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The Voice of Hispanic Higher Education Magazine

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July 5 for the Fall Aug./Sept. 2013 issue. email news@hacu.net.  

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HACU-IES Abroad Merit/Need-based Scholarship.

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Partnership for Equity in Education through Research (PEER).

Title IV eligibility for competency-based learned programs guidance from the U.S. Department of Education.

U.S. Depts. of Education and Labor announce $474.5 million available for training partnerships between community colleges and employers.

May 3 deadline for the DHS Secretary’s Honors Program Cyber Student Initiative
The Department of Homeland Security offers an unpaid student volunteer position to current two-year community college students, including student veterans, pursuing a program of study in a cybersecurity-related field for cybersecurity work at DHS.

HACU announces the first speakers of the 12th Annual Latino Higher Education Leadership Institute


HACU's 12th Annual Latino Leadership Institute: Lifting Our Voices, Enlightening Minds, has announced the first speakers slated to present at the pre-conference event, as part of the 27th Annual Conference, Oct. 26-28 in Chicago, Ill. More>>

 Friday is the last day for entries to the Hispanic College Quiz TV show  
May 3rd is the last day for HACU-member institutions to  submit a student entry for the Hispanic College Quiz TV Show. The show will be pre-taped in a Chicago television studio on Saturday, Aug. 24. More>>

Travel Awards for college students
HACU and Southwest Airlines are accepting online applications from students for the 2013 “Dándole Alas a Tu Éxito/Giving Flight to Your Success TM” ¡Lánzate! Travel Award Program. Apply by May 15. More>>

Do you have a Title V program success story?
HACU is seeking success stories from higher education institutions that have received Title V program funding. Tell us how Title V funding has made a difference on your campus. HACU will feature stories in an upcoming issue of The Voice of Hispanic Higher Education magazine. More>>

Student scholarships to HACU's Annual Conference available
HACU is accepting online applications until August 2, 2013 for student scholarships to attend the student track of HACU's Annual Conference, October 26-28, 2013, at the Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Ill. More>>

Capitol Forum held in D.C.
Special thanks to participants and sponsors of the HACU Annual Capitol Forum! Visit HACU's Facebook page for photos of the event, and tag HACU News in your own photos if you joined us in D.C. this year. The pdf presentation by Mark Hugo Lopez of the Pew Hispanic Center is available to download.
The next Capitol Forum will take place on April 7-8, 2014.

Be part of La HACHE de HACU
Now, more than ever, Hispanic higher education needs you as an ally. Become part of HACU’s Hispanic Alliance to Champion Higher Education (La HACHE de HACU) by making a gift to our 2013 appeal. (Click here.)

HACU corporate partners among those featured in DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity 
Sodexo, a long-time corporate partner of the HACU National Internship Program, ranked No. 1 in the 2013 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity. “We congratulate our strategic partner DiversityInc and all the companies on its Top 50 List for their efforts to promote corporate diversity,” said HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores. “We are fortunate that the HACU Corporate and Philanthropic Council includes among its members the CEO of DiversityInc as well as senior executives of four of the Top 50 Companies for Diversity in 2013: Sodexo, Deloitte, Aetna, and The Coca-Cola Company."

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