CSUF Latino Communications Institute

03/12/2025

Want to continue supporting the professional and experiential learning of first-generation college students? There's still time! Titans Give—Cal State Fullerton's 24-hour fundraising event—is ongoing through March 12, 2025. Thanks to supporters like you, LCI has reached incredible milestones. We've taken our students to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and Dodger Stadium, and we've hosted a Latinx Film Series covering crucial topics such as climate change, family roles, diversity, and LGBTQ+ themes. Join us in making a difference!

Launch Titan Opportunities March 12!

03/12/2025

LCI NEEDS YOU TODAY!! DONATE!

We invite you to support LCl during our Titans Give fundraising event TODAY. March 12, 2025. This is our biggest fundraising event of the year, and your involvement can help ensure that we continue providing students with the memories, opportunities, and professional experiences that will last a lifetime.

Thanks to Casanova//McCann, if 25 donors make a gift to the Latino Communications Institute, an additional $2,500 will be unlocked.

Donation link: https://titansgive.fullerton.edu/giving-day/93661/department/93687

No contribution is too small donation makes a difference in the lives of our first-gen Latinx students and beyond.

Launch Titan Opportunities March 12!

09/09/2024

In our first CSUF Latino Communications Institute's Kick Off of the year, we will welcome Dr. Rebecca Sheehan (Cinema Studies) and Dr. Claudia Evans-Zepeda (Human Communications) as our first LCI's Amigo Fellows. All are to welcome regardless of your background. Food and drinks will be provided. Come and make amigxs.

04/24/2024

LCI's first Latinx Student Media Showcase presented ten audiovisual productions, including news pieces, documentaries, animation films, short films, and video clips. More than 50 students, faculty, and parents attended the event organized by Cinema Studies Prof Rebecca Sheehan. We got a special guest, former LCI and Cal State Fullerton student Lucio Villa.

04/18/2024

Discover the new generation of CSUF student filmmakers in the Latinx Student Media Showcase. April 23, 4:30 pm, Titan Theatre. RSVP here https://forms.gle/zPYEMNg5dU2CKUbr5

04/17/2024

SAVE THE DATE to LCI's COMM WEEK activities:

1) Panel: "The Entertainment Industry for Diverse Young Professionals" with communication professionals Ivette Rodriguez and Karina Valenzuela at Hetebrink-AB's TSU on Tuesday, 4/23, from 2:30-3:45 pm.

2) First LCI's Latinx Media Showcase is happening on April 23, 2024, from 4:30-6:30 pm in Titan Theater as part of CommWeek. The showcase includes films and other audiovisual work produced by students of Cal State Fullerton's College of Communications. All are welcome. A small reception will follow the showcase

04/16/2024

Want to put together a political communications campaign from scratch? Take my COMM 339: Politics in the Mediasphere course this coming Fall 2024.

03/07/2024

Thanks to CSUF Latino Communications Institute familia! We beat our fund-raising expectations yesterday through Titan Give, Cal State Fullerton's 24-hour drive. In 2024, we got more donations than in 2023, and we enlarged our network! If you still want to donate, do not hesitate to click the link below. No amount is small. We have tons of plans for 2024-2025. Muchas gracias! Fue un éxito! Thanks to one of our allies, friends and familia Ingrid Otero-Smart and Casanova//McCann

Embark on the mission to transform Titan lives TODAY with your donation!

03/06/2024

LCI NEEDS YOU in the next 13 hours!!. Titan Give -the Cal State Fullerton’s 24-hour day of giving – has started. The Latino Communications Institute needs you, no matter the amount. Click here to help us fund our field trips, scholarships, and workshops for our Latinx students for the workforce and to build a democratic society. In the last year, LCI benefited over 300 students. We need 25 donors to unlock Casanova McCann gifts for an additional $2500.

Embark on the mission to transform Titan lives on March 6 with your donation!

12/14/2023

The Latino Communications Institute (LCI), in partnership with Los Angeles Dodgers, wants to invite you to an informational session for The Los Angeles Dodgers’s Emerging Talent Program that will take place on Wednesday, January 3 at 3:00 p.m. via online. The Los Angeles Dodger’s Emerging Talent Programs include a 5-month fellowship program from March 2024 to August 2024 and a 12-week internship program from May 2024 to August 2024. All qualified applicants for the fellowship program must be a current student with a graduation date of December 2023/January 2024 OR within one year post graduation.

For more information, join directly the Los Angeles Dodgers Emerging Talent virtual informational session for CSUF students and alumni on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024, from 3pm- 3:45pm PST.

Click here to join the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTM5M2VhOTQtOTdmMy00YjU0LThmNTQtNTI5YjY0NTc1M2Zl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22d01ed017-49d9-49a9-87b0-32bdaf48051d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2209509406-c851-4c2c-8da2-f324048353a9%22%7d

Save the DATE!!

12/08/2023

LCI, in partnership with Black CommUnity, organized a luncheon with CSU Entertainment Alliance's partnership manager, Alma Lopez-Tilghman. Thanks to all the students. Also, thanks to all the faculty from the departments of Communications and Cinema Studies who showed their support, such as Prof. Rebecca Sheehan, Prof. Henry Puente, Prof. Amber Wilson, Prof. Jazmine Phillips, and Prof. Garrett Hart.

11/28/2023

Are you a student but want a job in the entertainment industry? Are you a professor or staff member who wants to know how to support better students who wish to enter the entertainment industry? Come to LCIWrap-up Lunch with the CSU Entertainment Alliance (EA) Partnership Manager, Alma Lopez-Tilghman. When? December 7 at 11:30 a.m. Where? CP-450. CSU EA is a Cal State University System-wide initiative that aims to provide a competitive edge to CSU students entering the entertainment industry, including internships and experiential opportunities. We will provide food and laughs, but RSVP via the QR or clicking on this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FYVCLwwAg19J5_hHZRcMNFKBBuV5raqqyo4lsJXfAHw/edit

Everybody is welcome regardless of their background.