Capitol Forum 2003

HACU leaders and students meet U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York during a Capitol Forum day of Visits to Capitol Hill. (Pictured, front row, from left: Ana Garcia Reyes of Hostos Community College, Senator Clinton, and Hostos Community College President Dolores Fernandez.)
(From left): U.S. Congressman Howard McKeon of California; and HACU Governing Board Member Miguel Palacios, President, Pima Community College-Desert Vista Campus, Arizona
U.S. Congressman Ruben Hinojosa of Texas, Chair of the Education Task Force of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
HACU President and CEO Antonio Flores joins HACU Governing Board Chair Salme Harju Steinberg, President of Northeastern Illinois University, to present a special award to U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, co-chair of the Senate Hispanic-Serving Institutions Coalition, at the Capitol Forum.
U.S. Secretary of Education Roderick Paige with Frank Reyes, Assistant to the Chancellor, Governmental Affairs, San Bernardino Community College District in California, at the Capitol Forum.
U.S. Congressman Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, meets students attending HACU’s 2003 Capitol Forum
Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona at the Capitol Forum.
(From left): HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores; USDA Assistant Secretary Lou Gallegos; OPM Special Advisor for Diversity Jacob Lozada, and U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary Frederico Juarbe Jr.
California State University System Chancellor Charles Reed invites Capitol Forum participants to also attend HACU’s 17th Annual Conference in Anaheim in October


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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