Tessa Benavides
June 12, 2009 

HACU on the Road makes its first international stop in Colombia

 HACU on the Road made its first international stop in Bogota, Colombia. While in Bogota, HACU President and CEO Antonio Flores also met with the Colombian Minister of Education Cecilia María Vélez White.       Listen to Flores interview on Wradio  

The HACU on the Road event on June 11 was attended by 35 representatives from institutions of higher education in Colombia. At the event, discussion circled around the internationalization of education. The trip served to solidify relations between HACU and Colombia.

The next HACU on the Road visit will be in Mexico in late July. Dates are still being confirmed in various cities. For updates and a list of other stops, visit the HACU on the Road website.

(L-R) Colombian Minister of Education Cecilia María Vélez White and HACU President and CEO Antonio Flores met while Flores was in Bogota, Colombia, for the first international HACU on the Road tour stop.

About HACU on the Road
HACU on the Road is an initiative designed to promote national and international dialogue about the state of Hispanic higher education among chancellors, presidents of colleges and universities, superintendents of Hispanic-Serving School Districts, corporate leaders, and other supporters of Hispanic higher education.



  

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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