In mid-August, I traveled to the campuses of USC in Los Angeles and UT Pan American in Edinburg, Texas to visit with School of Education and program personnel. We spoke about plans to begin the fellowship programs at the respective campuses. At USC, I visited with Dean Gib Hentschke and associate dean Estela Bensimon. In addition, I visited with a few faculty members. Due to the special situation at USC, the HBLI program may vary from the typical full time study. While at UT Pan American I visited with President Miguel Nevarez, Provost Rudy Arevalo, Dean and UTPA HBLI director, Professor Pat Lynch. I had the pleasure of meeting with a group of doctoral students, admitted into the regular doctoral program. All were from El Valle and very impressive.

        In September, I, along with Dr. Raul Cardenas and Dr. Enrique Solis, attended a joint international conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Drs. Cardenas and Solis were primarily in attendance for International Consortium Education and Economic Development. Dr. Cardenas is the president of ICEED. I was on the program of the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration. Also attending the CONAHEC conference and having a key role was HBLI National Advisory Board member, Dick Jonsen, Executive Director of WICHE.

        Lastly, on September 10-13, HBLI held its third School Board Leadership Development workshop in Phoenix. Fifteen K-12 and community college trustees were present from Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas. For a listing, see back page.
 

Leonard A. Valverde
 

        The University of Southern California and the University of Texas Pan American have joined the HBLI consortium.

        Fourteen fellows will be selected, seven at each university, and will begin their program of study either summer or fall of 1999. Fellowships are for $20,000 per year for three years and require full-time doctoral studies in educational leadership and/or policy studies, plus working as a research assistant or teaching assistant.

        Persons interested in applying for (or nominating someone for) an HBLI fellowship are urged to request an application form from Arizona State University, HBLI, P.O. Box 872411, Tempe, AZ 85287-2411 or by calling (602) 727-6364, Fax (602) 965-8497. The deadline for submission of completed application is November 30, 1998. Selection of fellows will be based on application, letters of reference, transcripts of all college work, and an interview. More information may be obtained by visiting the HBLI Web Page at www.hbli.org  . Application forms may be down loaded from the web page.
 

        The 3rd Board Leadership Training Session held in Phoenix in September included participants from 4 states. Attending were Esther Campos (Houston ISD, Houston, TX), Joe Colunga (Brownsville ISD, Brownsville, TX), Maria Ferrer (Santa Clara County Board of Educ., San Jose, CA), Richard Fimbres (Pima County Comm. Coll., Tucson, AZ), Cesar Guzman, (Brawley Elem., Brawley, CA), Francisco A. Martinez (Eagle Pass ISD, Eagle Pass, TX), Raymond Martinez (Napa Valley United, Napa, CA), Maria Neves Perman (Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA), Margaret Quiñones (Santa Monica/Malibu USD, Santa Monica, CA), Enriqueta Ramos (Rancho Santiago CCD, Santa Ana, CA), Yolanda Sandoval (Brighton SD, Brighton, CO), Maria Nieto Senour (San Diego CCD, San Diego, CA), Pete Tafoya (Ventura County CCD, Port Hueneme, CA), Eliseo Vega (Port Isabel ISD, Port Isabel, TX), and Lorenza Zuniga (San Elizario ISD, San Elizario, TX). Several HBLI fellows also attended.

        Workshop attendees heard noted presenters on a number of topics. Armando R. Ruiz of Saddleback College spoke on fundamentals of board membership; James R. Vasquez, executive director of ESC Region 19 talked about the Board-CEO relationship; Robert Rodriguez, and William Waechter addressed the group on legal and ethical responsibilities of board members in a bond election; former AZ senator Jaime P. Gutierrez (Asst. V.P., Univ. of Arizona) spoke on the political environment and lobbying; NMSU campus director Roy C. Rodriguez presented on understanding the educational system; and K. Forbis Jordan, ASU professor emeritus, tackled school finance.

        Also present from the Coordinating Council were Raul Cardenas, president of Paradise Valley Community College and Jaime Chahin, vice president at Southwest Texas State University.

        HBLI Fellows Janelle Garcia Taylor and Luis “Nacho” Quiñones presented “Preparing Change Agents for Education Excellence in the Borderland,” at the Border Walking Conference in Las Cruces in September. Bonavita Quinto will attend a women in educational leadership conference in Lincoln, NE, themed “Collaborative Leadership.” Miriam and Fernando Quiz are leading flood relief efforts for schoolchildren affected by the devastating floods in Del Rio, TX. Nacho Quiñones had an article entitled, “El Bilinguismo C?ra” published in the journal Amigos.  Miriam Quiz and Mariela Rodriguez have joined the editorial board of the NM Assoc. for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
 

        Fellows Gloria Armendariz and Carlos Nevarez took the opportunity to hear noted bilingual proponents James Krashen and Stephen Crawford at a Tucson Unified SD workshop recently. Esiquio Uballe, Enestine Garcia, Sylvia Peregrino and Gloria Armendariz attended the Phoenix board training workshop, and Sylvia Peregrino checked out a Chicana literary confab in Phoenix. Miranda Lopez edited an article about HBLI’s expansion grant for ASU’s Insight , an internal campus newspaper.
 

        A six to eight page newsletter (with photos) is under preparation. If you have any ideas of what should be included, please contact Miranda Lopez via fax (602) 965-8497 or at her e-mail Miranda.Lopez@asu.edu

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