.edu
• Rodrigo Tarté, Assistant Professor of Animal Science, rtarte@iastate.edu
• Javier Vela, University Professor of Chemistry, vela@iastate.edu

QTPoC

About

QTPoC is an acronym for Queer and Trans People of Color. 

We determined that a space centering QTPoC, outside of the predominately white environment of the larger LGBTQ+ community, was very much needed. As QTPoC, we have to navigate structural racism that our white peers do not. This shared experience is our motivation to bring the QTPoC community at ISU together for a monthly meal in an environment that centers us and the needs of our community.

Getting Involved

Fall 2021 Meeting Dates
When: TBD
Where: TBD
What: QTPoC-centered conversation

Topics of discussion may include:

• Building a resilient community
• Navigating the intersections of being LGBTQ+ and PoC 
• Getting around campus
• Accessing university services
• Community support and wellness

To be added to the QTPoC listserv, please contact rrowe@iastate.edu. 

Unidas

About

Unidas is a space for Latina identifying students, faculty, and staff at Iowa State University. As the largest underrepresented population, we value the opportunity to find unity, community, healing, dialogue, and mentorship by connecting to our community on campus.

We host monthly meetings where we discuss topics relevant to our share experience as Latinas, including self-care, navigating a PWI, and professional development.

Getting Involved

The best way to stay connected is to contact Elisa Rizo (rizo@iastate.edu).  

Fall 2021 Meeting Dates 
When: TBD
Where: TBD