Dear Trey & LLAS colleagues,
My sincere apologies.
Because one of you expressed concern about giving the award to someone who is only in her first year of graduate study I revisited the language in the original fund agreement (which is more specific than the language on our public-facing websitehttps://ethnicstudies.unl.edu/give/).
The recipient of the award must be pursuing a doctorate in English with a declared graduate specialization in Ethnic Studies, as well as having a research focus in Chicanx/Latinx studies.
Given these strict eligibility requirements, which are what the donors wanted, our sole nominee is unfortunately not able to receive the award. I'm very sorry. Our previous two recipients fulfilled all the criteria.
Kind wishes, Joy ----- Dr. Joy Castro Willa Cather Professor of English & Ethnic Studies Director, Institute for Ethnic Studies https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.joycastro.com__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!E1... <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.joycastro.com__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!E1... > @_JoyCastro 325G Pound Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588
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I acknowledge and honor the Pawnee, Ponca, Otoe-Missouria, Umonhon (Omaha), Dakota, Lakota, Arapaho, Tsististas & Suhtai (Cheyenne), and Kaw Peoples, as well as the relocated Ho-Chunk, Iowa, and Sac and Fox Peoples, upon whose homelands now reside the campuses and programs of the University of Nebraska, a land-grant institution. Let us recognize the legacies of violence, displacement, and survival that bring us here today.
________________________________ From: Trey Andrews III arthur.andrews@unl.edu Sent: Monday, March 3, 2025 1:02 PM To: ies-llas@lists.unl.edu ies-llas@lists.unl.edu Subject: [ies-LLAS] Vote needed: Application for Grajeda Award
Hi all,
We’ve had a somewhat late application to the Grajeda Award. The application is attached as well as a note from Joy that adds some context. I would like to have us vote on this. To make it simple, please reply only to me with ‘yes’ or ‘no’ by the end of the day.
I would welcome discussion as well, but with the caveat that we do not have much time (we received the application only Thursday). For me, personally, I would suggest that we consider whether we want to provide the award to a first-year student simply because they were the only one to apply, especially given that we may have to do some fundraising for this award to be possible in subsequent years.
We’ll likely need to add this award to our agenda for our spring meeting, but I’ll send a separate email about that.
Best,
Trey
[University of Nebraska – Lincoln]
Trey Andrews, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychology
Ethnic Studies (Latinx Studies)
Co-Director, Minority Health Disparities Initiative
Director, Iniciativa HABLa
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
From: Joy Castro jcastro2@unl.edu Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2025 12:30 PM To: Trey Andrews III arthur.andrews@unl.edu Cc: Luis Othoniel Rosa lrosarodriguez2@unl.edu Subject: Fw: Grajeda Graduate Student Support Fund: Nomination Letter for Maria Loya-Perez
Dear Trey, with Luis copied,
We've just received one nomination for the Grajeda Award, attached here. I know of no others (and there are no other graduate students who might even be eligible this year).
Would you like to have LLAS vote on whether the award should be given? If so, let's turn this around by March 3.
This year, we have only $256 remaining in the Grajeda account, so if we decide to award it, I would recommend a $250 amount, with a commitment on everyone's part to fundraise for the award if we want to continue to give it.
All kind wishes, Joy
----- Dr. Joy Castro
Willa Cather Professor of English & Ethnic Studies Director, Institute for Ethnic Studies
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The Ohio State University Press
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I acknowledge and honor the Pawnee, Ponca, Otoe-Missouria, Umonhon (Omaha), Dakota, Lakota, Arapaho, Tsististas & Suhtai (Cheyenne), and Kaw Peoples, as well as the relocated Ho-Chunk, Iowa, and Sac and Fox Peoples, upon whose homelands now reside the campuses and programs of the University of Nebraska, a land-grant institution. Let us recognize the legacies of violence, displacement, and survival that bring us here today.
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From: Stacey Waite <swaite2@unl.edumailto:swaite2@unl.edu> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2025 11:25 AM To: Joy Castro <jcastro2@unl.edumailto:jcastro2@unl.edu> Subject: Grajeda Graduate Student Support Fund: Nomination Letter for Maria Loya-Perez
Dear Joy,
Please find attached my letter of support for our graduate student, Maria!
I haven't done one of these before, so if there is anything else you'd need to know, please let me know, and I am happy to provide.
Thanks so much!
Stacey
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Stacey Waite
Associate Professor
Graduate Chair, Department of English
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
202 Andrews Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0333
