CINEHASSEE 2017: HISPANIFIED

Date: October 24th
Purpose: The purpose of the event was to celebrate the pursuit of higher education by providing high school students from Tallahassee and other surrounding towns with an activity-filled day where they learned about Hispanic Culture and the value of higher education.
Event description: Hispanified 2017 was an event co-hosted by Cinehassee and the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication to celebrate the Hispanic heritage and promote higher education to local youth. This event was organized around the film The Book of Life, the closing movie of Cinehassee at FSU. The film was followed by a little contest where questions about the movie were made and prizes were given. There was a campus tour and a lunch was provided featuring successful Hispanic Scholars and athletes. During the lunch, a graduate account planning class was conducting ethnographic research about motivation of high school students to pursue higher education.