Hispanic UI students' families get a taste of life on campus
By Amy F. Reiter
Monday October 6, 2008
John Dixon
Sarah Chiu, 5, of Chicago holds on to the hand of her cousin, University of Illinois freshman Yesenia Gonzalez, as they walk around the Activities and Recreation Center on Sunday during Latina/Latino Family Visit Day in Champaign. The event showcased UI services and college life.
CHAMPAIGN – It's early Sunday morning, but Bertha Gonzalez has been up since the wee hours, getting ready to visit her sister, Yesenia, a University of Illinois freshman. Gonzalez began her trek from Chicago to Champaign around 6 a.m. and, not surprisingly, didn't find much traffic coming south.
What she found in Champaign, though, was a different kind of traffic jam.
About 350 Latino students from the University of Illinois and their extended families clustered into a gym at the UI Activities and Recreation Center on Sunday to take part in the sixth annual Latina/Latino Family Visit Day, a day of tours, talks and familial bonding for Hispanic students new to the UI.
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