June 8, 2023
HACU Signs MOU in Salamanca, Spain
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, the University of Salamanca and the City of Salamanca signed a memorandum of understanding on June 7, 2023, in Salamanca, Spain, on the University of Salamanca campus.
HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores, and Universidad de Salamanca Rector Ricardo Rivero Ortega signed the MOU on behalf of HACU, the university and regional higher education institutions. The MOU formally establishes asynchronous online courses offered by the University of Salamanca for faculty and prospective Spanish educators at HACU-member institutions and Spanish proficiency certificates for students at member institutions.
During the event, Directora de Salamanca ciudad del Español Carmen Ballesteros spoke on behalf of the city of Salamanca of the MOU acknowledging the city’s hosting of HACU’s International Conference on June 3-5, 2024.
The MOU signing took place on the third day of the education tour taking place in Spain from June 5-9, 2023, through a partnership with SEPIE and the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior). The tour provides participants an opportunity to explore collaborations for adding an international component to programs of study. Approximately 16 faculty, staff and administrators from HACU-member institutions are among the participants of the academic trip.
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