Dr. Nelia Olivencia, Director
105 McCutchan Hall, 262 472-1913

Dr. Nelia Olivencia is the Director of Latino Student Programs at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UW-W).  She holds a B.A. from the City University of New York-Brooklyn College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Washington University (St. Louis).  She serves as UW-W Student Exchange Coordinator with the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM-Monterrey), a conglomerate of 26 campuses throughout Mexico, and has taught various travel study courses to places such as Cuba, Egypt, Peru, Spain, and Morocco.  She is the recipient of six campus wide and/or system wide awards since her 1991 tenure at UW-W. From 1999-2001 she served on the Executive Body of the National Association for Chicana/Chicano Studies and is now serving on the Executive Board of the National Puerto Rican Studies Association.