September 20, 2011
Tessa Benavides

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) honored this week

This week Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) across the nation are celebrating National HSIs Week. HACU has been working with Congress to ensure that accomplishments and contributions made by HSIs to the nation’s higher education goals are recognized.

A resolution was introduced to the U.S. Senate by Senators Robert Menendez and John Cornyn to recognize the contributions of HSIs to their communities. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressmen Raúl Grijalva and Rubén Hinojosa introduced H.Res. 400 to recognize the establishment of a National HSIs Week and commemorate the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities’ (HACU) 25th Anniversary.

President Barack Obama has released a Proclamation officially designating Sept. 18 – 24 as National HSIs Week.

Related Articles
Bipartisan Resolution Introduced to Honor Hispanic-Serving Educational Institutions (Hispanically Speaking News)
HACU, HSIs Recognized With Special Week (HispanicBusiness.com)



  

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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