La Casa Latina Director: Ms. Cobo

Anamaria Cobo, has been named director of La Casa Latina: the Center for Hispanic Excellence. Ms. Cobo will execute the Center's mission to strengthen the educational and professional development of Latino students at Penn and will advance the University's Agenda for Excellence and its mission to strengthen efforts to recruit and enroll Latinos. She will oversee the development and implementation of research, academic enrichment activities, educational and cultural programming, and professional development opportunities.

"We are absolutely delighted to welcome a colleague of Anamaria's extraordinary disciplinary breadth and administrative depth as the new director of the Center for Hispanic Excellence," said Dr. Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum, Vice Provost for University Life.

Prior to joining Penn, Ms. Cobo was an assistant dean and director of the Intercultural Center at Swarthmore College. She has also been an administrator at Columbia University, New York University, University of Alaska Anchorage, and the City of New York Baruch College.

Ms. Cobo is chair of the Latino Caucus for the National Conference of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education in America. She is also a member of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, the American College Personnel Association, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, and the National Conference on La Raza. She received her B.S. degree from St. John's University, and her master of arts degree from New York University.

Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 8, October 16, 2001

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