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Texas Hispanic Month Kickoff - Folklorico Dancing & Grito Contest - Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi HACER (Hispanics for the Advancement of Community & Educational Readiness)-Student Organization Mi Casa Su Casa - Texas A&M University Fiestas Patrias Mexicanas (parade, food booths, arts/crafts/children play area) - TAMU [] Hispanic Heritage Month Events at TAMU Cultural Connections - University of Texas San Antonio Gala Latina - UTSA Emerging Stars/Telling Stories with Pictures- [] Inclusion and Community Engagement Programs/Events

BEAMS Project Points: Perhaps the best-known set of engagement indicators is the “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education” (Chickering and Gamson, 1987). These principles include student-faculty contact, cooperation among students, active learning, prompt feedback, time on task, high expectations, and respect for diverse talents and ways of learning. Also important to achieving positive student learning outcomes are institutional environments that students perceive as inclusive and affirming and in which performance expectations are clearly communicated and set at reasonably high levels (Education Commission of the States, 1995; Kuh, 2001; Kuh, Schuh, Whitt, and Associates, 1991; Pascarella, 2001).

Thus educationally effective colleges and universities—those that add value to the student experience—direct students’ efforts and energy toward appropriate tasks, activities, and behaviors and engage them in these activities at high levels

If institutions want their students to persist, they must offer opportunities and assistance to engage them actively and often.