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Agenda At–A–Glance
(Agenda is subject to change.)
All times noted are Central Time.
Friday, October 27
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Youth Leadership Development Forum
Location: St. Augustine College
Noon - 5:00 p.m.
Inaugural Women’s Leadership Symposium (Pre-Conference event. Additional registration required)
Noon - 8:00 p.m.
General Conference and ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute Registration
Saturday, Oct. 28
7:00 a.m. - Noon
¡Adelante! Leadership Institute Registration
7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
General Conference Registration
7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Exhibitor Installation and Move-In
7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
HACU 22nd Annual Latino Higher Education Leadership Institute (Pre-Conference event. Additional registration required)
7:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
HACU Ninth PreK-12 Higher Education Collaboration Symposium (Pre-Conference event. Additional registration required)
9:00 a.m. - 3:55 p.m.
¡Adelante! Leadership Institute (Student Track)
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Commission on International Education (This is a closed meeting.)
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Opening Plenary
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Opening Reception & Grand Opening of Exhibit Hall
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Cyber Cafe
Sunday, Oct. 29
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
General Conference Registration
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
9 Concurrent Workshops
9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
¡Adelante! Leadership Institute (Student Track)
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Associate Member Meeting
(This is a closed meeting)
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
International Networking Session
10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Cyber Cafe
Sunday, Oct. 29
10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall (Closes from noon to 1:30 p.m.)
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
9 Concurrent Workshops
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Power Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
9 Concurrent Workshops
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Annual Business Meeting
(This is a closed meeting)
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
College and Career Readiness
3:15 - 3:45 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:55 - 5:10 p.m.
9 Concurrent Workshops
Monday, Oct. 30
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
8:00 a.m. - Noon
General Conference Registration
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
International Plenary 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Exhibit Hall (Closes from noon to 1:30 p.m.)
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
¡Adelante! Leadership Institute (Student Track)
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
9 Concurrent Workshops
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Partnership Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
9 Concurrent Workshops
3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
HACU Town Hall 6:30 - 10:30 p.m.
Networking Dinner/Dance
Tuesday, Oct. 31
7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
HACU 12th Annual Deans’ Forum on Hispanic Higher Education (Post-conference event. Additional registration required.)
Hotel Information
The Hilton Chicago will be the host hotel for HACU’s 37th Annual Conference.
• Link to make your guestroom reservation is available here
• Phone number to make guestroom reservation over the phone is 877-865-5320
• Make sure to request the HACU or Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ group rate of $249.00 per night (plus occupancy tax)
The deadline to make reservations at the HACU group rate is October 6, 2023 (or until the room block is full)
Check in time: 3:00 p.m.
Check out time: 11:00 a.m.
About Hotel
Overlooking Grant Park, Lake Michigan, and Museum Campus, you’ll be situated on Michigan Avenue, where incredible experiences are around every corner. Walk to Solider Field for game days or concerts, enjoy many festivals at Grant Park, or explore the Pilsen neighborhood–known for one of the best museums in the city, booming bar and restaurant scene.
Friday, Oct. 27
Noon - 5:00 p.m.
Inaugural Women’s Leadership Symposium
The Women’s Leadership Symposium is a half-day event for women higher education professionals at all levels to explore, dialogue and learn from other women in executive leadership positions. Topics include navigating the higher education work environment, building a strategic network, and preparing to assume executive roles in education or other career fields.
Saturday, Oct. 28
7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
22nd Annual Latino Higher Education Leadership Institute
The Latino Higher Education Leadership Institute is a dynamic, one-day event for faculty, staff and administrators at any stage of their careers, which will focus on strategies for moving up the faculty and administrative ladders in higher education. The theme of the Institute will be “Exploring Diverse and Inclusive Workforce Strategies that Lead to Organizational Success.” Expert presenters cover a variety of subjects related to the program theme. Breakout sessions will explore essential topics in greater depth. The day concludes with a panel comprised of top Latina/o college and university presidents.
7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Ninth PreK-12/Higher Education Collaboration Symposium
The PreK-12/Higher Education Collaboration Symposium will include discussions on successful models of collaboration leading to systemic change emphasizing matriculation, retention and graduation of minority students. Sessions will involve discussion panels among participants about opportunities for collaborations. The Symposium will benefit higher education leaders, PreK-12 administrators, educators and other community stakeholders to be able to promote and empower their communities to implement collaborative practices utilizing the resources and connections highlighted during the Symposium.
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Opening Plenary
Join us for welcome remarks and the State of HACU Address delivered by HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores.
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Opening Reception & Grand Opening of Exhibit Hall
Visit exhibitors and meet fellow attendees.
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HACU's Annual Conference workshops showcase exemplary programs and initiatives of the best and most promising practices in the education of Hispanics among the following seven tracks:
Track 1: Resource Capacity-Building for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)
• Titles III and V, HUD, HHS, Commerce, NSF, USAID, and other federal grant opportunities for HSIs
• Private and corporate foundation grant opportunities
• Researching and writing a winning proposal
• Innovative funding opportunities focused on STEM student and faculty development
• Leading a campus-wide team through a proposal submission
• Building consortiums and alliances that win proposals
• Best practices in educational institutions and corporate partnerships
Track 2: Academic Learning Environments
• PreK-12 and postsecondary education collaboration among Hispanic-Serving School Districts (HSSDs) and HACU-member institutions
• Trends in culturally-relevant learning experiences
• High impact teaching practices such as learning communities, experiential learning, and supplemental instruction
• Curriculum, instruction, and assessment
• Social, emotional, and academic competencies
• Teaching community of practice
• Pedagogies, strategies, and course development
• Effective partnerships between HSIs and emerging HSIs
Track 3: Student Engagement and Success
• Delivering innovative bridge programs for building the STEM pathway
• High impact practices in access, retention, graduation, and transition
• Systems of support to ensure campus life experience, such as student advocacy centers and care centers
• Enabling student social and economic mobility through programs and services
• Serving LGBTQIA+ Latinx students and other students of intersectional identities
• Growing our own: effective graduate student recruitment and graduation
• Transitioning an institution from Hispanic-enrolling to Hispanic-engaging
Track 4: Excellence in Leadership
• Utilizing demographic and workforce changes to drive institutional transformation
• Leading successfully amidst the new post-covid campus climate
• Transparency and accountability across all aspects of the institution
• Developing your own cohort of institutional leaders
• Cultivating leadership at all levels of the organization
• Best practices in leading high-performance teams
Track 5: Advocacy, Policy and Research
• Key legislation: federal and state resources for HSIs
• Research and analysis on Hispanic student success in HSIs and HSSDs
• Hispanic-Serving School Districts (HSSDs) in the education pipeline and in federal legislation
• Federal agency/HSI partnership grants and research opportunities
• State legislation that impacts HSIs and Hispanic students
• Best practices for achieving an HSI designation
Track 6: Global Engagement
• The role of international education at HSIs
• Cultivation of renewed faculty engagement in internationalization efforts and curriculum development
• New models for comprehensive and inclusive internationalization
• Research in international education as a catalyst for expanding HSIs’ global engagement
Track 7: Preparing the Future Workforce
• Trends in the workforce: new industries for the next decade
• Responding to Industry trends through certifications, online programs and stackable courses
• The role of career services on an HSI campus
• Partnerships that respond to the evolving workforce needs
• Successfully coaching and preparing students entering the workforce
• Virtual recruitment – preparing students for a changing dynamic
Sunday, Oct. 29 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
All in: Building Statewide HSI Consortiums and Alliances Educators in three states have addressed the need for postsecondary Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to work together to increase student success. For the past 17 years the Texas Hispanic-Serving Institutions Consortium has been a nexus for building capacity through access to information on grant funding, networking to create alliances and leadership opportunities. The AZ HSI Consortium serves as a community of practice since 2021 that seeks to strengthen the individual and collective capacity of Arizona HSIs and emerging HSIs to intentionally support conditions necessary for Latinx student success in Arizona. Since Colorado has 13 HSIs and 12 emerging HSIs, the Colorado Department of Higher Education is partnering with Metropolitan State University of Denver to create the Colorado HSI Consortium, a statewide community of collaborators who are leading HSIs across the state. The purpose of this collaborative is aimed at strengthening our organizational capacity to intentionally serve Latinx/Hispanic students, by engaging, disseminating, and adopting activities and best practices centering HSI servingness and inclusion to serve and support educational success, not only for Latinx students, but for all students. Consortium leaders and collaborators will focus on the successes and obstacles to alliance building.
Construyendo Comunidad: Building trust and community in the college classroom.
In this interactive workshop, participants will learn concrete strategies to build rapport, trust and a bonded sense of community among mixed immigration status and ethnically, racially and culturally diverse students in in-person and online college classrooms. Presenters will offer proven approaches related to intentional design of curriculum, student orientations and courageous conversations inside of the classroom that help students feel comfortable moving from safe spaces to brave spaces when learning and growing together.
PK-20 Partnerships and Collaborations
Learn effective ways to build and leverage collaborative partnerships among PK-12 administrators, educators, and community stakeholders to improve the educational ecosystem for Hispanic students. This session will include an overview of best practices used to sustain successful partnerships and will showcase tangible ways to leverage those relationships to drive organizational change.
Art Used to Cope with Intersectional, LatinX and LGBTQIA+ Challenges Presented/Performed in Artistic Perspective
Latinx, LGBTQ+ students and the intersectionality of homophobia are subject to a unique type of oppression. Cultural norms create a false idea of being of a particular race or background. The internalization of this dynamic breaks down the essence of what makes their differences brilliant, an emotional story, a distinct perspective, and the power to heal themselves and those around them while building confidence, character and the tools for their success. Creative expression advocates champions.
Concurrent Workshops
Empowering High School Students to be College Ready
Participants in this workshop will take part in an interactive presentation on how Hudson County Community College (HCCC) has developed a successful one-stop plan for collaborating early on with local high school students. Participants will learn how providing a leadership conference, workshops on academic programs, holistic support services, and the onboarding process for high school students at all levels aided students in making a positive decision about attending college. Local high school students participated in these events at HCCC.
Contextualized Strategies to Increase Enrollment, Retention, and Success
The Contextualizing Bridge strategies addresses academic inequities and increases enrollment, retention and student success in engineering at community college. Since 2019, 202 diverse students attended the Bridge (95% completion), resulting in 100% of students who completed the Bridge eliminating at least one semester of remediation, and 50% placed in Calculus I. Success is largely attributed to a cohort system, students’ increased self-efficacy and a sense of belonging to college and engineering profession.
Emergiendo para Servir: Building Capacity through Stakeholder Voices
As historically white campuses transition to HispanicServing, they must consider how to disrupt institutional whiteness and center Latinx students’ needs. This workshop presents results from two research studies that engaged Latinx students and practitioners, who are often on the front lines of transformational change. A facilitated dialogue will then focus on methodologies that center dialogic meaningmaking and ethical and practical considerations for engaging Latinx voices as part of the process of becoming an HSI.
Federal Funding for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) Federal agency representatives will discuss grant opportunities that are available to HSIs and other higher education institutions. This panel will actively engage participants in a discussion about available opportunities that benefit colleges and universities.
Developing a Latinx Teacher Pipeline: Recruiting and supporting aspiring Latinx teachers
Nevada State College’s Teacher Academy Pipeline Project is recruiting, supporting, and graduating Latinx students interested in the teaching profession. With the support of two DHSI Title V grants, our HSI team has built a middle-school to first-year teacher pipeline. Our project collaborates with our local Hispanic-Serving School District to provide dual-credit opportunities, education career pathways, college readiness programming, and culturally-responsive professional development for faculty.
HACU National Internship Program Workshop: The Future is Now
The HACU National Internship Program, the nation’s largest Hispanic college internship program, has a 30-year history of being recognized by federal and corporate entities for its ability to bring forth opportunities to talented college and graduate students. HACU continues to work with our corporate and federal partners to increase diversity, inclusion, and equity within their organizations. Through these internships, students develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that make them more competitive for future employment. Learn how students can benefit from paid internships and professional development opportunities through HNIP.
Engagement and Retention of First-Generation Latino Students Through Academic and Financial Wellness Practices
Historically underrepresented students like Latinos show minimal participation in academic support services and financial literacy education. A qualitative research study was conducted to better understand Latino student experiences with support services engagement. Students in these marginalized groups enter higher education at a lower academic disadvantage, which affects their campus connection and sense of belonging. Rockland Community College has implemented evidence-based strategies to enrich engagement and retention of first-generation Latino students through a robust pathway to academic and financial wellness.
Serving Latinx Students: A Model for Academic Retention & Student Success
The Chicanx and Latinx Retention Initiative at UC Davis provides a strategic retention model centering Latinx students. Additionally, The Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success offers academic programs and resources that address institutional barriers that students experience. The development of these programs, services and resources are based on an asset-based and student-centered approach, valuing our students’ holistic development. This retention model leverages institutional commitment and advocates for transformational change to serve Latinx students.
Moving from Transactional to Relational Supporting Students’ Access to Graduation
The Strategic Student Engagement plan at Houston Community College Central has been designed to equip students with strong social emotional skills so they can cope with everyday challenges and benefit from experience to combine disparate initiatives and disconnected services and departments into a cohesive, evidence-based programming such as Personalized Learning Pathways.
Concurrent Workshops
HACU Professional Leadership Programs—Preparing the Next Generation of Culturally Diverse Leaders
An overview of HACU’s professional leadership programs and other initiatives will be shared with the audience at this workshop. Programs include La Academia de Liderazo (Leadership Academy), an executive level program created to increase the number of culturally diverse leaders to serve as presidents and chancellors of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Emerging HSIs. The Enlace Mid-Level Leadership Program was established to increase the number of top Latino/a talent for leadership positions in higher education. A panel of Fellows from the Fourth Cohort of La Academia de Liderazgo will discuss their Proyectos Transformativos (special projects) which they complete during the program intended to increase their marketability and make transformative changes on their campuses. Fellows will discuss their projects and the challenges and lessons learned during development and implementation.
HACU Government Relations Briefing
Join the HACU Government Relations team for a briefing and update on higher education policies impacting HispanicServing Institutions (HSIs). This session will highlight the latest policy developments on Capitol Hill, including the status of the Federal Fiscal Year appropriations and its impact on the Hispanic higher education community. A portion of this workshop will highlight best practices and strategies amplifying HSI messaging and outreach.
Reimagining Summer Bridge Programs: A Pipeline to STEM Careers
Diversifying the STEM workforce begins by reaching students early in their education. This presentation explores how summer bridge programs, as part of HACU’s and Dominion energy’s Building Hispanic Talent Initiative, engage high school students through community and external partnerships to increase diversity at colleges/universities and representation in STEM programs/careers. Panelists will share key findings and lessons learned through the first two years of the initiative and best strategies to implement experiential learning opportunities.
“Puentes Hacia El Exito” Towards a Nursing Degree
Puentes Hacia El Exito-Bridges Toward Success is a fiveyear HSI grant Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) received in the Fall of 2020. The innovative bridge STEM program pathway created a high school nursing pathway via partnership with El Paso Community College (EPCC), El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) Maxine Silva Health Magnet High School and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing.
Sunday, Oct. 29
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Power Lunch
The luncheon program will include presentations of HACU Awards of Excellence to individuals and organizations that have exemplified HACU’s mission of championing Hispanic higher education success.
Concurrent Workshops
Partnerships for Quality Matters (QM) Blended Course Certifications
Through the Gateways, Title V Grant, the Teaching and Learning Center developed a blended Quality Matters (QM) certification process in partnership with O’Donnell Learn. This partnership allows faculty the opportunity to design their blended course with a QM expert to meet certification standards with the goal of improving retention, progression and completion rates among high-need, Hispanic and other low-income students at Miami Dade College.
Latino Medical Student Association Faculty/Physician Advisory Council (LMSA FPAC)
LMSA is the oldest national non-profit organization that exists to unite, empower and advance Latina, Latino, Latinx, Latine, Hispanic, or of Spanish-Origin+ (LHS+) pre-medical students, medical students and faculty/staff in the United States. For over 50 years, LMSA and its antecedent organizations have worked on behalf of thousands of learners and alumni across 200+ allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, providing the resources needed to promote the recruitment, retention and promotion of diverse physicians.
The Importance of Psychological Safety For Hispanic College Students
We could all agree that a psychologically safe classroom benefits all students. But does it impact college Hispanic students as well? The university-wide study titled the Fearless Classroom measured data from 654 Hispanic students regarding psychological safety in the classroom. The evidence showed that when a professor sets the tone for psychological safety within the classroom, the Hispanic student feels welcomed and this increases their engagement within the classroom.
The SUNY Hispanic Leadership Institute: Diversifying and Creating Supportive Spaces
As part of the Hispanic Leadership Institute at the State University of New York (SUNY), fellows are tasked with developing a project focused on a major challenge confronting higher education but specific to their home campus. In this session the panelists discuss the challenges institutions have in terms of faculty diversity, retention and student success and offer possible solutions to address those needs at the University at Albany, SUNY.
Baila Conmigo: Mentoring Latinas as School Leaders
It is crucial to mentor Latinas into a career pathway that will pave the way to leadership roles. This presentation amplifies the voices Latinas and authors of a co-edited book, which will assist educational leadership preparation programs adequately prepare aspiring Latina educational leaders. This is a much-needed resource as Latina leadership remains under-examined with no scholarly books to date focused exclusively on mentoring Latinas as school leaders.
Creating Data-Informed Equitable Pathways and Financial Returns for Hispanic Students
This workshop examines equity gaps along the educationto-career pathway, highlighting findings that are particularly salient to Hispanic student success and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Disaggregated analysis of Hispanic student outcomes is critical to helping students complete and achieve positive financial outcomes. Within the topics of return on investment and economic mobility, we will examine HSIs and their student outcomes, unique challenges and best practices. Participants engage via polls and interactive dashboards, many featuring data from their own institutions.
The Multiplier Effect of Globalization: Maximizing Student and Campus Impact.
This engaging panel will discuss the benefits of international exchange on students’ career trajectory while also meeting the globalization goals on campus. Comprised of two Latina study abroad advisors from Hispanic-Serving Institutions, representing two- and four-year institutions, the advisors will discuss strategies to increase study abroad participation with Latinx students while meeting the needs of leadership. An alumnus of the Gilman Scholarship Program will voice his perspective on reaching new students and overcoming barriers for Hispanics in the workplace.
Fulfilling the Promise of Higher Education Through OffCampus Work-Study Employment
Awarded the 2023 Bellwether Award (Planning, Governance, Finance) for impact, replicability and scalability, Alamo Colleges’ Off-Campus Work-Study Program aims to keep the promise of higher education: for graduates to obtain a rewarding career. The program partners with public and private employers who offer work-study eligible students career-relevant employment, and wages are fully or partially paid by federal funds. Students receive assistance in job selection, resume/cover letter writing, navigation of the HR process, and professional development.
Sunday, Oct. 29
Cultivating Equity-Mindedness in the Classroom through Communities of Praxis
This presentation focuses on the evolution of the Mission College Equity Pedagogy Community of Praxis funded by our HSI-STEM and AANAPISI grants. Learn how faculty leaders collaborated with administrators to engage over 80 faculty about equity pedagogical practices and applying what they learn to current coursework they teach. Attendees will leave with a plethora of resources in equity pedagogy and an understanding of how to design a successful Community of Praxis at your own institution.
Redefining the Pedagogy of Academic Advising for Latina/o/x Undergraduate Students
Holistic models and strength-based advising improve graduation rates, graduate school pathways, and career opportunities for Latinx students (Juarez, 2021). This session will introduce an award-winning advising model at a four-year HSI institution in Chicago that intersects race, class, language and cultural understanding while increasing retention rates, strengthening the graduate school pipeline, and nurturing career pathways for Latina/o/x undergraduate students.
Strengthening Campus Culture & Scaling Initiatives
The University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Academic Advancement Programs aims to propel UCF to model a graduate school preparedness culture where every undergraduate student, including first-generation, lowincome and underrepresented students, understands the graduate school application process to succeed in their advanced degrees. This presentation is intended to share, discuss and reflect on effective approaches and best practices to provide students with access to high-impact practices that make them strong graduate school candidates.
Capacity Building and the Importance of Leadership through Title V
In 2020 at the height of the pandemic, Tarrant County College District received its first Title V Developing HSIs grant. With a grant focus on changing practice to improve student workforce and career preparedness, this session will highlight the importance of leadership at all levels to set the course for change amid uncertainty. Presenters represent different levels of leadership and the collective efforts required to implement large scale change.
Leveraging the Latinx/e Student Voice for Institutional Change
This presentation will summarize findings from a data collection of self-identified Chicanx/Hispanic/Latinx/e students exploring research questions related to students’ awareness and understanding of being at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). The presentation describes how the results inform institutional change. Participants will gain insight into the experiences of Latinx/e students at an HSI, as well as learning how different methodologies can be leveraged to listen more closely to student voices at their own institutions.
Preparing First-Generation Latinx College Students for the Workforce
A virtual internship preparation program to support firstgeneration, Latinx students at Texas Woman’s University was created to prepare this population of students to transition into the workforce equipped with the skills and knowledge to search for experiences, build their application materials, understand appropriate work attire, and practice these skills with applied experiential activities such as mock-interviews and networking activities.
Current State of Student Career Outcomes: Bridging College to Work
The top reason students go to college is to gain a competitive advantage for their long-term career trajectory. Past methods and support mechanisms need revision because student and employer attitudes and behaviors are changing; and the labor market has shifted in dramatic ways. During this session we will explore the most up-to-date data and trends that are impacting the student experience related to their eventual career outcomes. With a special focus on what we’ve learned about the Hispanic student experience and outcomes from both the student and employer perspectives, we will share promising practices and strategies to mitigate persistent inequities, and to better ensure student success for all.
Monday, Oct. 30
9:10 - 10:15 a.m.
International Plenary
This plenary session will feature a panel discussion on the latest trends related to the internationalization of higher education. A question and answer session will follow.
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Beauty is in the Eyes of the Peer Reviewer
What are peer reviewers looking for in your grant proposal and what should you avoid? This session takes you behind the scenes to provide reviewer insights. The presenter has reviewed for a variety of federal agencies and will share the secrets to writing a winning proposal. Participants will leave the session with a better context of the environment reviews take place in, the reviewer perspective and tips to positively impact the review process.
HSI Educators Navigating New Faculty Orientation and First Year Experiences
This panel seeks to elaborate on the first-year experiences, struggles and achievements of educators at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) with the goal of creating a collaborative environment where participants can gain insight from other first-year educators, students, staff and experienced faculty. Through a roundtable discussion, participant workshop and large-group conversation, audience members will learn, explore and create a new onboarding experience to help navigate and enhance their future experiences as educators and mentors.
Blueprint for the Academic and Career Support of Undocumented Students
This session presents pillars of success for undocumented students that include (1) outreach efforts, (2) humanistic praxis in the classroom, (3) academic-related programming, and (4) institutional transformation. Ultimately the pillars provide participants with opportunities for individual and collective action through reflection (e.g., learning the skill of self-auditing) and exploring a blueprint for accessing local, regional and national resources. The session explores challenges that can include a lack of access to internships, restricted employment opportunities, and a turbulent political and legal landscape. Presenters will share how various California institutions support undocumented students. This interactive presentation is ideal for educators, counselors, and employers.
Adelante! Co-creating a Map for Success for Hispanic Students
College often seems like a maze without a map for firstgeneration Hispanic students and consequently they often connect late or not at all to opportunities and support. Adelante!, a comprehensive cohort program started in 2015 at John Jay College, was created to empower participants to chart their own path to graduation through coursework and activities organized around community building (CONNECT), planning and resources (PLAN), and experiential learning (EXPAND).
Concurrent Workshops
Becoming the Second Hispanic Serving Institution in the State of Georgia
This workshop will feature a discussion from faculty who have been involved in the founding of different organizations that are currently involved in the operations of a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Particular focus will be given to how these organizations played a role to contribute to the success of becoming an HSI. Besides academics, other stakeholders such as students, non-profit and governmental institutions were involved.
Federal Agency Panel on Program Opportunities for Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Join us for a panel discussion with various federal agency leaders and dialog on how they can serve as a partner and collaborator along with Hispanic stakeholders. These agencies are committed to uplifting the HSI community. They are investing in the next generation of Hispanic leaders and workforce with engagement that is centered on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
HACU and SEPIE: looking forward to the future
In this session SEPIE (Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education) and HACU will present the cooperation initiatives that both institutions have promoted in recent times, including a visit by HACU member institution representatives to Spain in the spring. Presenters will discuss different ways in which collaboration between Spanish higher education institutions and HACU members can be taken to a new level for the benefit of students and faculty, both in the US and Spain.
Career Opportunities in the Dynamic Field of Private Capital
Latinos and other people of color are significantly underrepresented in the field of private capital. Leading firms in the industry are working to change that. Students and professionals are invited to learn about exciting career opportunities in the investment business from leaders at Sixth Street, one of the world’s largest investment firms. The panelists include Partner and Vice Chairman Martin Chavez; Co-Founder and Co-President David Stiepleman; Vice President Orianna Torres; and Senior Advisor Joseph Castro.
Monday, Oct. 30 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Partnership Lunch
The luncheon program will include presentations of HACU Awards of Excellence to individuals and organizations that have exemplified HACU’s mission of championing Hispanic higher education success.
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Copy and Share Excellence (CASE): Advancement Opportunities for Hispanic-Serving Institutions
The world has changed immeasurably in the 21st Century and educational institutions across the globe are recognizing the ever-vital role of advancement in building the education institutions of today and tomorrow to transform lives and society. This session will provide insight to educational advancement tools and services with an emphasis on our work with Minority-Serving Institutions through the CASE Opportunity and Inclusion Center.
How a Professional Learning Team Supports First-Second Year STEM Students
CASA (Creating Access to STEM for All) is a comprehensive two-year support program supported through a U.S. Department of Education Title V grant (Award P031C160209) that takes students through their second year, and is intended to break down systemic barriers and inequities for students interested in pursuing a degree in STEM. Learn how we built consensus within our multidisciplinary team.
Strengthening the College Pipeline: Fostering Parent
Networks
With more students wondering if college is worth it, Cal Poly Pomona’s Project CAMINOS and Pomona Unified School District are leveraging and strengthening their commitment to student success by empowering parents through early K-12 outreach and grassroots partnerships. This session will tell the story of three programs and how their common goals are creating college access for the Latinx community. The session will highlight the power of “Conosco una señora/ señor.”
Fostering Undergraduate Education, Retention, and Transfer Environments (FUERTE) - Year-1 Experiences
Funded by the National Science Foundation’s HSI Program, this program aims to increase the number of Latinx students earning STEM baccalaureate degrees. This project seeks to create seamless transfer pathways between a two-year and four-year institution, develop culturally responsive classrooms, provide student support services, facilitate progression through STEM majors and enhance STEM competency. The presentation will share best practices for student-centered success and discuss the project’s successes and failures during the first year, benefiting practitioners of current and emerging HSIs.
Concurrent Workshops
Sembrando la Semillita Hacia el Colegio with Family Engagement
The purpose of this session is to discuss ways of serving Latinx and marginalized families and the community in all stages of a student’s college journey in a Hispanic-Serving Institution through family and community engagement. During this presentation we will focus on Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Bilingual Family and Community Programming: Orientación Familiar, Información en Español, Intró al Colegio, Facebook programming, and share “testimonios” of families and community members.
Community Partnerships: Embracing the Latino Community
This interactive presentation provides innovative concepts and out-of-the-box ideas for building meaningful relationships with Latino community partners. It will showcase the relationships that Hudson County Community College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, has built through the Latino Advisory Council, which has advanced community engagement and fostered partnerships that have transitioned from transactional to empowering. The Community engagement practices highlighted in this presentation add value to the institution and provide a voice to the community partners.
Hidden Stories of Central American Undocumented Students Navigating College
This workshop focuses on undocumented Central Americans by providing a historical overview of U.S. led interventions and immigration policies. Central Americans continuously suffer from alienation, marginalization and nativism. Narratives of undocumented students will be shared to shed light on their realities, barriers and sense of resiliency. Moreover, two educators will highlight their efforts in breaking through complacent policies to empower other professionals to advocate for their students locally and nationally.
100,000 Strong in the Americas: Innovation Grants for Mobility Programs
The 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund provides grants to higher education institutions in the Western Hemisphere for student mobility programs. The program represents one of the best mechanisms to secure financial support for mobility programs between the U.S. and Latin America and the Caribbean. Program staff will give attendees an overview of the program and its impact, while grant recipients will share how they created grant-winning proposals and leveraged 100k Innovation Fund grants.
Monday, Oct. 30
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Concurrent Workshops
Thrive’s Workforce Prep Series: Through a FirstGeneration College Student Lens Students bring a wealth of knowledge to the workforce including community and/or cultural knowledge that is often undervalued during the socializing of entering the workforce. The Thrive Center’s Workforce Prep Series takes a holistic approach to serving students in navigating the workforce and their experiences. Join us for an interactive activity and learn the values of a Teach and Share approach, and ways to help students, especially first-generation students, learn about entering the workforce.
