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Did you know? The Floating World of the Uros: Life on Lake Titicaca

Photo by Jeison Higuita on Unsplash   High in the Andes, where Peru and Bolivia share a sacred border more than 12,500 feet above sea level, lies Lake Titicaca—the highest navigable lake in the world. Revered in Andean cosmology and central to many pre-Columbian myths, the lake spans over 8,300 square kilometers and holds not only ecological richness but also remarkable cultural heritage. Near the Peruvian city of Puno, a unique community continues to float—literally—on its waters. These are the Uros, an Indigenous people whose homes is not on land but on human-made islands built entirely of reeds. According to the BBC, approximately 1,300 Uros people live on around 80 man-made floating islands in Lake Titicaca today.

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Administration February 2019 Premium

New DACA Scholarships Available

MPOWER And LULF Launch Scholarships For DACA And Latin American Students Editor’s Note: The following bilingual article explores La Unidad Latina/MPOWERING DACA Students and La Unidad Latina/MPOWERING Estudiantes Latinoamericanos scholarships.

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Brookhaven College HSI

Brookhaven College (Brookhaven) Founded in 1978, Brookhaven is one of the seven colleges of the Dallas County Community College District in Texas.

Administration February 2019

San Antonio College Is Puro Heart

Located in the heart of the nation’s seventh-largest city, San Antonio College has been a pillar of excellence in the community for nearly a century for many reasons, but especially because of its hearty commitment to student success. Written by Dr. Robert Vela, President of San Antonio College

Administration October 2018 Premium

Special Pre-Midterm Election Edition by <b> Peggy Orchowski </b>

“Today’s college student is decidedly nontraditional—and has been for a while,” according to the Director of RTI International, a higher education think tank in North Carolina, Alexandria Radford. “Popular culture tells us that college students are recent high school graduates, living on campus, taking art history, drinking too much on weekends, and (hopefully) graduating four years later,”

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Chancellor Francisco C. Rodriguez Receives One Of Mexico’s Highest Honors

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Chancellor Francisco C. Rodriguez, Ph.D., has received the Ohtli Award—or “Reconocimiento Ohtli”—from the Government of Mexico, one of the highest civilian honors it bestows, in recognition of his tireless advocacy of higher education to aid, empower or positively change the lives of tens of thousands of Mexican descendants or nationals in the United States.

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NIU Appoints Its First Woman President

“When we considered the type of president we wanted to lead NIU into the future, we set the bar high...We are confident that we have found that person in Dr. Freeman.” —Wheeler Coleman, chair of the NIU Board of Trustees

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