Thank you to everyone who joined us and the UVA Club of Washington, DC for our Latin Heritage Month Social! We had a great evening celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month and Bolívar Network’s 25th Anniversary. A huge thank you to all who helped put this event on including the University of Virginia’s Division for Diversity, Equity, […]
Last month, Latino UVA alumni based in Washington, D.C. met for a happy hour at Mission in Dupont. It was great to catch up with recent graduates. Thank you to those who came out for this gathering!
Wonderful evening catching up with our alumni in NYC! Thanks for coming out and sharing good company and conversation.
A huge thank you to everyone who came out to Spring Blast on April 8, 2022, in Newcomb Hall to make it a success! It was great getting to see prospective students, current students, and alumni all get together in Newcomb at the Latinx Student Center and other locations.
June 2022 Before we go into this edition of our quarterly newsletter, we wanted to take a moment to remember the lives lost during the devastating school shooting at Robb Elementary School. Our community in and outside of Uvalde is still in mourning, and we send our thoughts and prayers to all those impacted by […]
A huge thank you to everyone that came out to the first Student Organization for Caribbean Awareness (SOCA) and Bolívar Network (BN) alumni panel on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 6:30 pm EST! It was great getting to connect and we appreciate our panelists for taking the time to share their backgrounds, advice, and […]
A huge thank you to everyone that came out to the first Afro-Latinx Student Organization (ALSO) and Bolívar Network (BN) alumni panel on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at 6:30 pm EST! It was great getting to connect and we appreciate our panelists for taking the time to share their backgrounds and post-undergrad lives with students: […]
April 2022 The Bolívar Network was founded in 1997, exactly 25 years ago. To celebrate this milestone anniversary, we are excited to share that within the next few weeks we will be launching a new logo to reflect our commitment to the BN’s mission! Throughout this year and into the future, the Bolívar Network will […]
January 2022 ¡Saludos! We hope you have had a nice fall season and enjoyed some quality time to rest and gather safely during the holiday season! As we begin another calendar year, and a particularly important one for the Bolívar Network as we are celebrating our 25th anniversary, we wanted to share some of our significant work from […]
We caught up with Paola Sánchez Valdez (Educ ’18) to hear about her work on the recently published book Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Dr. Brené Brown, in community activism, and graduate school. As a Postgraduate Researcher for the Brené Brown Education and Research Group, Sánchez […]