A new degreed program in Chican@ and Latin@ Studies will be available for students at the UW-Madison campus for the upcoming Fall semester, after years of being a certificate program. Rachelle Eilers, Senior Advisor, Chican@ and Latin@ Studies, UW-Madison, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz and host Tony Castañeda to talk about the program and its history at the University. Interest and enrollment in the program have grown over the years to the point where it now is on track to receiving full departmental status at the University.

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