The Hispanic Oversight Committee (HOC) held its transition meeting in September, when Dr. Henry Fischbach, who was chair for several years, passed on the leadership of the committee to Dr. José Castro.

At the meeting, Dr. Fischbach emphasized the importance of the HOC, which represents the voice of Hispanic/Latin@ faculty, staff and students before the Provost.

Dr. Castro, the new chair of HOC, said he was honored to lead such a competent and committed group, and that he would do his best to address the issues that are important to Latin@s at this university.

New members of the HOC include Normando Caban, Jose Cabral, Jamie Cano, Patricia Enciso, Olga Esquivel Gonzalez, Chris Fairman, Ivonne García, Raul Herrera, Victor Mora, and Noé Tirado.

The following priorities where discussed at the meeting:

- Supporting the continuing development of Latino/a Studies
- Conducting a survey for Hispanic/Latin@ faculty and staff to identify issues that need to be brought up to the administration
- Strengthening Latin@ undergraduate and graduate student recruitment
- Identifying areas that need additional support

The HOC members decided that their meetings would be open to the public. The next two meetings will be held in the Buckeye CDE room in the Ohio Union on Tuesday, Oct. 18 and Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. For more information contact Dr. Castro at castro.38@osu.edu.