FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 2010

HACU media contact: 
Norma Jean Revilla-García
210.576.3206 

HACU and GAP Inc. launch fashion design contest

San Antonio, TX – Student fashion designers will have until June 18, 2010 to enter the Design Your Future/Diseña Tu Futuro competition presented by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and Gap Inc. For the third consecutive year, the competition will offer fashion design students at HACU-member institutions a chance to earn a scholarship by designing an original suit appropriate to wear for a job interview.

Five finalists will be selected from the entries to compete in the final round. The finalists will create and model their designs at a fashion runway to take place at a Student Track event at HACU’s 24th Annual Conference, September 18-20, 2010, at Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego, CA.  

Finalists will receive:

• Notification of selection the week of June 21, 2010.
• Travel accommodations to the annual conference
• A scholarship award ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to be determined in the final round
• An article with photos published in The Voice of Hispanic Higher Education, which will highlight the competition.

To enter the contest, students must submit an online application, an illustration of their suit design and supporting documentation by June 1, 2010. Students must be enrolled at the time of application and award, at one of the following HACU-member institutions:

·         Allan Hancock College

·         Baylor University

·         California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

·         Chaffey College 

·         College of the Sequoias

·         Colorado State University, Fort Collins

·         Columbia College Chicago

·         East Carolina University

·         El Camino College

·         El Centro College

·         El Paso Community College

·         Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico

·         Glendale Community College at Arizona

·         Johnson County Community College

·         Lipscomb University

·         Long Beach City College

·         Los Angeles Trade Technical College

·         Loyola Marymount University

·         Meredith College

·         Michigan State University

·         Mt. San Antonio College

·         New Mexico State University-Main Campus

·         Palomar College

·         Phoenix College

·         Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce

·         San Francisco State University

·         San Joaquin Delta Community College

·         Santa Fe Community College

·         Santa Monica College

·         Texas Tech University

·         Texas Woman's University

·         University of California-Davis

·         University of Delaware

·         University of North Texas

·         University of the Incarnate Word

·         University of Wisconsin-Madison

·         Ventura College

·         Washington State University

·         Washington University in St Louis

·         Woodbury University

For additional details, visit hacu.net, or click here.

About HACU
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) was established in 1986 with a founding membership of 18 institutions. Today, HACU represents approximately 450 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America, Spain and Portugal. HACU is the only national association that represents Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).  HACU will celebrate its 25th Anniversary when it hosts its annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, October 29-31, 2011.
 

###