November 30, 2011
Tessa Benavides

HACU and U.S. Army host University Tours at UTSA

More than 500 high school students attend college awareness event

For the third consecutive year, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and the U.S. Army partnered to host the HACU & U.S. Army Tours program and provide college awareness opportunities to more than 500 high school students from the San Antonio area.

High schools had the chance to speak with cadets of the Roadrunner Battalion, the U.S. Army ROTC program on the UTSA campus, during the HACU and U.S. Army Tours program.
During HACU & U.S. Army University Tours program, held Nov. 7-10 on the campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), the students attended workshops focused on the college admissions process, financial aid and scholarships, and the military opportunities available through the U.S. Army ROTC program.  Students also took a tour of the UTSA campus.

The following high schools were in attendance:

  • Devine High School (Devine ISD)
  • Dilley High School (Dilley ISD)
  • Douglas MacArthur High School (Northeast ISD)
  • Earl Warren High School (Northside ISD)
  • Floresville High School (Floresville ISD)
  • Highlands High School (San Antonio ISD)
  • John F. Kennedy High School (San Antonio ISD)
  • John Marshall High School (Northside ISD)
  • Judson High School (Judson ISD)
  • KIPP University Prep
  • Luther Burbank High School (San Antonio ISD)
  • McCollum High School (Harlandale ISD)
  • Memorial High School (Edgewood ISD)
  • Robert E. Lee High School (Northeast ISD)
  • Sidney Lanier High School (San Antonio ISD)
  • Sandra Day O’Connor High School (Northside ISD)
  • Southwest High School (Southwest ISD)
  • San Antonio School for Inquiry & Creativity
  • Seguin High School (Seguin ISD)
  • Thomas C. Clark High School (Northside ISD)
  • Wagner High School (Judson ISD)


  

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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