FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 8, 2006

HACU’s 10 Kellogg MSI Leadership Fellows Graduate

Seattle, WA – The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ (HACU’s) 10 Leadership Fellows graduated from year long Kellogg MSI Leadership Fellows Program on June 3.  This is the third class of Fellows to graduate from the program which is conducted under the auspices of the Alliance for Equity in Higher Education and involves the collaboration of the associations representing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities.

The ceremony included remarks from Henrietta Mann, Special Assistant to the president, Montana State University; Antonio Flores, President CEO, HACU; Gerald Gipp, Executive Director, AIHEC; Joseph Johnson, President Emeritus, Grambling State University; and Jamie Merisotis, President of the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

“HACU is proud of the key contribution this program is making for the future of higher education,” said HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores.  “We are preparing the next generation minority leaders who will be shaping the colleges and universities that in turn will shape the workforce of this century.”

HACU’s 10 Fellows from California, Arizona, New Mexico, New York and Texas constitute the third of three annual cohorts of minority educators in the national Kellogg Minority-Serving

HACU-Kellogg Leadership Fellows, Class of 2005-2006

Funded through the Alliance for Equity in Higher Education with a four-year, $6 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the program is designed to identify and mentor the next generation of Hispanic, Native American and African American higher education leaders.

The Alliance was jointly founded as the first unified voice for minority higher education by HACU representing Hispanic-Serving Institutions, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) representing Tribal Colleges and Universities and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) representing the country’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

The Fellows received mentoring, training and networking support as part of the program’s goal to address more effectively the shortage of minority higher education presidents and other senior executives at those colleges and universities serving the largest concentrations of minority students.  Several Fellows from previous years have already begun their careers as leaders in higher education.

This year’s cohort includes:

• Dr. Manuel Avalos, Associate Provost for Research & Faculty Development, Arizona State University
• Dr. Waded Cruzado-Salas, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, New Mexico State University
• Dr. Lynda Y. de la Vina, Dean, College of Business, University of Texas at San
• Dr. Dorothy J. Duran, NNMCC El Rito Campus Director, Northern New Mexico Community College
• Dr. Mari Fuentes-Martin, Associate Vice President & Dean of Students, The University of Texas at Brownsville & Texas Southmost College
• Dr. Gerardo M. Gonzalez, Director, National Latino Research Center & Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Marcos
• Dr. Miguel A. Gonzalez, Interim Dean & Associate Director for the School of Engineering & Computer Science, The University of Texas, Pan American
• Dr. Rita Martinez-Purson, Dean of Continuing Education, University of New Mexico
• Mr. Jose Luis Morin, J.D., Associate Professor & Department Chairperson, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• Dr. Adriana Segura Donly, Professor & Predoctoral Director for the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

For more information about the HACU-Kellogg Leadership Fellows Program, contact HACU at (210) 692-3805 or visit http://www.hacu.net/

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