February 26, 2018
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) has announced San Juan, Puerto Rico will be the site of its 13th International Conference in the spring of 2019.
Antonio R. Flores, president and CEO of HACU and staff recently visited Puerto Rico, where they met with representatives from the Department of State, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and presidents from Puerto Rico universities to discuss collaborative efforts for bringing HACU’s 13thInternational Conference to the island.
Flores said that Secretary of State for Puerto Rico Luis G. Rivera Marin and university presidents were very enthusiastic about hosting HACU’s International Conference in 2019. “I was pleased to hear that the recovery efforts of our universities have been going well.” said Flores. “We are excited for the opportunity of bringing HACU’s International Conference back to the Island of Enchantment.”
According to Flores, EDP University of Puerto Rico and other local universities will be the hosts and sponsors of the conference set to take place during 2019. EDP University of Puerto Rico will also be celebrating its 50th Anniversary in the same year.
HACU’s membership includes 25 colleges and universities from Puerto Rico. The meeting was held at the Department of State prior to the HACU on the Road event (see related article here) hosted at the Universidad Metropolitana in San Juan, Puerto Rico on February 21.
Among the individuals in attendance at the meeting at the Department of State were:
Honorable Luis G. Rivera Marín
Secretary of State
Department of State
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Eduardo Arosemena Muñoz
Assistant Secretary of State
Department of State
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Gaudy Gómez Fajardo
Director of the Office for Immigrant Orientation and International Education Department of State
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Luzaury Jiménez-Casanova
International Affairs Officer
Department of State
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Carlos Romo Aledo
Special Aide to the Executive Director
Puerto Rico Tourism Company
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Imariz Arocho
Special Aide to the Chief Marketing Officer
Puerto Rico Tourism Company
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Niurka Y. Vélez
Special Aide to the Assistant Director
Puerto Rico Tourism Company
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Carmen J. Cividanes, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Asociación de Colegios y Universidades Privadas de Puerto Rico (ACUP)
Waleska Crespo Rivera, DrPH., MHSA
President
Universidad Central del Caribe
E. David Méndez Pagán, MD
Vice Chancellor for International Affairs
Universidad del Turabo
Agnes Mojica
Chancellor
Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San Germán
Carlos M. Padín Bibiloni, Ph.D.
President
Universidad Metropolitana
Lillian Negrón-Colón, Ph.D.
President, Universidad Central de Bayamón
President, Asociación de Colegios y Universidades Privadas de Puerto Rico (ACUP)
Gladys T. Nieves
President
EDP University of Puerto Rico
Maritza Ortiz
Director of Internationalization
Inter American University
Miguel Rodríguez López, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe
Ernesto Vázquez Martínez
Vice President for Administration and Finance
Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico (PUPR)
About HACU
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) was established in 1986 with a founding membership of eighteen institutions. Today, HACU represents more than 470 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America, and Spain. HACU is the only national educational association that represents Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). For more information, visit www.hacu.net.