June 18, 2011
Tessa Benavides

HSIs attend UNCF Building Green Learning Institute

Twelve member institutions from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)  were among the attendees of the Building Green Learning Institute hosted by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) in Washington, D.C.

Topics discussed included “Minority-Serving Institutions and Sustainability” as well as student engagement in green efforts on campuses and best practices in green-building from across the nation.

The HACU-member institutions in attendance were: California State University-Northridge; the Dallas County Community College District; East Los Angeles College; El Paso Community College; Los Angeles Trade Technical College; New Jersey City University; Our Lady of the Lake University; San Bernardino Community College District; St. Edward’s University; St. Philip’s College; The University of Texas at San Antonio; and, The University of Texas-Pan American.

HACU is among UNCF’s partner organizations supporting the green initiative. Other UNCF partner organizations are the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, American Indian Higher Education Consortium and Second Nature.



  

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, founded in 1986, represents more than 500 colleges and universities in the United States, Latin America, Spain, and school districts throughout the U.S. HACU is the only national association representing existing and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The Association’s headquarters are in San Antonio, Texas, with regional offices in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, California.

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