New Governing Board for Hispanic Assoc. of Colleges and Universities

 

POSTED ON Nov 02, 2018

 

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), which represents 470 colleges and universities in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America, and Spain, has announced new Governing Board Members for 2018-19. HACU is home to two-thirds of all Hispanic college students.

According to the news release, two governing board has two new members and re-elected a member. HACU Board members serve three-year terms with the opportunity to be re-elected for a second term.

The newly elected members include Juan S. Muñoz, president, University of Houston – Downtown, and Garnett S. Stokes, president of the University of New Mexico.

Before becoming president in 2017, Muñoz served as vice provost for undergraduate education and student affairs at Texas Tech University. Muñoz earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and after serving in the Marines, he earned a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Garnett S. Stokes became the 23rd president of the University of New Mexico (UNM) in March 2018. She is the first female president in UNM’s 129-year history.  A first-generation college grad, she earned a bachelor’s from Carson-Newman College and masters and doctorate degrees from the University of Georgia.

Re-elected board member Mike Flores is chancellor of Alamo Colleges District. He was appointed to the position in Oct. 2018 after serving as president of Palo Alto College for six years.

Flores, an alumnus of HACU’s National Internship Program, earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio, a master’s from the University of Illinois, and a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.

Thousands of young Hispanics benefit from HACU with internships, scholarships, college retention and advancement programs, precollegiate support, and career development opportunities and programs.