HACU ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute (Student Track)

For Corporate, Federal, and Nonprofit Sponsors

The HACU ¡Adelante Leadership Institute will host over 700 students at its 37th Annual Conference. If you wish to sponsor students to participate in HACU’s 37th ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute, HACU staff can assist you in the selection process as an ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute Scholar sponsor, the following benefits are available:

  • HACU staff identifies Sponsored Scholars based on specific criteria* requested by the sponsoring organization, selected Sponsored Scholars are identified with the sponsoring organizations’ name on the students’ profile. 
  • Sponsors can interact with selected scholars during the virtual event to discuss internship and employment opportunities.
  • Selected Sponsored Scholars can help strengthen relationships at institutions they represent for future recruitment and outreach initiatives.

*Eligibility of criteria may include academic major, student classification, and geographic location (local or national). A sponsorship agreement will be required and must be signed and in place by date will be announced soon. 

Sponsoring a ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute covers the cost of the student's participation. The cost for sponsoring a ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute Scholar is as follows:

Student Scholars Package

Deadline: Sept. 8, 2023

 Sept. 9-Oct. 8, 2023

Local Chicago area undergraduate students (Price includes registration and hotel parking)

$500 per student

 $525 per student
Regional area undergraduate students (Price includes registration, four night accommodations and parking) $1,150 per student $1,250 per student

Undergraduate students from outside of the Chicago area (Price includes registration, airfare, four night accommodations and parking)

 $1,750 per student $1,900 per student 

For information on sponsoring ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute Scholars, please contact Student Services at (210)576-3238 or studenttrack@hacu.net or the Office of Development at (210)692-3805 or development@hacu.net.

¡Adelante! Leadership Institute main title sponsor:


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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