Augsburg Faculty and Staff, you are invited to attend the fall vocation lunch with “Tina” Maria Tavera, TRIO-McNair Scholars Director.
Wednesday, November 15
11:15 am – 12:20 pm
Registration has closed for this event.
More about our speaker:
Maria Cristina (鈥淭ina鈥�) Tavera has been the director of Augsburg鈥檚 TRIO-McNair Scholars program since March 2008.聽 Funded by the Department of Education, the McNair Scholars program helps income-eligible, first generation, and underrepresented students prepare for and matriculate to graduate school. Prior to her director role, Tavera was an Academic Advisor for Augsburg鈥檚 TRIO-Student Support Services program for four years, and聽has been working for and devoted to TRIO students for over 20 years. Tavera is an artist, independent curator, and activist who has exhibited at Augsburg; she is also one of the artists selected to create a public art piece for the Hagfors Center for Science,聽Business and Religion.聽 She sees parallels between her artistic efforts to decrease cultural alienation and expand society鈥檚 artistic vision and her聽passion for equal access to education. Her vocation is greatly聽influenced by her transnational upbringing between Minnesota and Mexico, as her聽scholarly research聽specialization is in Latino and Latin American art.
The Christensen Vocation Lunch is an event that strengthens the concept of聽vocation聽at Augsburg for faculty and staff by providing role models from within the community to share a presentation on their sense of call and life journey.