Georgia Latino Education Summit, October 25, 2025 ~ UGA Institute for African American Studies Sponsorship

Georgia Latino Education Summit

Date: October 25, 2025

Schedule: Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., sessions begin at 9:30 a.m.

Location: UGA Miller Learning Center, 48 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30602

Sponorship Cost: $250 (includes sessions, parking pass, morning refreshment break, lunch, and closing reception for up to 2 participants):

Description: The Georgia Latino Education Summit (GLES) is a tri-annual statewide conference hosted by CLASE at the University of Georgia. It aims to advance research-driven conversations on Latine education from early childhood through higher education. The 2025 Summit will convene educators, researchers, community leaders, and policymakers to share data, engage in solution-oriented dialogue, and promote equity and excellence for Georgia’s Latine students. The event will feature keynote speakers, breakout sessions, and the public release of the "Latino Achievement and Success in Georgia" report.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos, Goizueta Endowed Professor and the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education (CLASE) Executive Director in the Mary Frances Early College of Education at University of Georgia. Dr. Jimenez-Castellanos will share a CLASE data driven report on Georgia Latino Education from 2014 to 2024. Dr. Jimenez-Castellanos has spent approximately 25 years in education including over 15 years in academia. He specializes in education policy and finance. He has over 70 publications and received several prestigious awards, honors, and grants, including the Ford Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship, AERA Early Career Award, and AESA Book Critics Choice Award, among others. He began his professional career as an urban bilingual schoolteacher and is a son of Mexican migrant farmworkers.

Registration Deadline: October 17, 2025

Cancellation and Refund Policy: All cancellations must be submitted via email to mbaer@uga.edu before the cancellation deadline in order to receive a full refund. Cancellations after the cancellation deadline are non-refundable. If cancellation is not made by the deadline, and you are not able to attend, you or your organization is still liable for payment.

Registration Transfer: If you have registered for an event but cannot attend, you may transfer your registration to another person. Simply email 48 hours before the event to mbaer@uga.edu with the registration information of the person who will attend.

Accessibiity Requests: Please contact Melanie Baer, mbaer@uga.edu or Beth Massey, bmassey@uga.edu to request the following: sign language interpreter, assistive listening device, large print, audio, or Braille. The deadline to request services is October 3, 2025.

Payment Information

Paying by check: If you choose to pay by check by submitting a purchase order, the amount due will adjust to $0.00 because you haven't actually paid anything yet. We will send an official invoice by email showing the amount due and the address to mail payment so that you can submit for payment. Checks should be made payable to “UGA”.

Paying by UGA General Ledger Journal Entry: If you are a UGA faculty or staff member and are paying by departmental journal entry, the amount due will adjust to $0.00 because you haven't actually paid anything yet. Please enter the name, phone number and email address of the person responsible for the funds (chartstring) you are using to pay for the registration fee so we can work with them to make the journal entry. Registration will not be confirmed until we have this information.

Invoice procedure for everyone paying by check/PO or UGA Journal Entry: Invoices will be sent a few days after the registration is confirmed. When you successfully complete the registration process, you will receive two emails from Melanie Baer (mbaer@uga.edu). One to let you know the registration has been received and a second when it is confirmed. A few days later, you will receive an email from Lori Robbins (lori.robbins@uga.edu) including a copy of the official invoice and the payment address. Please don’t remit payment until you receive the email from Lori Robbins as sometimes checks are sent to the wrong UGA office by mistake. This process often takes up to 5 business days to complete.

Paying by credit card: Credit cards sometimes aren’t processed until a few days after you submit the registration in Marketplace. Please make sure the card number is correct, the billing zip code matches the billing address for the card and the card isn’t expired, or expiring in the next few days. If the credit card doesn’t go through for some reason, you will have to re-submit the registration.