June 8, 2021

Chris de Hoyos

HACU National Internship Program welcomes summer session interns

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities welcomed college students selected to participate in its 10-week summer internship session. Over 175 students were accepted to HACU’s National Internship Program. All summer interns will work remotely in federal internships.

During a virtual orientation on June 3, 2021, HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores, welcomed participants of the summer program. Student had an opportunity to hear from staff about the internship program. Veronica De La Garza, former intern and director of governmental relations for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, spoke about her own internship experience with program.  

The following agencies in the Washington, D.C., metro area and field offices throughout the country are among those providing these virtual internship opportunities to students:

  • Agricultural Research Service - ARS
  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - APHIS
  • Centers for Disease Control - CDC
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - FDIC
  • Federal Reserve Board - FRB
  • Food and Drug Administration - FDA
  • Food and Nutrition Service - FNS
  • Internal Revenue Service - IRS
  • Library of Congress
  • National Agricultural Statistics Service - NASS
  • National Credit Union Administration - NCUA
  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture - NIFA
  • National Science Foundation - NSF
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR)
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • Office of the Director - OD
  • Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - PBGC
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - SAMHSA
  • U.S. Agency for International Development – USAID
  • U.S. Census Bureau

College students from the following institutions are among those participating in summer internship session. Click here for a full list of interns.

  • Adelphi University
  • American University
  • Arizona State University
  • Auburn University
  • Baruch College, CUNY
  • Boston College
  • Boston University
  • Bowie State University
  • Brandeis University
  • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • California State University, East Bay
  • California State University, Fresno
  • California State University, Fullerton
  • California State University, Long Beach
  • California State University, San Bernardino
  • California University of Pennsylvania
  • Colorado College
  • Colorado State University-Fort Collins
  • Cornell University
  • East Mississippi Community College
  • East Tennessee State University
  • Elon University
  • Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno
  • Evergreen State College
  • Florida Atlantic University
  • Florida International University
  • George Mason University, Fairfax
  • George Washington University
  • Georgetown University
  • Georgia State University
  • Hudson County Community College
  • Humboldt State University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Johnson & Wales University
  • Michigan State University
  • Molloy College
  • Montgomery College
  • Morgan State University
  • New Jersey City University
  • New Mexico State University
  • Penn State Worthington-Scranton
  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  • Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico
  • Purdue University
  • Queens College, CUNY
  • Riverside City College
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark Campus
  • Sacramento State University
  • Saint Leo University
  • San Antonio College
  • San Francisco State University
  • Southern University Law Center
  • Southern Wesleyan University
  • St. John Fisher College
  • Texas A&M International University
  • Texas A&M University
  • Texas A&M University-San Antonio
  • Texas Lutheran University
  • The Catholic University of America
  • The Ohio State University
  • The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio
  • The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • Towson University
  • Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Recinto de Carolina
  • University at Albany, SUNY
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of California, Merced
  • University of California, Riverside
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Florida
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Illinois Chicago
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • University of Maryland Global Campus
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • University of North Georgia
  • University of Puerto Rico, Cayey
  • University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
  • University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences
  • University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
  • University of Rio Grande
  • University of South Carolina, Aiken
  • University of Southern California
  • University of the Incarnate Word
  • University of Virginia
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Vassar College
  • Virginia State University
  • Walden University
  • Wellesley College
  • Wilbur Wright College, City Colleges of Chicago